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Alternative reduced CO2 wind back up systems

November 15, 2009 by Charles Barton
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The work of Warren Katzenstein and Jay Apt, Peter Lang, and Peter Hawkins all seems to demonstrate that natural gas back up of wind generation imposes choices and inefficiencies, that almost or completely eliminates the CO2 emissions benefits of wind. It would appear from their work that stand alone natural gas systems using combined... [read more]

Electricity that’s cheaper than free

October 27, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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Would you believe that there are places and times when power companies generate so much renewable energy that they give it away? In west Texas and Illinois, when the wind blows at night and nuclear plants run around-the-clock, power generators produce more electricity than people need. This oversupply “has forced electricity prices... [read more]