NOTE: โThe Week That Wasโ is a recap of ideas shared over the last seven days.
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The decline of coal has been a feature of US energy, but could AI breathe new life into Americaโs coal plantsโby turning them into data havens?
๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ? Yesterday President Trump signed an Executive Order to reinvigorate โAmericaโs beautiful clean coal industryโ. ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ?
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐? Coal power sites have many attractive attributes for data center siting - ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ, ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ - and make retiring coal plants a attractive target for redevelopment.
IPPs have performed well and big expectations are now priced in. However, their fates are not equal. This post from our Enverus Intelligenceยฎ Research team teases some of the differences we see across regions and name
Coffee Chats: Are transmission bottlenecks overblown? Is CCUS surging? Graham Bain and I talked through our thoughts and what we are seeing in our work at Enverus during our Coffee Chat this morning.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ? Please share in the comments for all of us!
Have a great week!
Beautiful Coal
๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ?
Is Coal the Key to Data Center Development?
๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐?
Coffee Chats: Are transmission bottlenecks overblown? Is CCUS surging?
Graham Bain and I talked through our thoughts and what we are seeing in our work at Enverus during our Coffee Chat this morning.
Link: Coffee Chats: Are transmission bottlenecks overblown? Is CCUS surging?
IPPs have performed well and big expectations are now priced in.
However, their fates are not equal. This post from our Enverus Intelligenceยฎ Research team teases some of the differences we see across regions and name:
Independent power producers (IPPs) face a pivotal shift as renewables reshape generation. Our recent report, Dispatch to Dollars โ Market Forecasts Driving IPP Profits, outlines the impact on profitability through 2035. Opportunities arise amid thermal retirements and volatile pricing.
โข IPP capacity will decline through 2035 as coal and distillate plants retire; however, revenue in high net-load zones like PJM and MISO will rise through 2030, driven by price volatility induced by renewable energy.
โข Evolving market dynamics โ lower prices during solar and wind peaks, and higher prices in the mornings and evenings โ enable strategic dispatch, offsetting long-term capacity constraints with short-term revenue gains.