Energy Rant
Cut through the fluff with candid, expert takes on energy policy, programs, and industry trends. Written by our CEO, Jeff Ihnen, the Energy Rant is a blog that challenges assumptions, questions status quos, and delivers sharp insights with just the right dose of irreverence.
COP27, Elites, and Engineers
I have run enough marathons to have lost count, most of them in the last ten years, with the total approaching 20. ...
Renewable Interconnection Chaos
A couple of weeks ago, I drove across Southern Minnesota, starting in the SW where wind alley is, and therefore, ...
Design an Attractive, Cozy Home
Minnesota’s Clean Energy Resource Teams recently published an online article, Things I learned about heat pumps: a ...
Developing Nations are Going Nuclear – Will the West Follow or Fall Futher Behind?
Last week I provided an extensive analysis of how Chernobyl’s RBMK reactor design and the chain of reckless events ...
Safe Nuclear Power v Chernobyl
Green and climate change warriors – see how important nuclear power is to CO2 emissions in one chart, courtesy of ...
Phony Avoided Cost Models in a Free-Agent Market
The last two posts, Nuclear Power over the White Rabbit and the Clean Power Plan Corpse, demonstrated the fruits ...
Clean Power Plan – The Corpse Phase
Last week I cracked open the most recent edition of Public Utilities Fortnightly and discovered an interesting ...
Nuclear Power over White Rabbits for a Reliable, Affordable, Zero-Carbon Future
I update my electrification slides for the Wisconsin Public Utilities Institute’s Utility Basics course every year ...
Decarbonization Strategies for Manufacturing
Last week a Yahoo News reporter headlined an article, Biden Administration Seeks to Lower Industrial Greenhouse ...
Strategic Energy Planning
I don’t think my mom played football, but she thought she knew how to take down a ball carrier. “Hit them low! ...
Channeling Patton for Energy Policy
Of 34 personality characteristics, my top strength, according to Gallup CliftonStrengths®, is “context.” What does ...
Champion Elements for Energy and Demand Management Programs
This is the finale of better than best commercial and industrial program practices – including a summary cheat ...
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