Daniel Olsen
@danielolsen.bsky.social
Power systems decarbonization researcher (PhD UW '19) turned decarbonization software developer. Interested in models, technology, policy, imagination.
Combustion turbines would seem to often be designed for similar flexibility, and not to have inertia only for its own sake.
May 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Combustion turbines would seem to often be designed for similar flexibility, and not to have inertia only for its own sake.
See also: the opioid epidemic and the downturn of brick-and-mortar retail
November 15, 2024 at 8:16 PM
See also: the opioid epidemic and the downturn of brick-and-mortar retail
Which companies (if any) are doing it right?
November 4, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Which companies (if any) are doing it right?
It should be indexed in a way that matches the context in which the data are being looked at. Follow 0- or 1-based indexing based on the programming language, or make it abundantly clear via context in e.g. data tables.
October 14, 2024 at 4:54 PM
It should be indexed in a way that matches the context in which the data are being looked at. Follow 0- or 1-based indexing based on the programming language, or make it abundantly clear via context in e.g. data tables.
21st century Upton Sinclair
October 9, 2024 at 4:51 PM
21st century Upton Sinclair
I'd guess that solving the SCED/SCUC is the biggest lift, so if you can find info on how well those problems parallelize, you're most of the way there (assuming that the tools are appropriately taking advantage of the amount of parallel compute made available to them)
January 13, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I'd guess that solving the SCED/SCUC is the biggest lift, so if you can find info on how well those problems parallelize, you're most of the way there (assuming that the tools are appropriately taking advantage of the amount of parallel compute made available to them)
Fascinating!
Do you have any gut feeling as to whether there's more room for new entrants to still be profitable, and if so, what penetration might be economic? Given the level of transmission between CAISO and the rest of WECC, how relevant is the CAISO penetration vs. the WECC penetration?
Do you have any gut feeling as to whether there's more room for new entrants to still be profitable, and if so, what penetration might be economic? Given the level of transmission between CAISO and the rest of WECC, how relevant is the CAISO penetration vs. the WECC penetration?
January 10, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Fascinating!
Do you have any gut feeling as to whether there's more room for new entrants to still be profitable, and if so, what penetration might be economic? Given the level of transmission between CAISO and the rest of WECC, how relevant is the CAISO penetration vs. the WECC penetration?
Do you have any gut feeling as to whether there's more room for new entrants to still be profitable, and if so, what penetration might be economic? Given the level of transmission between CAISO and the rest of WECC, how relevant is the CAISO penetration vs. the WECC penetration?
Why should we care about 'electrifying everything' as a goal of its own? I care about decarbonizing energy systems, and reducing emissions of other pollutants as well. If the best way to do that is electrifying everything, great. If not, that's fine too.
December 23, 2023 at 12:15 AM
Why should we care about 'electrifying everything' as a goal of its own? I care about decarbonizing energy systems, and reducing emissions of other pollutants as well. If the best way to do that is electrifying everything, great. If not, that's fine too.