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.
Good, Perfect, and Real Carbon Targets – Finale
In this week's Energy Rant, we're covering the final segment of good, perfect, and real carbon targets.
There ...
Good, Perfect, and Real Carbon Targets – Part 3
In this week's Energy Rant, we're covering part three of good, perfect, and real carbon targets.
In Part I of ...
Good, Perfect, and Real Carbon Targets – Part 2
In this week's Energy Rant, we're covering part two of good, perfect, and real carbon targets.
Last week we ...
Good, Perfect, and Real Carbon Targets
I recently delivered an electrification presentation for Wisconsin Public Utility Institute’s Energy Utility ...
The Non-Energy Benefits of COVID, and Energy
Way back in April, I had generated a list of non-energy benefits of the COVID. One was the lack of traffic. That ...
Phase Change Materials for Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs)!
Last week in Thermal Storage for Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings (GEBs), I introduced the importance of phase ...
Thermal Storage for Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings
Aside from efficiency being a core component of my thermos-fluids courses in engineering school, phase changes ...
Lithium-Ion Batteries for Commercial Buildings – Pass the Schnapps
The batteries are coming! Maybe. I recently participated in an EPA-sponsored webinar to explore the results of a ...
Byrds, Dogs, Burning Hair, and Restless Anticipation
Distributed, independent, economical, efficient, reliable, resilient, flexible, adaptable, technical, clean, ...
Innovative Electricity Storage Crushes Batteries; Death Sentence for Duck
I’m not in the electricity storage business, but I can recognize lousy ideas when I see them. Grid-scale battery ...
Impact Evaluation, Bull Riding, Cookies
I've been doing a lot of program impact evaluation for the last few months. That comes with pluses and minuses. ...
Get People into Electric Vehicles Through the Zone of Acceptance
A few weeks ago, I observed a webinar [1]sponsored by the Advanced Energy Economy to help me triangulate what the ...
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