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Fereidoon Sioshansi
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
1
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
1
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
0
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
0
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
3
Other Good Stuff
Future of energy is electric, and increasingly green
The future will not only be electric, but green electric, and the transition will happen a lot quicker than most people think.
Fereidoon Sioshansi
Apr 17, 2018
31
Solar
Solar plus storage spells doom for gas peakers
Renewables paired with storage could see gas peakers become a rarity, only selectively and sparingly used in systems with challenging limitations or localised constraints.
Fereidoon Sioshansi
Mar 27, 2018
23
US energy regulator rejects GOP proposal to bail out coal
America’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected energy secretary Rick Perry’s request for rule change in competitive wholesale markets to favor coal and nuclear plants. Could cooler heads be prevailing?
Fereidoon Sioshansi
Jan 18, 2018
5
Commentary
Welcome to the world of excess solar and “free” electricity
Welcome to the brave new world of plentiful, variable, zero marginal cost renewable energy, By all indications – we ain’t seen nothing yet
Fereidoon Sioshansi
Aug 25, 2017
41
Other Good Stuff
Innovation, disruption and the utility business model
The power sector’s rapid transformation has barely started, but implications for incumbents are beginning to be felt and speculated.
Fereidoon Sioshansi
Jul 26, 2017
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