by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 22, 2024 | Energy Rant
My top “strength,” according to Gallup’s CliftonStrengths survey, is context, which means knowing and understanding history to assess situations and inform and guide decisions. “Those with Context are the people in our lives who instinctively...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 15, 2024 | Energy Rant
The depth of decarbonization will ride the line where the net of cost and convenience meets that of conventional alternatives. Polling from the University of Chicago indicates 38% of Americans are willing to chip in one (1) dollar per month to fight climate change,...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 8, 2024 | Energy Rant
I was going to skip predictions for 2024, but due to popular demand, I’ll throw some chicken bones at the tarot card enthusiasts. Like other things in my life, I don’t make safe bets or set goals of high probability. If my guesses aren’t 50% wrong, I’m not...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 2, 2024 | Energy Rant
This post features my predictions from a year ago and what has happened since. Forecast #1: “The Ukraine war will not end peacefully with a desirable outcome as long as the bipartisan U.S. Congress keeps laundering money through the military-industrial complex (and...
by Michaels Energy | Jan 1, 2024 | News
Unlock Efficiency, Sustainability, and Profitability in Your Industrial Operations We are excited to announce that we have been qualified by the U.S. Department of Energy as a provider of Industrial Assessment Centers (IAC)-equivalent assessments! The IACs have...
by Jeff Ihnen | Dec 19, 2023 | Energy Rant
Two weeks ago, I roasted the federal government’s solution to 24/7 renewable energy: buy renewable energy locally. That can work to some degree for locating new-build data centers, which are significant loads on the grid. Most other sectors and subsectors need access...
by Jeff Ihnen | Dec 12, 2023 | Energy Rant
Market Prices Continuing from last week, how do we cost-effectively decarbonize the grid at a continental scale? Start with baseload nuclear power and, from there, load management. To achieve optimal load management to keep electricity costs low for customers,...
by Michaels Energy | Dec 7, 2023 | The Big Why
As readers of this blog likely understand, decarbonizing buildings and improving their energy efficiency at the scale needed to mitigate the effects of climate change will require tremendous levels of investment. To ensure that investments are made equitably,...
by Jeff Ihnen | Dec 5, 2023 | Energy Rant
The ESG cabal seems to be drawing up another hall of mirrors to persuade credulous stakeholders and bystanders that they are siphoning only carbon-free energy (CFE) from the electric grid. The Electric Power Research Institute calls it 24-7 carbon-free energy, oddly...
by Jeff Ihnen | Nov 28, 2023 | Energy Rant
Over the years, I’ve seen numerous mentions of decarbonizing concrete or cement. Random articles describing the need and means to decarbonize cement include this McKinsey article, this DOE post, and this Canary Media article. Those don’t cut it for me. I set out to...
