by Stan Nabozny | Feb 18, 2025 | The Decarbonized Cold Chain
Carbon policy has officially moved from the sustainability team to the balance sheet. Across North America, cities are enforcing building emissions caps with real financial penalties—and cold storage facilities are among the first to feel the impact. For operators...
by Jeff Ihnen | Sep 11, 2023 | Energy Rant
Last week, I was fortunate to see this article posted on EnergyCentral.com: Demand Flexibility Is No Longer Nice To Have. “[Load flexibility] is increasingly becoming a “must have” as networks around the world are moving towards high levels of variable renewable...
by Jeff Ihnen | Aug 21, 2023 | Energy Rant
Last week Michaels Energy delivered a webinar, Achieving Grid Resiliency with Thermal Energy Storage. There are about 70 gigawatts of refrigeration load in the United States frozen storage and chilled-water HVAC systems alone. That 70 GW does not include distributors...
by Jeff Ihnen | Apr 3, 2023 | Energy Rant
My passion is applying the right technology in the right place and at the right time for maximum effectiveness. Not coincidently, that is precisely Michaels Energy’s purpose for existence: minimizing waste and maximizing value. Last week I wrote about the gargantuan...
by Jeff Ihnen | Jan 24, 2023 | Energy Rant
As undergraduate mechanical engineering students, we took materials science courses and studied phase diagrams like the one below from “Metallurgy for Dummies.” Does that appear to be dummy-grade to you? It gave me a chuckle. A phase diagram for water (below) is...
