Engineering

Environmental economics

Watershed

Petroleum engineering

Geothermal gradient

Economics

Power (physics)

Computer science

Electricity generation

Geology

Oceanography

Waste management

Thermodynamics

Physics

Renewable energy

Biomass (ecology)

Environmental science

Energy mix

Fossil fuel

Wind power

Geophysics

Natural resource economics

Machine learning

Electrical engineering

Natural Gas & Electricity

Renewables are a real challenge for utility operators, particularly solar and wind power. Renewables such as biomass, geothermal, and hydro are as controllable as fossil fuel plants. Hydro has its challenges if rainfall in the reservoir's watershed can't keep the reservoir full—but within reservoir depth restraints, output is controllable.

Analyzing Renewables in a Utility Energy Mix