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Is there really any need for baseload power?

Is there really any need for baseload power?

By Tom Raftery on March 17, 2010

Photo credit wonderferret The electricity grid may not need “baseload” generation sources like coal and nuclear to backup the variability of supply from renewables. Jon Wellinghof is the Chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). FERC is an independent agency that amongst other things, regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged baseload, coal, coal fired power, Electricity generation, ferc, Fossil fuel, Nuclear power, Renewable energy, renewables, solar, utilities, Wind power

Google Energy to start disrupting the utility industry?

Google Energy to start disrupting the utility industry?

By Tom Raftery on January 10, 2010

Photo credit filippo minelli
There is no doubt about it but Google is a disruptive company.
First Google disrupted search, then advertising, then video (with their acquisition of YouTube), and then Office applications with the launch and continued development of Google Apps for Domains. Most recently Google has disrupted the mobile phone industry, first with the […]

Posted in Business | Tagged ferc, geothermal, google, google energy, google powermeter, gphone, nexus one, Renewable energy, smart grid, solar energy, utilities, wind energy | 3 Responses

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