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.
Micro to Hyperscale, Data Centers as a Service, and Everything in Between
Last week, I was on a webinar when the following chart[1] emerged as a forecast for decarbonization.
I quickly ...
Mini, Macro, and Mega Looks At the Modern Data Center Industry
Every day, there is a headline about the explosion of data center growth and associated electric loads that will ...
Climate Policies That Work or Not
I had already selected my topic for this week (most climate policies don't work) when I had the good fortune to ...
Electricity’s Decoupling From Fuel Costs
Two years after natural gas prices spiked, resulting in a jump in coal consumption for electricity (see Figure 1), ...
The Energy Transition Grind
Longtime Rant readers know I keep both feet on planet Earth, capturing all sides (typically two) and explaining, ...
Fishing for Savants Who Understand Attribution
This week, I'm reporting on themes presented at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) ...
Ranking States for Clean, Reliable, and Affordable Power
This is the third and final post in a series of Energy Rants on rising electricity prices and unreliability. The ...
Electricity Rates and Reliability – Access and Policy
For 50 years ending in 2000, electrical loads in the United States expanded at an average of 5.1% per year. For ...
Rising Price of Less-Reliable Electricity
“Americans used to spend little energy worrying about whether the lights would come on at the flick of a switch, ...
Portfolio Plateaus, Levitating Golf Balls, and Code Zombies
This is the third and final edition of the history of energy efficiency and Michaels Energy over the last 40 ...
Michaels Energy and The Boom Years of Energy Efficiency
This week, we are continuing with 40 years of Michaels Energy and energy efficiency history, focusing on the years ...
Michaels Energy – The Early Years Through Deregulation
1984
This year is our company's 40th anniversary. Michaels Engineering launched on Friday, March 23, 1984. What ...
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