India’s energy demand projected to surge

Simon Denyer and Rama Lakshmi

NEW DELHI — Like China two decades ago and the United States in 1950, India stands on the cusp of transformational economic and social change, a jumping-off point at which the demand for electricity is about to explode.

CA known geothermal resource areas

Submitted by eortiz5000 on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 12:25

In 2007, geothermal energy in our state produced 13,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity. Combined with another 440 GWh of imported geothermal electricity, then geothermal energy produced 4.5 percent of the state's total system power. A total of 43 operating geothermal power plants with an installed capacity of nearly 1,800 megawatts are in California, about two-thirds of the total United States' geothermal generation.

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The Rosenfeld Effect

Submitted by eortiz5000 on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 11:03
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<a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14059885">https://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_14059885</a>

Rosenfeld founded a group that became the lab's Center for Building Science. Research on the miniaturization of electronic ballasts in fluorescent lamps led to the development of the first compact fluorescent lamps. The center also developed low-emissivity windows as well as computer programs for the energy analysis and design of buildings.
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CA Energy Sources

Submitted by eortiz5000 on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 10:44

California is the eighth largest economy in the world, according to the state's Legislative Analyst's Office. To meet the needs of its growing population, California's economy depends upon affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound supplies of electricity, natural gas, and transportation fuels.

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CA electricity consumption by sector

Submitted by eortiz5000 on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 10:23

All major sectors of California's economy show modest, steady growth over the last decade. Between 1995 and 2000, the state's electricity consumption overall, as well as its residential sector, grew 2.5 percent per year. This growth rate is not unusual for the state when compared to the historic record, and is moderate when viewed in the context of the growing population and economy.

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Extended nuclear generation outage increases Southern CA's energy prices relative to Northern CA

Submitted by eortiz5000 on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 09:46
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https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=10531

Historically, wholesale power prices for Northern and Southern California tracked closely with one another, indicating minimal market differences between the two areas. However, after the shutdown of SONGS in early 2012, the relatively inexpensive nuclear generation produced by SONGS had to be replaced with power from more expensive sources. Consequently, since April 2012 Southern California power prices have persistently exceeded Northern California prices, with the spread averaging $4.15/MWh, or 12% of the Northern California price.

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Electricity use and GDP projection

Submitted by eortiz5000 on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 09:29
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http://econintersect.com/b2evolution/blog1.php/2013/03/25/electricity-usage-efficiency-5-fold-improvement-in-60-years

The efficiency of energy use in growing the U.S. economy has made dramatic improvements over the past 60 years.  Before the mid-1980s electrical energy usage grew faster than GDP growth but since then the relationship has reversed.  Projections by the U.S. EIA (U.S.

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CA energy demand forecast

Submitted by eortiz5000 on Wed, 05/29/2013 - 09:07
Unlike consumption, peak over all sectors in 2010 was very close to the CED 2009 statewide projection; although 2010 was a mild weather year overall, a heat storm event(extended heat wave) in September 2010 yielded a relatively high peak. The figure also indicates noncoincident weather‐normalized peak demand in 2011, higherthan the actualtotal since this was a relatively cool year. Growth rates in the forecast period are calculated relative to this weather‐normalized total, which is significantly lowerthan the peakpredicted in CED 2009.
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