Jeff Postelwait

1 week ago | tdworld.com | Jeff Postelwait

The electricity industry is buzzing about increasing load growth. People and businesses need more power for electric vehicles, new housing, artificial intelligence and other new and growing applications. I spoke with Andreas Schierenbeck, CEO of Hitachi Energy as well as a Senior Vice President and Executive Officer at Hitachi, Ltd., about these drivers as well as the current political landscape of economic downturns, tariffs and, in some places, politicians who are skeptical of clean energy.

2 weeks ago | tdworld.com | Jeff Postelwait

The U.S. Department of Energy is building a list of hundreds of grants and projects that it says no longer match department priorities and need to be cut, but one think tank whose grants were targeted says its work will continue. Boulder, Colorado based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is a nonprofit that conducts research into clean energy and works with businesses, legislators, communities and NGOs on greenhouse gas reduction measures.

4 weeks ago | tdworld.com | Jeff Postelwait

The Trump administration is reviving a goal from Donald Trump’s first term as president: to reverse the decades-long trend of coal power plant closures and rebuild the US coal industry. The White House released executive orders, which it calls an effort to reinvigorate the “beautiful clean coal industry.” One order says coal power would lower energy costs and provide more reliable power while providing jobs.

1 month ago | tdworld.com | Jeff Postelwait

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation recently released its latest glance at the interregional needs of the power grid, and recommended an increase of 35 GW in interregional capacity to address the shortfalls that accompany extreme weather conditions. The experts agree that this is a great start, but the North American grid can do a lot better than just keeping the lights on — and indeed needs to.

2 months ago | tdworld.com | Jeff Postelwait

Discussing increasing utility bills and falling power grid stability, President Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright outlined the administration’s plans for energy policy at CERAWeek 2025. Wright criticized the emphasis of past Democratic administrations on renewable energy, which he says has yet to prove itself as a reliable source of electricity. “Wind and solar, the darlings of the last administration and so much of the world today, supply roughly 3% of global primary energy.