Posted on August 16, 2011

The Index of Energy Security Risk

Institute for 21st Energy Security http://www.energyxxi.org/images/Energy_Index_2011_FINAL.pdf [From Press Release]  With the release of the 2011 edition of the U.S. Chamber’s Energy Institute Index of Energy Security Risk, there is now clear and compelling evidence that America is facing increasing threats to its energy security. The Index, now in its second year, provides the first quantifiable … Continue reading »

Volatility of Power Grids under Real-Time Pricing

Massachusetts Institute of Technology / by Mardavij Roozbehani, Munther A Dahleh and Sanjoy K Mitter www.mit.edu/~mardavij/publications_files/Volatility.pdf [Abstract]  The paper proposes a framework for modeling and analysis of the dynamics of supply, demand, and clearing prices in power system with real-time retail pricing and information asymmetry. Real-time retail pricing is characterized by passing on the real-time … Continue reading »

Flow Regime, Temperature, and Biotic Interactions Drive Differential Declines of Trout Species Under Climate Change

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (online before print August 15, 2011, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1103097108) / by Seth J. Wenger, Daniel J. Isaak, Charles H. Luce, Helen M. Neville, Kurt D. Fausch, Jason B. Dunham, Daniel C. Dauwalter, Michael K. Young, Marketa M. Elsner, Bruce E. Rieman, Alan F. Hamlet and Jack E. Williams http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/08/09/1103097108 … Continue reading »