Tag Archives: Renewable Energy

Low Costs Continue to Drive Growth of Renewables

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently reported that in the last four years, over half of the new utility-scale generation capacity in the U.S. has come from renewable technologies: Source: EIA Today … Continue reading →

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Three Western Governors Talk Energy

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator In some ways Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming look a lot alike. Parts of each state are sparsely populated prairie, and each state has beautiful mountains and wonderful skiing. Each state is an important … Continue reading →

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Hawaii Electric – Leading the Way to 100% Renewables

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator As low load growth, increasing renewable generation, closing of traditional baseload fossil fuel plants, growth of distributed resources, and decreasing cost of storage have all become a reality, energy utilities are forced to … Continue reading →

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Energy Prices Aren’t Always Predictable

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator Not an energy trader? You might be grateful for that. Predicting price behavior is seemingly harder and harder. History would tell us that in regions with high penetrations of renewables, an event that … Continue reading →

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The Solar Eclipse Showed Us How Power Grids Effectively Handle Renewables

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator In the weeks leading up to the Aug. 21 solar eclipse, numerous articles appeared questioning whether U.S. power grids could handle the expected loss of solar power.  This map from the Energy … Continue reading →

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Is Solar Plus Batteries Cheaper than Natural Gas Generation?

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator Tucson Electric Power (TEP) recently announced a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) from NextEra Energy Resources for a 100 MW solar project combined with a 30 MW/120 MWh battery storage system. The all-in price is … Continue reading →

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Will States, Cities, and Corporations Negate Trump’s Decision to Quit Paris Agreement?

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator President Trump’s June 1 announcement that the U.S. will pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change action[1] was greeted by predictable comments from the agreement’s supporters and opponents. But more … Continue reading →

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Demand Side Management Key to California’s Changing Grid

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator The role of demand side management (DSM) programs traditionally has been three-fold: reduce overall usage through energy efficiency (EE) efforts (for example, weatherization or more efficient light bulbs) reduce usage at times of system … Continue reading →

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What is the Least-cost Source of Electricity in Your Community?

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Average Costs Across the U.S. In our June 2016 blog post titled Economics, Not Policy Mandates, Drive the Growth of Renewables we described how the price of utility-scale wind and solar projects was becoming … Continue reading →

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Corporate Purchasers Are As Important as Utilities in Renewables Growth

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator  In recent years, new wind and solar electric generating capacity has outpaced all other sources of power. In 2016, the two renewables sources grew by more than 20,000 MW compared to the … Continue reading →

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