When rolling blackouts come to the electric grid, they will be old news to the grid insiders. Only the electricity customers will be surprised. Grid insiders know how fragile the grid is becoming. Unfortunately, they have no incentive to solve the problems, because near misses increase their profits. Meredith Angwin describes how closed meetings, arcane auction rules, and five-minute planning horizons will topple the reliability of our electric grid....

This publication provides guidance on how governments and utilities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) can develop sustainable power development plans based on current international best practices. It outlines how the integration of strategic environmental assessments to an integrated resource planning approach can enable power development plans to explore or better manage renewable energy sources efficiently. It also discusses the benefits and...

Handbook of Energy, Volume II: Chronologies, Top Ten Lists, and Word Clouds draws together a comprehensive account of the energy field from the prestigious and award-winning authors of the Encyclopedia of Energy (2004), The Dictionary of Energy, Expanded Edition (2009), and the Handbook of Energy, Volume I (2013). Handbook of Energy, Volume II takes the wealth of information about historical aspects of energy spread across many books, journals, websites,...

An authoritative history of the energy crises of the 1970s and the world they wrought In 1973, the Arab OPEC cartel banned the export of oil to the United States, sending prices and tempers rising across the country. Dark Christmas trees, lowered thermostats, empty gas tanks, and the new fifty-five-mile-per-hour speed limit all suggested that America was a nation in decline. "Don't be fuelish" became the national motto. Though the embargo would end...

Fossil fuel energy is the lifeblood of the modern world. Before the Industrial Revolution, humanity depended on burning wood and candle wax. But with the ability to harness the energy in oil and other fossil fuels, quality of life and capacity for progress increased exponentially. Thanks to incredible innovations in the energy industry, fossil fuels are as promising, safe, and clean an energy resource as has ever existed in history. Yet, highly politicized...

EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform was launched on 15 May 2019, to support the implementation of activities announced in the 'Joint Statement on the Implementation of EU-China Energy Cooperation'. The Joint Statement was signed during the 8th EU-China Energy Dialogue that was held in Brussels on 9th April between Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete and the Administrator of the National Energy Administration of China...

EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform was launched on 15 May 2019, to support the implementation of activities announced in the 'Joint Statement on the Implementation of EU-China Energy Cooperation'. The Joint Statement was signed during the 8th EU-China Energy Dialogue that was held in Brussels on 9th April between Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete and the Administrator of the National Energy Administration of China...

This digest was prepared by： Jean-Michel Glachant, Florence School of Regulation andNicolò Rossetto, Florence School of RegulationMichael G. Pollitt, University of Cambridge (Takeaways from the Handbook on Electricity Markets for Power Sector Reform in China) with generous support from the authors of the Handbook on Electricity Markets. LEGAL DISCLAIMER Chapter 1 and the book cover are included here in this digest with the permission from Edward...

EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform was launched on 15 May 2019, to support the implementation of activities announced in the 'Joint Statement on the Implementation of EU-China Energy Cooperation'. The Joint Statement was signed during the 8th EU-China Energy Dialogue that was held in Brussels on 9th April between Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete and the Administrator of the National Energy Administration of China...

EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform was launched on 15 May 2019, to support the implementation of activities announced in the 'Joint Statement on the Implementation of EU-China Energy Cooperation'. The Joint Statement was signed during the 8th EU-China Energy Dialogue that was held in Brussels on 9th April between Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete and the Administrator of the National Energy Administration of China...