Fereidoon Sioshansi, Author at Renew Economy

Fereidoon Sioshansi

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Fereidoon Sioshansi is head of California-based Menlo Energy Economics. He publishes a monthly newsletter EEnergy Informer.

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Who turned off the lights in California?
Preliminary data shows culprits from last month’s load shedding were not variable renewables, but the sudden loss of a big fossil fuel generator, and human error.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Oct 1, 2020

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Renewables

California heatwave catches grid operator unprepared
California’s rotating outages blamed on the state’s failure to integrate the demand and supply sides of the market.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Aug 19, 2020

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Policy & Planning

How the US grid can reach 90% clean electricity by 2035
New report says US can achieve 90% clean electricity mix by 2035 – as opposed to 55% under a business-as-usual scenario – if it follows a set of institutional, market, and regulatory policies.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Aug 5, 2020

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Policy & Planning

California’s glide to renewable energy nirvana
How California could meet its goal of 100% clean electricity by 2040, five years ahead of schedule.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jul 10, 2020

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Policy & Planning

After 134 years, renewables beat coal in US – and head to 50 pct share by 2030
In the US, renewables output beat coal in 2019 for first time in 134 years, and despite a hostile administration will likely account for 50% of demand by 2030.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jun 29, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

What is driving Tesla’s stratospheric rise?
Tesla’s success will not be about how many cars it can produce, but how soon can it master the science, the art, of autonomous driving technology.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Mar 9, 2020

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Policy & Planning

California faces up to its daunting renewable and climate targets
Having set multiple ambitious targets to cut emissions and transform its energy system, the state of California must now deliver.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jan 28, 2020

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Coal

Climate bargain of all time: US could close coal for just $3 a tonne
Phasing out coal can be done at relatively modest cost, and could be the greatest climate bargain of all time.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Nov 26, 2019

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Renewables

Another first: City of Berkeley bans natural gas in new buildings
Berkeley City Council bans gas in new residential buildings. Transport, the biggest source of GHG emissions in California, is next in line for restrictions and/or conversion to electric.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Aug 25, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Battery storage as substitute for gas peakers – better performance, lower cost
Recent advances in energy storage technology, especially batteries, coupled with dramatic cost declines is making storage increasingly attractive.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jan 25, 2019

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Renewables

Rise of renewables dooms baseload generation
The more renewables – and particularly solar – capacity comes on-line, the lower the profitability for baseload generators. Just ask California.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Oct 30, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

Renewables beat fossil fuels, and are getting cheaper
Plentiful, cheap and getting cheaper. Report argues cost of wind and solar likely to be well below cost of fossil fuel generation nearly everywhere.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jul 30, 2018

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