by Jeff Ihnen | Mar 11, 2025 | Energy Rant
Before getting to the main topic this week, I wanted to give an update on the Moss Landing battery fire. Is the fire out? What did investigators find? My investigation took on a life of its own. In my search, I found a webpage from Moss Landing plant-owner Vistra...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 21, 2025 | Energy Rant
I bet you didn’t see or hear on your favorite news platform, whether it’s NPR, MSNBC, CNN, FNC, Axios, Facebook ????, the big three networks, or some dying newspaper platforms, that one of the largest lithium-ion electricity storage plants in the world caught fire and...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 29, 2024 | Energy Rant
As a glutton for punishment (I look forward to getting past sciatica so I can run marathons again), I tasked myself with getting to the technical bottom of this article from Utility Dive: Energy storage for grid reliability can increase carbon emissions: University of...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 5, 2022 | Energy Rant
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by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 4, 2021 | Energy Rant
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In this week’s Energy Rant, Jeff Ihnen (CEO at Michaels Energy) interviews Doug Houseman (Principal Consultant at Burns & McDonnell) about energy storage. Doug is a leader and visionary in grid and utility modernization....
