Recognizing the Full Breadth of the Variability Challenge

As the world begins to use more and more variable renewable energy, we’re learning in real-time just how much more complex and challenging navigating the energy transition will be. A new paper from the International Energy Agency’s International Centre for Sustainable Carbon finds that a potential over-reliance on variable power in trying to maintain a […]

On February 7, 2024
grid reliability, International Centre for Sustainable Carbon, International Energy Agency (IEA), Jesse Jenkins, Princeton, renewable energy, The New York Times

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The U.S. Coal Solution for Europe

The European energy crisis continues to deepen, and European leaders are now scrambling to break the link between the cost of natural gas and the price of electricity. Natural gas prices are 12 times higher than at the start of 2021 and power prices have exploded in tandem. The cost to consumers is enormous and […]

On August 31, 2022
electricity prices, Energy Ventures Analysis (EVA), Europe, John Kirby, National Security Council, natural gas, Princeton