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Debating Details of PURPA Qualifying Facilities
efficiently produces electricity and useful thermal energy. The 1970’s energy ... .e. independent power producers or IPPs) to build QFs and required local regulated ... exempted from certain state and federal utility regulations, for example, state
Pennsylvania Highlights the Local Debate on Nuclear Waste Storage
matter because federal law (e.g. the Atomic Energy Act and actions of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission) over the matter preempts state and local law ... example, at Massachusetts’ Pilgrim nuclear station. And the extension of
PG&E Battery Demonstration
and improving reliability. The “value stack” is a useful framework for ... ; Electric (PG&E) provides important data and analysis indicating that ... design energy markets that will facilitate the deployment and financing of
Hydrogen vs Natural Gas: The Pipeline Turf War
delivery method” compared to other options like liquefaction and gas tube ... blending.” The idea is not at all new: plenty of technical studies and ... like the United States and Germany as early as 2010, where the key
Shedding the Load: Power Shortages Widen Divides in South Africa
help protect the long-term prosperity of the country and allow Eskom to avoid default and make appropriate investments in better power solutions ... country’s complicated and recent history with enforced racial segregation
Will Carbon Offsets Under the Paris Agreement Be Different?
reflecting on the history of carbon offsets. And the question I keep coming back to is this: Will the Paris Agreement try to build something new—and ... , the CDM allowed them to host offset projects and earn carbon credits
Part 1: Wholesale Electricity Markets: Is It the LMP, or the LMP Alone?
Mark Christie takes this further, and argues that prices based on a single clearing price are the problem and we should abandon the locational marginal ... generators that are producing energy at a given time and in a given location
To Make Sure Utilities Survive, California Needs Liability Law Reform
wasn’t so problematic historically, when wildfires and the damage they cause were more manageable. But as climate change produces ever larger and ... consumers and undermine the state’s climate and energy goals. To preserve
How Inequity Across the U.S. Has Unjustly Worsened the Impacts of Extreme Heat
Heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense across the United ... temperatures decrease the carrying capacity of power cables and reduce the efficiency of energy generation technology, such as solar panels and natural
An Agrivoltaic Demonstration Project at Penn Vet School’s New Bolton Center
while producing renewable energy. Led by Professors Tom Daniels and Tom ... identifying suitable locations, estimating installation costs, and researching