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The blackouts that gripped parts of Texas for days as temperatures dipped to record lows last month were stunning for a state that prides itself on its diverse and abundant energy supplies. Texas is the country’s largest oil producer, largest lignite coal producer, largest natural gas producer, and largest wind energy producer.
Yet despite its bountiful resources, every electricity source natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar fell short just as Texans needed to warm up the most.
Now that Texas has thawed out after an icy freeze left more than 4 million people in the cold and dark, heads are rolling.
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There was so much cause for optimism when Chinese President Xi Jinping made a surprise pledge last fall to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. With the world’s largest-emitting country firmly on board, it seemed a climate change corner had been turned.
The message last week, when Mr. Xi’s government presented its new five-year economic plan, was more disheartening: Not so fast.
President Biden tapped a carbon tax champion this month for an influential White House position. Now, his administration just needs to figure out if carbon pricing will be a part of its climate policy.
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Published March 11, 2021
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The following is a contributed article by Astrid Atkinson, co-founder and CEO of Camus Energy, Dr. Varun Sivaram, senior research scholar at Columbia University s Center on Global Energy Policy, and Richard L. Kauffman, chairman of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
The technology to create virtual power plants made up of distributed energy resources (DERs) is here. They can replace conventional, fossil-fueled power plants and enable a cleaner, cheaper and more resilient grid. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) delivered a boost in 2020. Its Order 2222 allows aggregations of DERs to participate in wholesale electricity markets through sales of power and participation in Demand Response (DR), capacity and ancillary services markets.
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