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Author Archives: Enerdynamics
Electric and Gas Utilities’ Response to Wildfires
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
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
FERC Order 1000 – One More Step Toward Regional Wholesale Markets
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
Natural Gas Wellhead: What It Does and How It Works
As part of our “What in the World Wednesday” contest on our Facebook page, we posted this photo and asked our followers to tell us what it is. Below is the answer as well as a quick summary of what … Continue reading
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Tagged Drilling, Energy, Hydraulic fracturing, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Training, Oil and Gas, Wellhead
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Why Huge Trading Losses Keep Happening
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor According to President Obama, the CEO of J.P. Morgan is “one of the smartest bankers we got…and they still lost $2 billion and counting.” Of course, we’ve heard this story before: the … Continue reading
Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC): What’s the Big Deal?
This week on our Facebook page, we posted this picture and asked followers to guess what the image is: We didn’t get any correct guesses, so for those left scratching their heads, here is the answer and a quick explanation of its … Continue reading
U.S. Chemical Companies Benefit from Low Natural Gas Prices
by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Instructor As natural gas and coal companies watch their stock prices sink due to low natural gas prices, U.S. chemical companies are experiencing a boom and watching their stocks rise. Companies such as Dow Chemical Company … Continue reading
Natural Gas Glut Dramatically Impacts U.S. Electric Generation Picture
by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor The dramatic drop in natural gas prices in the U.S. has been widely discussed in recent months. Prices as of April 27 range from $1.90 to $2.54/MMBtu at various trading points around the … Continue reading
Enerdynamics’ Online Energy Training: Your Questions Answered
by John Ferrare, Enerdynamics CEO As online training becomes increasingly popular – and more effective – there are several questions I’m often asked about Enerdynamics’ online training program. So I thought I’d take this opportunity to answer some FAQs. As … Continue reading
Net Zero: Will Future Buildings Consume Significantly Less Energy or Even None at All?
By Bob Shively, Enerdynamics’ President and Lead Instructor When we hit the economic downturn of the late 2000s, electric usage declined in most developed regions such as Europe, Japan, and the U.S. One of the big debates in today’s electric … Continue reading
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