Archive - Richard Rusk, Engineer

June 2025

Is nuclear vaporware? Is it subsidized?

I make a case for yes to both questions

Jun 30 •

Iberian outage investigation, June 6 update by ENTSO-E

Data collection continues, next steps identified, webpage established

Jun 13 •

Spain's grid was 18,000 MW Solar and 3300 MW Wind before the April 28 blackout, out of a total Demand 27,000 MW. June 2 was similar with no…

June 2 at 12:35 Demand was 32,000 MW, Solar 17,000 MW and Wind was 6200 MW

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Update on the April 28 Iberian power outage, PV Magazine, May 15, 2025

The investigation is not done, but finding the source of oscillations is the goal

May 26 •

Rusk Newsletter for Energy Engineers

Volume 1, May 23, 2025

May 23 •

Lithium futures - a new business

Trading started in 2021

May 13 •

I asked Grok about the Trump cases in the news

It organized information in just a few seconds and gave me this summary

May 2 •

April 2025

Rusk’s nascent writing career at six months

Nascent, adjective, “coming into existence”

Apr 24 •

Solar and wind are giving Texas two-thirds of their electricty right now

April 7, 2025 at 1:06 pm Central time

Apr 7 •

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