If there’s a standout feature in today’s fast-changing electricity-generation landscape, it’s that coal-fired and nuclear power plants cannot compete with those that run on natural gas or renewable energy. This will remain the case for the foreseeable future, as gas prices are projected to stay low and renewable energy prices continue to drop. Part of […]
The U.K.’s latest auction of power purchase agreements for offshore-wind generation confirms an aggressive trend toward cost reductions across the industry and signals the arrival of a mature, bankable new segment of the energy sector. The lowest successful bids in auction results announced on Monday, €63 (US$83) megawatt hour (MWh), were 50 percent less than […]
Dominion Resources and Duke Energy say they need to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to meet rapidly growing demand for natural gas. But will the market really grow in the way that these utilities say that it will? The pipeline, announced in 2014 as a joint venture between Dominion, Duke, Piedmont Natural Gas and AGL […]
Sept. 7, 2017 (IEEFA.org) — The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) today published a report describing how coal-to-gasification technology for electricity-generation purposes remains commercially unviable. The report—“Using Coal Gasification to Generate Electricity: A Multibillion-Dollar Failure”—concludes that two long-running marquee American Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC), projects, Duke Energy’s Edwardsport plant in Indiana […]
Tom Sanzillo, director of finance, is an investment advisor and the former first deputy comptroller of New York State.
Tim Buckley, director of energy finance studies, Australasia, is an equity-valuation analyst based in Sydney.
David A. Schlissel, Director of Resource Planning Analysis, is an expert on energy-related engineering and economic issues.
Sandy Buchanan, executive director of IEEFA, is the former executive director of Ohio Citizen Action.
Energy Analyst Cathy Kunkel is a West Virginia-based energy consultant.
Gerard Wynn is IEEFA’s energy-finance consultant, Europe.
Bruce Robertson has been an investment analyst, fund manager and professional investor in Australia for over 32 years.
Karl Cates, director of media relations, is a former editor for Bloomberg LP and the New York Times.
Larry Shapiro is chairman of IEEFA’s board of directors and associate director of program development at the Rockefeller Family Fund.
IEEFA Energy Finance Analyst Simon Nicholas has 16 years’ experience within the finance industry at ABN Amro, Macquarie Bank and Commonwealth Bank of Australia in both Sydney and London.
Energy Finance Analyst Sara Jane Ahmed is a former investment advisor specializing in originating and structuring energy opportunities in emerging markets.
Energy Finance Consultant Yulanda Chung is the former head of Standard Chartered’s sustainable finance team in London and Singapore.
Data Analyst Seth Feaster has 25 years of experience creating visual presentations of complex data at The New York Times and more recently at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He specializes in working with financial and energy data.
IEEFA Update: Hurricane Maria Gives Puerto Rico an Opening to Shake Off Some Shackles and Build a Modern Electricity Grid
Less Debt, a Decentralized Grid, Abundant Sunshine
It isn’t known yet exactly how badly damaged Puerto Rico’s electrical infrastructure is, but the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria is severe. While the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) tweeted yesterday that “the process of recovery will be extensive, but not impossible” the agency has released no estimates on how long it will take […]