Tag Archives: Energy Training

Energy Companies Using ‘Executive Forums’ to Effectively Train Employees

By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics CEO A new offering by Enerdynamics that’s really taken off this past year is the executive forum. We’ve done four of these in the past year, and each one has been tremendously successful. While not exclusive to executives, the idea … Continue reading

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Renewables Drive Western Electricity Markets to Real-time Competition

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Quietly, but seemingly inexorably, U.S. wholesale markets continue to march toward higher levels of competition. Later this year, Entergy will bring its 35,000 MW of load into the Midwest ISO (MISO).  And … Continue reading

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Renewables Development in the Emerging World May Lead to a New Energy Paradigm

By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Do a Google search for renewable power and you will find thousands of links to sites covering renewable power development in the U.S. and in Europe. But outside of China and maybe … Continue reading

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Enerdynamics Announces 2013 Schedule of Public Seminars for Energy Professionals

Enerdynamics is proud to announce its line-up  of 2013 public seminars aimed at helping energy industry professionals enhance  their knowledge of the business aspects of electricity and natural gas. Our  skilled instructors – each a subject matter expert in the … Continue reading

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How Did U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit a 20-year Low?

By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Over the last 10 years, we have seen arguments ebb and flow over greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. Not too long ago, federal legislation limiting carbon emissions seemed imminent. Then the … Continue reading

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Electric Business Understanding: Your Questions Answered

By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics’ CEO Electric Business Understanding is undoubtedly Enerdynamics’ most popular instructor-led course. (We also offer a similar seminar for natural gas called Gas Business Understanding and another that combines both industries called Gas and Electric Business Understanding). … Continue reading

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A Brighter Future for Coal Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycles? Part II

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Last week in Part I of this post we examined what a coal Integrated Gasification Combined-cycle (IGCC) unit is, how it works, and how it may change the future of coal as a … Continue reading

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A Brighter Future for Coal Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycles?

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor In the U.S. and some other markets around the world, the future of coal generation appears uncertain as concerns about emissions including sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrous oxides (NOx), mercury, and carbon dioxide … Continue reading

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When Onsite Energy Training Makes Economic Sense

By John Ferrare, Enerdynamics’ CEO At the public seminars we host across the country, I often meet groups of attendees from the same company who are taking advantage of our buy-three-get-the-fourth-free policy. It’s not unusual to see the same company … Continue reading

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Is Offshore Wind Power a U.S. Reality?

by Dan Bihn, Enerdynamics Instructor Note: This blog post is an excerpt from an article recently featured in our Q2 2012 issue of Energy Insider. To read the full article, click here. Today wind turbines generate about 3% of electricity … Continue reading

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