Tag Archives: Energy Education

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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Demand Side Management and Its Impact on Wholesale Electricity Markets

By Matthew Rose, Enerdynamics Instructor The debate over the impact of demand response and energy efficiency in the wholesale power markets remains active. On the surface, there is an intuitive belief that if we better manage and even reduce demand, … Continue reading

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Breaking Down Net Zero Building: Reality or Wishful Thinking?

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

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

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

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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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

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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

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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

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