Sep 15, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy
The levelized cost of energy, or LCOE, is a single number: a power plant’s total lifetime cost divided by the total electricity it produces over its life, usually quoted in dollars per megawatt-hour. It is the most-cited figure in energy — and the most misused....
Sep 12, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
A power plant’s capacity factor is the share of its theoretical maximum output it actually delivers over a year. It is also why the grid’s headline numbers mislead. In 2025, US nuclear plants supplied about 18% of the country’s electricity from just...
Sep 9, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy
A wind farm burns no fuel, so almost everything it will ever cost is spent before it sends out a single kilowatt-hour — and most of that money is borrowed. This is why the cost of capital, not the turbine, sets the price of clean power. For a utility-scale solar...
Aug 15, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
A peaker plant is a power station built to sit idle. It earns its keep by running a few hours a year, on the evenings when demand spikes and everything cheaper is already maxed out — and that scarcity is exactly why it produces the most expensive electricity on the...
