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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Markets

New York’s energy system: The times they are a changin’
New York grid operator says future grid will not only become more decentralized and de-carbonized, but it will increasingly be bi-directional, if not multi-directional.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jun 27, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Peak oil? Sooner than you think
Once peak oil is finally reached – whenever that is – demand will begin to drop thereafter, perhaps precipitously.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Mar 20, 2017

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Coal

Saving coal is like saving Titanic, only harder
Coal’s long term prospects do not look good in the US, or for that matter anywhere else
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Feb 24, 2017

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Renewables

Turning point: solar power now cheaper than wind energy
The inevitable has apparently happened; utility-scale solar-generated power appears to be cheaper than wind – and both are cheaper than fossil-fuel generated power.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jan 23, 2017

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Electric Vehicles

Peak car ownership will speed up peak oil demand
New ownership models and technological advances will utterly transform the mobility market. And that’s bad news for Big Oil.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Nov 7, 2016

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Renewables

In time, all cars will be electric, driverless and running on renewables
Whether EVs will be charged from rooftop panels – as Tesla etc would like it – or from a network of charging stations – as utilities would like it – it is only a matter of time.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Sep 6, 2016

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Renewables

Watch out for virtual utilities, virtual power plants
Startups are figuring out ways to beat incumbents in their own game. Virtual power plants may be the answer.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jul 28, 2016

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