Today we are pleased to present a guest contribution by Jamel Saadaoui (University of Strasbourg). This post is based on the paper coauthored with Valérie Mignon (University of Paris Nanterre).
Category Archives: energy
FERC/NERC Report On Texas 2021
Clearly, electricity generators and natural gas providers were the problem in reduced supply during the winter crisis of 2021, according to the FERC/NERC report.
Remembering History: Texas Power Generation Outages in the 2021 Crisis
Here is plotted some time series, from Busby et al. “Cascading risks: Understanding the 2021 winter blackout in Texas,” Energy Research & Social Science Volume 77, July 2021, 102106.
On the Reliability of Non-Renewables Energy Production: Texas, June 18, 2023
“Wind, solar help Texas meet record power demand during heat wave”
From Reuters:
June 30 (Reuters) – The Texas power grid comfortably met record demand during this week’s heat wave with abundant power supply from wind and solar plants, data from the grid operator showed.
Cost of Energy Production from Wind, Over Time
A reader asks “what’s changed over 11 years” in defending citation of a blogpost from 2012.
“Funny that these graphs consistently show the start of the Russian invasion, apparently a propos of nothing.”
That’s reader JohnH wondering why I put indications of the expanded Russian invasion of Ukraine (recalling the original invasion is in 2014), along with the recession. Well, it seemed like the beginning of the largest land war in Europe since World War II (with major battles not far from Kursk) had an impact on sentiment, etc., to wit:
“Sky-high [natural] gas prices…”
Oil Prices, Gasoline Prices
Oil prices are down, and futures are in backwardation. Gasoline prices are also (way) down from June peaks.
Hubbert’s Peak and Technology
What assumptions were made?