Monthly Archives: June 2012

Is Offshore Wind Power a U.S. Reality?

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Enerdynamics

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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Breaking Down Net Zero Building: Reality or Wishful Thinking?

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Enerdynamics

By Ashley Halligan, an analyst at Software Advice and guest author to Enerdynamics’ Energy Currents  Commercial and industrial facilities throughout the United States account for 40% of all energy use. That said, as part of the Energy Independence and Security … Continue reading →

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Electric and Gas Utilities’ Response to Wildfires

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Here in Enerdynamics’ Laporte office we can see the smoke from the High Park Fire – reportedly the third largest wildfire in Colorado history – as it burns in the hills west … Continue reading →

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Integrating Renewables into the Electric Generation Resource Mix

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Enerdynamics

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 →

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FERC Order 1000 – One More Step Toward Regional Wholesale Markets

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Photo credit: Sigfrid Lundberg Back in the early 2000s when FERC was pushing Standard Market Design, some in the electric industry believed we would soon transition to four or five uniform wholesale … Continue reading →

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