by Jeff Ihnen | Mar 31, 2026 | Energy Rant
Industrial facilities love a good checklist: swap in premium motors, add variable frequency drives, call it efficiency. But when it comes to motors and drives, that plug-and-play mindset can backfire. In many cases, the difference between real savings and wasted...
by Jeff Ihnen | Mar 23, 2026 | Energy Rant
Industrial companies love to say energy efficiency is a priority. And technically, that’s true. But if you look at where the money is actually going, it’s mostly the same playbook: lighting upgrades, better HVAC units, maybe some motor replacements. Safe, familiar,...
by Jeff Ihnen | Mar 10, 2026 | Energy Rant
To my surprise, it’s been over half a year, 27 weeks to be exact, since I’ve written about soaring electricity prices. DNYUZ, “an Armenian website that plagiarizes content word for word from major news sources,” according to...
by Jeff Ihnen | Mar 3, 2026 | Energy Rant
I spent last week in HOT San Diego at the AESP Annual Conference. It was 20 degrees above average, hanging out in the 85-90°F range of blazing afternoon temperatures. It felt like late June in the upper Midwest. Multiple locals noted that “this is not normal.” For...
by Jeff Ihnen | Feb 23, 2026 | Energy Rant
A year or two ago, around the time Hertz flooded the market with its fleet of electric vehicles, I heard from EV industry enthusiasts that the electric vehicle revolution was going through some chop, and that no transformation grows straight up. Correct. Usually,...
