Emmet Penney

1 month ago | americanaffairsjournal.org | Emmet Penney |Julius Krein

REVIEW ESSAYDemocracy in Power:A History of Electrification in the United Statesby Sandeep VaheesanUniversity of Chicago Press, 2024, 400 pagesThe American grid is in trouble. For years, our country has been retiring reliable power plants and building unreliable wind and solar resources. Moreover, most of the country’s power gets allocated in complex power markets where decisions are made beyond the public eye.

1 month ago | theamericanconservative.com | Emmet Penney

Politics The Secret Weapon for Energy Dominance: Nuclear Waste If the Trump administration is serious about energizing the American Golden Age, there’s an obvious path forward. Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The Trump administration is perhaps the most pro-nuclear administration America has seen since Eisenhower.

1 month ago | compactmag.com | Emmet Penney

The American power industry is racing to keep up with the AI boom. Microsoft, xAI, OpenAI, and Meta have all announced ambitious data-center projects that have sent utility stocks soaring. The need to meet this soaring demand gives Donald Trump the chance to go down in history as the energy president. He campaigned on cheap power prices and “energy dominance,” and installed a highly capable engineer, Chris Wright, as energy secretary.

1 month ago | thefp.com | Emmet Penney

On Monday, Spanish grid operators found themselves sprinting against sunset. The entire country had blacked out. Planes paused on the runway for want of air traffic control. Trains lurched to a stop on the tracks or sat in their bays at the station. Within a few hours, the Spanish government declared a national emergency. The blackouts even reached France and Portugal. Europe is learning another painful lesson about its power sector: If one nation mismanages its grid, its neighbors suffer with it.

2 months ago | compactmag.com | Emmet Penney

On Monday, Spanish grid operators found themselves sprinting against sunset. The entire country had blacked out. Planes paused on the runway for want of air traffic control. Trains lurched to a stop on the tracks or sat in their bays at the station. Within a few hours, the Spanish government declared a national emergency. The blackouts even touched France and Portugal. Europe is learning another painful lesson about its power sector: If one nation mismanages its grid, its neighbors suffer with it.