Rick Perry’s “baseload” study released, offers a lifeline to coal, nuclear

Enlarge / DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 2016/10/09: A NRG owned coal fired energy facility that plans to convert to a natural gas facility. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) (credit: Getty Images) The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a report late Wednesday night recommending that power markets revise how they value coal […]

Report: Draft of DOE baseload study says wind, solar don’t threaten reliability

Enlarge / Solar panels, Ferrisburgh, Vermont, June 15, 2016. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) (credit: Getty Images) On Friday evening, Bloomberg reported that it has seen an early draft of a study from the Department of Energy (DOE) concluding that renewable energy like wind and solar are not a threat to the reliability of the […]