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Tag Archives: Nuclear power
Why Close a Perfectly Good Nuclear Power Plant?
By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Low natural gas prices continue to impact the U.S. electric markets in new and surprising ways. While teaching a class recently, I was asked why Dominion Resources would be closing its Kewaunee … Continue reading
Integrating Renewables into the Electric Generation Resource Mix
We recently posted the following graph (of California ISO Hourly Breakdown of Total Production by Resource Type for May 1, 2012) on our Facebook page and asked followers to guess what resource the red section represented: Below is the same … Continue reading
Is the U.S. Electric Generation Mix Adequately Diversified?
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor “My own bias is that natural gas, or shale gas, displaces coal. But the best approach is to manage the risks by diversifying. I’ve seen all the cycles up and down and … Continue reading
Enerdynamics Instructor Examines Post-Nuclear Japan in Series for Solar Today Magazine
Dan Bihn is one of Enerdynamics’ talented instructors who primarily teaches courses relating to renewable energy and the Smart Grid. Dan is currently writing a series of articles on “Post-Nuclear Japan” for Solar Today Magazine. He lived in Japan for seven … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Renewables
Tagged Enerdynamics, Energy, Japan, Nuclear power, Renewable, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Technology
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Why Bill Gates Still Believes in Nuclear Power
Image via Wikipedia by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Nuclear, once the bane of environmentalists, found more and more acceptance as concerns over global warming shifted from radiation to greenhouse gas emissions. Some environmentalists spoke in favor of … Continue reading
Posted in Electricity, Renewables
Tagged Bill Gates, Energy, Energy development, Energy Training, Nuclear, Nuclear power, Steven Chu
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How to Deal with Low Probability, High Impact Risks
By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor A pipeline explodes and bursts into flames in California. An earthquake followed by a tsunami results in nuclear disaster in Japan. Once the initial impacts have been addressed, serious questions follow: What … Continue reading
Japan Looks to Renewable Energy Technology to Maintain, Rebuild in the Wake of Disaster
by Dan Bihn, Enerdynamics Instructor Aftershocks are still being felt in Tokyo more than two months after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the coastline of northeastern Japan. But the repercussions of the subsequent meltdown of the Fukushima … Continue reading
