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Passengers who travel to the US under the US Visa Waiver Programme (VWP) are required to have obtained electronic travel authorisation via Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA) prior to boarding a US-bound flight.
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All citizens of countries under Visa Waiver Programme (VWP), who plan to travel to the US for temporary business or pleasure, will be required to receive an electronic travel authorisation via ESTA prior to boarding a US-bound flight, provided that passengers are holders of machine readable passports, which were issued before 26 October 2005, between 26 October 2005 and 25 October 2006 with a digital photo printed on the data page, or e-Passports issued on or after 26 October 2006. Accompanied and unaccompanied children, regardless of age, are required to obtain an independent ESTA approval.
ESTA adds extra security that can help US government to determine, in advance of travel, whether an individual is eligible to travel to the US under the VWP or not.
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ESTA is implemented as a mandatory programme in effect from 12 January 2009. All nationals or citizens of VWP countries who plan to travel to the US for temporary business or pleasure under the VWP will require an ESTA approval prior to boarding a flight to travel to the US.
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The website is operated by the US government and employs technology to prevent unauthorised access to the personal information.
The authorisation may need some time to process. Passengers are required to submit ESTA applications no less than 72 hours prior to flight departure time. However, applications may be submitted at any time prior to travelling to the US under the VWP.
Determination is provided on the ESTA website almost immediately with three types of responses to an application: 1) Authorisation Approved, 2) Authorisation Pending, and 3) Travel Not Authorised. Applicants who receive an approval are authorised to travel to the US under the VWP. Applicants who receive Authorisation Pending will need to check the website for updates within 72 hours for a final response. Applicants whose ESTA applications are denied will be referred to www.travel.state.gov for information on how to apply for a visa to travel to the US.
Each approved ESTA application will be valid for two years; passengers may travel to the US repeatedly within a two-year period without having to apply for another ESTA approval.
Starting from September 8 2010, a passenger who applies will need to pay a USD14 fee by credit card or debit card
Information needed is similar to that required for I-94W form. Passengers must provide data such as name, date of birth, passport information and flight number.
Although the development and implementation of the ESTA programme will eventually help eliminate paper I-94W form, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has not announced a definite date for this plan. Meanwhile our airport staff will continue to distribute I-94W forms.
Yes. If passengers have acquired a new passport or have had a change in name or other identifying biographical information, a new application must be submitted.
If an ESTA application is denied and passenger wishes to continue with the trip, he/she will be required to apply for a nonimmigrant visa at a US Embassy or Consulate.
Passenger may reapply for an ESTA approval after a period of ten days.
There is no guarantee of a next-day appointment with a US Embassy or Consulate. As a result, passengers should apply for an ESTA authorisation far in advance.
Passengers who have been refused admission to the US will not be eligible for ESTA approval and must visit www.travel.state.gov for information on applying for a visa to travel to the US.
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Watch Delusional Racist Larry Klayman Get His A$$ Handed to Him: Whos the Whore Now? (Video)
Posted by: Bob Cull in Liberals in Action, Most Popular on AATTP, TEApublican Smack Downs, Videos October 19, 2013
Speaking to Martin Bashir on MSNBC Larry Klayman, CEO of FreedomWatch, one of the more radical TEA Party organizations, attempted to defend his remarks at the Million Vet March recently.
Klayman tried to claim that his remarks about the President were taken out of context and that he meant them as a metaphor, not expecting anyone to take them literally. He went on to accuse the left of deliberately editing them to make it seem as though he did mean it literally.
Here are Klaymans exact words, taken from the video which he supplied on WND to refute what he says the left has intentionally distorted:
These are the same words which have appeared on every news show which has played an excerpt from his speech, the same words which he insists have been edited to make him look like he is accusing the President of being a Muslim when, according to him they were metaphoric.
We are now ruled, quote unquote, by a President who bows down to Allah, whos rules of engagement for our veterans dont allow us to defend ourselves properly, who are dying in Afghanistan, per capita in greater numbers than have ever died in any American war, and I know because I represent some of the families, and I feel personally involved. This President is not a President of we the people. Hes a President of his people.
Whenever Bashir or his other guest, James Peterson, associate professor at Lehigh University attempted to ask him a question or challenge anything he said he would, in typical TEA Party fashion talk over them, in an attempt to keep them from expressing a view contrary to his.
Bashir read a passage from his book, Whores:Why and How I Came to Fight the Establishment, in which he says, I have never engaged the services of a prostitute, but I have encountered a lot of whores in my career-people and interests who sell out their nation for money, power and fame. He then asks him, So who is the whore in your opinion, is it Ted Cruz or Mitch McConnel?
Attempting to deflect the question Klayman responded, Well, that was in regard to people in Washington generally, it was Thomas Jefferson who said, Martin at which point Bashir interupts to say, I understand that Mr. Klayman I just wonder if I could take your very words and ask you which of those two, Mr. Cruz or Mr. McConnell is in your opinion a whore.
Kalyman said, In terms of how I would charcterize it Mitch McConnell sold out the American people so I would categorize him in that group.
He goes on to say, Our grievances are not being heard by either political party, so therefore, theyre all whores.
Bashir then turns to Peterson asking if he thinks that there will be a major split in the Republican party with Cruz leading a secession from the party and what it will mean to the nation since Cruz almost single handedly led the nation into default.
Peterson said that he does not see Cruz leaving the party any time soon if only because of his aspirations to the Presidency something that would be virtually impossible running on a third party ticket. He then acknowledges that he may agree on one point with Klayman, that being that we should really have three or four parties in our system because there is too much money involved in politics.
He goes on to say, Ted Cruz is a part of that system, he may seem to be more rebellious and revolutionary because hes affiliated himself with the TEA Party, but at the end of the day, hes pretty on the straight and narrow when it comes to American politics.
Coming back to Klayman, Bashir raised the question of his challenge last year of the Presidents right to be on the ballot because he doesnt believe that he is a natural born citizen to which he replied, Actually, Im still doing that, Martin.
After playing the tape of Klaymans remarks which are quoted above, he asks him, Are you claiming that the President is a foreign born Muslim who has hoodwinked the entire nation?
It is at this point that Klayman makes his claim that the tape was cleverly edited and that his remarks were obviously metaphoric. He then says, The President has bowed down to Arab states and Muslim interests at the expense of the United States and Israel.
Bashir interrupts and asks, What evidence do you have to support these repugnant slurs and smears?
Klayman then asserts, as a journalist and as a writer, Martin, you know that those references were metaphoric.
Bashir asks him if he was using these metaphors to incite the crowd and titillate Sarah Palin and just all around rabble rouse.
Klayman claims that he was just making a point and get them to understand.
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Support Case Month: April 2014
With the "unlimited builders collection" do I get the the "add-ins" and "templates"?
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Hello Paul,
Likno Web Builders Collection (unlimited domains license) includes:
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Kevin Clash has resigned as Elmo's puppeteer, little more than a week following news of a sex scandal involving the longtime Sesame Street staple.
Clash, 52, had been accused by a Pennsylvania man of having a sexual relationship when the man was 16. Later last week, he recanted, claiming he was an adult at the time, and Sesame made plans for Clash to return to work.
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Building materials typically considered to be 'green' include rapidly renewable plant materials like bamboo and straw, adobe clay, lumber from forests certified to be sustainably managed, recycled stone, recycled metal, and other products that are non-toxic, reusable, renewable, or recyclable. Additionally, building materials should be extracted and manufactured locally to the building site to minimize the energy used in their transportation.
Cost of green building
The cost of building green is dependent upon many factors, including location, size, technology, access to waste management, climate, and local and regional codes. According to a cost analysis report of green building from 2004, the cost of building sustainably depends on the size and magnitude of the project, as would the cost of a regular building. The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) claims that the benefits of building to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified include an eight to nine percent decrease in operating costs, a 7.5% increase in building values, and a 3.5% increase in occupancy. The National Resources Defense Council also claims that becoming LEED certified allows one to to take advantage of government incentives. Building with the goal of becoming LEED certified does cost more money, however. Most studies that claim that constructing a green building costs only a very small percent more than building a traditional building do not factor in the costs that come with the planning of the building. Most architects and design professionals are not familiar with green building, so time and money must be spent on educating them. Even simply pursuing LEED certification costs money as well. The cost of the building itself is not that much more than a traditional building, but the cost of the construction and planning for the building does cost more than doing so for a conventional building. However, in most cases, the long term financial savings from reduced energy use mitigates the initial higher costs of constructing the building.
Reduced energy use
A building can greatly lower its utility bills while decreasing its impact on the environment by incorporating technologies that reduce energy use. Energy use can be reduced in several ways. Builders can use highly efficient insulation materials to strengthen the building envelope, lessening the need for heat in cold weather and air conditioning in warm weather. High efficiency windows also help to strengthen the barrier between the building and the elements. Hybrid solar lighting collects light from the sun and sends it through optical fibers into buildings where it combines with electrical light in hybrid light fixtures. This reduces the need for electricity to provide light. Another way to lessen the need of artificial light is to orient windows so that they let in as much natural light as possible. Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are energy efficient systems that can be used to control and maintain the temperature and quality of air inside a building. The use of HVAC systems leads to reduced use of fans, conventional heating systems, and improved occupant health (because the air inside is cleaner).
Human health issues
Green building technology can offer numerous advantages to the occupants of the resulting structures including benefits in: (a) indoor air quality; (b) sound levels; and (c) beneficial illumination levels. Indoor air quality is improved by avoiding adhesives and other chemicals that produce deleterious off-gassing, especially in the first several years of a building's use. There are other potential benefits if materials are chosen to minimize life-cycle cleaning activity, especially use of aerosols and other chemicals that can irritate respiratory systems. In addition, screening of building stone materials can avoid substances that produce harmful radon gas; correspondingly, site surveys to avoid radon emanating from subsoils will remove risks of exposure to radon.
Improved building skin insulation favors the conservation of energy, but it also reduces the penetration of externally generated noise pollution, and thus protects building occupants from excessive sound levels from aircraft, motor vehicle and other noise sources. This outcome improves cardiovascular health and statistically reduces headache incidence and hearing degradation.
Avoidance of over-illumination produces significant energy cost savings, but also enhances the health and well being of building occupants. Considerable research has demonstrated that most buildings beginning in the 1950s were designed with excessive installed lighting intensity, partly due to heavy influence of lighting manufacturing industry influences. The benefits of designing buildings to avoid over-illumination include reduction of reported incidence of headaches, improvement of workplace efficiency and statistical improvement in cardiovascular health. Reduction in lighting that emanates from a given property to off-site locations also reduces light pollution to neighborhood residents.
On the other hand, some types of over-zealous use of building insulation can lead to outcomes that reduce the ability of the building interior to exchange air with the outside, and in some cases can increase the risk of radon mortality or other impacts of indoor air pollution.
Renewable energy
Renewable energy comes from natural resources that can either regenerate itself within a human time scale or is inexhaustible. Solar power is a form of renewable energy that is useful in buildings. There are many technologies that make it possible to capture sunlight and turn it into useful energy. Photovoltaics (often called PV) uses semi-conductors to convert sunlight directly into electricity. PV can be used to produce very small or very large amounts of electric power, making it useful and cost effective in buildings. Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) are materials that replace the conventional materials used in the roof or skylight of a building. Using BIPV also strengthens the building envelope and provides the building with a form of renewable energy. Passive solar design uses an array of techniques to obtain energy from the sun which can be used without any conversions. Some examples of passive solar technologies include using materials that absorb and store the sun's heat which can be used to heat the building, or using strategically placed windows to provide replace the need for artificial light. Active solar designs use several different technologies to capture sunlight, which is then converted into useful energy through a generator. Active solar can be used for space heating or for water heating.
Reduced waste
Green architecture seeks to reduce waste of energy, water and materials. There are three main phases of a building's life cycle that must be considered when talking about waste reduction: construction, operation, and deconstruction or removal. During the construction phase, one goal is to reduce the amount of material going to landfills. This can be done by recycling goods instead of putting them in landfills or by buying only enough to complete the job. Another goal is to conserve energy during the construction process. During the operation phase, there are many things a building and its occupants can do to reduce the amount of waste the building produces. On-site solutions such as compost bins can reduce matter going to landfills.
To reduce the impact on wells or water treatment plants, several options exist. "Greywater", wastewater from sources such as dishwashing or washing machines, can be used for subsurface irrigation, or if treated, for non-potable purposes, like flushing toilets and washing cars. Rainwater collectors can be used for similar purposes.Another way to assimilate waste is to convert it into fertilizer. This cuts down on the use of centralized wastewater treatments, which can be costly and use a lot of energy. By collecting human waste at the source and running it to a semi-centralized biogas plant with other biological waste, liquid fertilizer can be produced. Practices like these provide soil with organic nutrients and create carbon sinks that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, offsetting greenhouse gas emission, proving to be beneficial to the atmosphere and waste assimilation. In the demolition phase, any and all recyclable materials should be recycled and reused, not put into landfills.
Regulatory programs
Many countries are making an effort to encourage green building through a multitude of programs and incentives. In Australia, a program called First Rate has been instituted to increase energy efficiency in residential buildings. Another program called the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) has developed a green building standard known as Green Star that examines the environmental design and impact of a building.
USGBC and LEED
The United States has recently developed a similar organization called the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), which is a non-profit trade organization that promotes sustainability in how buildings are designed, built, and operated. The USGBC also developed a rating system called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), which, using a point system, certifies buildings environmentally sustainable. The USGBC works closely with key industry and research organizations as well as with federal, state, and local government agencies. Canada has adopted the LEED program as well as instituted their own set of guidelines which they call R-2000. R-2000 offers incentives to builders who meet their standards of energy efficiency and sustainability. These rating mechanisms are a start on building ratings, but do not take into full account the panoply of design decisions available to building architects and engineers.
Further reading
- Langdon, Davis. Costing Green: A Comprehensive Cost Database and Budgeting Methodology. July 2004.
- Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Business realities and opportunities. World Business Council for Sustainable Development. October 2007.
- Department of Energy on Buildings
- Crosbie, Michael J. Commercial High Performance Buildings. Architecture Week. August 2000.
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CINCINNATI (AP) _ Cincinnati is set to begin a nationwide search for a new police chief on Wednesday.
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Chief James Craig's resignation takes effect June 22. He is Cincinnati's first black police chief and the first to be hired from outside the department.
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Brochure, Fact Sheet: Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders of the Esophagus and Stomach510
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Also available offline as a glossy color brochure (3.5" x 8.5"). Contact IFFGD for details.Topics: Dyspepsia, pain in upper abdomen or chest, Esophageal Disorders, Gastroparesis, Motility, Stomach Disorders
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This publication addresses frequently asked questions and provides an overview intended to help patients and family members understand gastroparesis; what it is, and how it is treated and managed.Topics: Dyspepsia, pain in upper abdomen or chest, Gastroparesis, Motility, Nausea, vomiting, Stomach Disorders
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Functional gastrointestinal (G) disorders significantly impact health related quality of life. This impact is obvious to anyone who has a disorder, or to any provider who cares for people with these disorders. In light of this finding, several medical organizations suggest that healthcare providers carefully monitor the health related quality of life of their patients in order to help guide treatment decisions. However, some studies indicate that many (but by no means all) providers do a poor job of addressing their patients' concerns, and accurately assessing the impact of functional GI disorder symptoms on their overall health status. Patients, in turn, become dissatisfied with their care. This article aims to help both provider and patient understand health related quality of life and improve patient care.Topics: Bowel urgency, Colonic motility, inertia, pseudo-obstruction, Constipation, difficult to pass stools, Gas, Bloating, Belching, Gastroparesis, Heartburn, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Lower Abdominal Pain, Pelvic Pain, Pelvic floor disorders, Stomach Disorders, Working with your healthcare provider
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All medications, prescription and over-the-counter (OTC), have benefits as well as risks associated with their use. The risks may include side effects, allergic reactions, and interactions with foods, drinks, or other drugs. You can increase the potential benefits and reduce potential risks by taking medications properly. It is estimated that up to half of all people who use medications do not use them as prescribed.Topics: Bowel urgency, Constipation, difficult to pass stools, GER, GERD, Heartburn, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Stomach Disorders
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Gastroparesis is a disorder in which the stomach empties very slowly. The delay in stomach emptying can result in bothersome symptoms that interfere with a patient's life. This article reviews symptoms, tests, and treatments for gastroparesis.Topics: Dyspepsia, pain in upper abdomen or chest, Gastroparesis, Motility, Nausea, vomiting, Stomach Disorders
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FORT MEADE, Md. — In a split decision, U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning was acquitted Tuesday of aiding the enemy — the most serious charge he faced — but was convicted of espionage, theft and nearly every other count for giving secrets to WikiLeaks, a verdict that could see him spend the rest of his life in prison.
The judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, deliberated for three days before delivering a decision that denied the government a precedent that freedom-of- the-press advocates had warned could have broad implications for leak cases and investigative journalism about national security issues.
From the courtroom to world capitals, people struggled to absorb the meaning of a ruling that cleared the soldier of a charge of aiding the enemy, which would have carried a potential life sentence but convicted him of 20 of 22 counts that, together, could also mean life behind bars.
Manning faces up to 136 years in prison if given maximum penalties in a sentencing hearing that starts Wednesday. It is expected to last most of August.
The 25-year-old soldier stood quietly at attention in his dress uniform, flanked by his attorneys, as the verdict was delivered. He appeared not to react, though his attorney, David Coombs, smiled faintly when he heard "not guilty" on the charge of aiding the enemy.
When the judge was done, Coombs put his hand on Manning's back and whispered something to him, bringing a slight smile to the soldier's face.
"We won the battle, now we need to go win the war," Coombs said later, outside the courtroom. "Today is a good day, but Bradley is by no means out of the fire."
Transparency advocates and legal experts had mixed opinions on the implications for the future of leak cases and investigative journalism in the Internet age.
The advocacy group Reporters Without Borders said the verdict was a chilling warning to whistleblowers, "against whom the Obama administration has been waging an unprecedented offensive," and threatens the future of investigative journalism because intimidated sources might fall quiet.
However, another advocate of less government secrecy, Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, questioned whether the implications will be so dire, given the extraordinary nature of the Manning case.
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Glenn Greenwald, the journalist, commentator and former civil rights lawyer who first reported Edward Snowden's leaks of National Security Agency surveillance programs, said Manning's acquittal on the charge of aiding the enemy represented a "tiny sliver of justice."
But WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose website exposed Manning's spilled U.S. secrets to the world, saw nothing to cheer in the mixed verdict.
"It is a dangerous precedent and an example of national security extremism," he told reporters at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, which is sheltering him. "This has never been a fair trial."
The conviction of Manning on espionage charges makes it increasingly likely that the United States will prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a co-conspirator, his attorney and other civil liberties groups said.
Military prosecutors in the court martial portrayed Assange as an "information anarchist" who encouraged Manning to leak hundreds of thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents. And they insisted the anti-secrecy group cannot be considered a media organization that published the leaked information in the public interest.
A grand jury investigation into WikiLeaks is ongoing, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia said. But is unclear if any sealed indictments exist and whether Assange has been charged.
Manning acknowledged giving WikiLeaks more than 700,000 battlefield reports and diplomatic cables and video of a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack that killed civilians in Iraq, including a Reuters news photographer and his driver.
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Fein said Manning relied on WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange for guidance on what to leak.
The defense presented testimony from 10 witnesses in three days, plus one rebuttal witness after resting. Manning did not testify. The defense evidence showed Manning was authorized, even encouraged, to view a wide range of classified information as part of his job. The evidence was meant to counter charges that Manning exceeded his authorized computer access. The defense also produced evidence some of the information Manning leaked was already publicly known before WikiLeaks published it. A defense expert witness, Harvard communications law professor Yochai Benkler, testified WikiLeaks served a legitimate journalistic function in publishing leaked material.
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For more than a century U.S. foreign policywhether conducted by Democrats or Republicanshas been based on the assumption that Americans interests are served best by intervening abroad to secure markets, fight potential enemies far from American shores, or engage in democratic nation building. But, what is the record of such policies, including now in Iraq?
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Environmental quality has been a major public concern since the first Earth Day in 1970, yet the maze of environmental regulations enacted since has fostered huge government bureaucracies better known for waste and failure than for innovation and success.
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Energy storage: not so fast
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I was among those who reviewed the California Energy Commission's recently released "2020 Strategic Analysis of Energy Storage in California" report, referenced in Phil Carson's column last week, "Energy Storage, EVs and Collaboration." I was listed as an "advisor" to the CEC process that produced the report. In his column, Carson lamented that dissenting views were not published with the report. I'll provide such a view here.
While I agree that storage could be an attractive resource as California pursues the 33 percent renewable portfolio standard (RPS) target, in my view the report is biased toward advocacy and does not give enough weight to several other critical factors.
The first factor is cost-effectiveness. Storage is currently more expensive than competing alternatives, which is a key reason utilities have been reluctant to deploy it. In California's current market environment, low, stable energy prices and low incremental capacity values make it impossible for storage to compete.
Second, it's unlikely that all of the identified economic benefits can actually be realized, particularly for storage projects that are built to time-shift energy. Wholesale electricity markets in the United States are designed around thermal plants whose marginal costs are known with a high degree of precision. Even if day-night price differences are sufficiently large, and it is not certain they will be, the only way a storage device can consistently generate operating profits is by being able to purchase and sell electricity at prices that are known with a fair degree of certainty in any or all of the upcoming 24 hours. Today's wholesale markets provide neither the forward price visibility nor the opportunity to trade on those prices once the day-ahead auction is finished. Having an Independent System Operator (ISO) determine how to operate storage is also not a feasible solution. PJM found that trying to determine an optimal day-ahead operating schedule for a single large storage system in its footprint led to a five-fold increase in computing effort.
Third, subsidized storage may conflict with electric vehicle (EV) deployments. If California policymakers are serious about promoting electric transportation, and if they are also serious about encouraging EV users to charge off-peak, then they should be aware that subsidized storage for time-shifting energy disadvantages EV users in two important ways. First, it will increase competition for access to off-peak energy, which will increase the cost of off-peak charging energy for those EV users who do choose to charge their vehicles at night. Second, EV users will be forced to effectively pay for those subsidies even though they provide many of the same benefits at no cost.
Fourth, the emissions-related impacts of deploying storage need to be better understood and articulated. While it is true that storage devices other than certain compressed air energy storage (CAES) implementations do not emit CO2 or other pollutants directly, their use either increases emissions from other supply resources or drives the need for more renewable production. A pumped storage plant operating at 75 percent efficiency withdraws one third more energy from the grid when charging than it injects back into the grid when it is discharged. If that additional energy is deemed to be supplied by a fossil-fired plant or from imports, then storage operation leads to a corresponding increase in emissions. If the losses are deemed to be supplied by renewable energy, then additional renewable resources must be built because the RPS is tied to retail sales rather than electric production.
Fifth, regulators, policymakers and lawmakers need to realize that the benefits of storage used to time-shift renewable production and to provide longer duration balancing services depend on credible economic signals. Wholesale prices that are low and stable make storage operation economically challenging because revenues from discharging the storage device might not cover the cost of charging energy that includes losses. Overly generous supply margins that minimize the likelihood of politically inconvenient price spikes undermine storage economics and needlessly inflate customer bills.
The report also suggests storage is essential in order to meet the 33 percent RPS by citing a conclusion from an analysis prepared in 2010 by KEMA Corporation. This isn't true. What the KEMA report did say was, "large-scale storage can improve system performance by providing regulation and imbalance energy for ramping or load-following capability. The 3,000 to 4,000 megawatts (MW) range of fast-acting storage with a two-hour duration achieved solid system performance across all renewable penetration scenarios examined."
Storage has a place in modern electric grids, but only in the right applications and at the right price point. The economic burden of market transformation, which is what this report seeks to promote, should be shared more broadly via carefully targeted, federally sponsored research and development efforts that focus on technology improvements and cost reductions, rather than falling solely on California electricity consumers.
Jack Ellis, ME, works as a consultant to the power industry, advising utilities and other stakeholders on a variety of contemporary regulatory and business issues, including the operational impacts of renewable resources, wholesale electricity market design and policy, and demand response policy and implementation.
In reply to the comment about the interaction between renewable energy economics and large scale energy storage economics, the conclusion of incompatibility is erroneous. Large-scale storage is not just about improving TOD value for renewables. It's also about creating firm capacity that has renewable energy as its energy component. If you model the renewable + storage blend (and that's long-duration storage like pumped storage and CAES) versus the default model of renewable + gas plants to provide firm capacity, you get a better deal with the renewable + storage strategy. However, this requires that the renewables and the storage are modeled together, rather than separately.
Economic consideration can be made for storage that is located close to load versus generation, because there is value in using the transmission asset overnight versus during peak periods, a peak transmission reduction. Regulation services provided by storage are fast acting and require no spinning. In addtion, future contracts can lock in prices that could move such that you are not adversely impacted by the change in off on peak spreads.
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Fossil fuels are in essence a form of energy storage. If the carbon content of fossil fuels is heavily taxed, then other forms of energy storage become more economic. Hence the economics of non-fossil fuel energy storage are strongly dependent on the economics of fossil fuels which in turn are dependent on the level of fossil carbon tax. Until North American governments bite the bullet on the carbon tax issue it is difficult to see how anyone can make money in the energy storage business.
Modelling and Renewables Incentives.
Energy Storage Not So Fast
I support a market standing on its own merits. If a government entity wants a market to move quickly, incentives can help jump start a technology to overcome barriers. Barriers can be inexperience, inexperience with proper application, design and installation know how,etc. These obstacles can be overcome and their "extra costs" eventually go away. In the end, however, if a technology has a price issue after those obstacles go away the technology is not market ready in my view.
Thermal energy storage is self supporting today in some markets. TES stores energy in the form it will be used in the application contributing to high summer peaks. TES has a 30 year life and can be easily, in most cases, recycled or reused. In areas where TES is not used there exist barriers because of previous experience or inexperience. Today's products and best practices ensure a reliable and affordable hybrid cooling system. Rebates can help overcome those extra cost barriers quicker. Manufacturers and experienced users will help the market overcome those barriers but at a slower pace without rebates.
Hybrid cooling systems with energy storage hedges cooling costs with an energy source shown not to be any more expensive according to EEI, in today's dollars, that it was 40 years ago - night time electric generation. It does this while allowing designers to lower the projects overall connected load and helping the viability of renewable energy so states can meet their goals.
actual conclusions from KEMA 2010 report (excerpt)
There are five major conclusions from this research work:
• The California ISO control area will require between 3,000 and 4,000 MW of regulation / ramping services from ʺfastʺ resources in the scenario of 33 percent renewable penetration in 2020 that was studied. The large ramping requirement is driven by the combination of solar generation and wind generation variability that is forecasted for the 33% scenario. Some of this ramping requirement can be satisfied by altering the likely system commitment for conventional generation to maintain a large amount of gas fired combustion turbines on‐line available for ramping. It also may be possible to alter the scheduling of hydroelectric facilities and pump‐storage facilities so as to assure adequate ramping potential at critical periods, although there are environmental and operational difficulties associated with this.
•The moment by moment volatility of renewable resources will require additional AGC regulation services in amounts (up to doubling todayʹs levels) that can be reasonably procured.
•The ramping requirements twice a day or more require much more response and will be the major operational challenge.
•Fast storage (capable of 5 MW/second in aggregate) is more effective than conventional generation in meeting this need and carries no emissions penalties and limited energy cost penalties.
•Use of storage also avoids greenhouse gas emissions increases associated with scheduling combustion turbines ʺonʺ strictly for regulation and ramping duty.
An alternative to providing large‐scale fast system ramping is to constrain the ramp rates of wind farms and central thermal solar plants so as to reduce the need for system ramping resources. This is an interconnection requirement in some island systems today. Meeting ramp rate limits on up ramping is easy enough to do at some lost energy production; meeting down ramp requirements is more technically difficult.
Storage at the site of the renewable resources or as a market service that renewable producers can acquire is an alternative to a system ancillary service with identical benefits and results. There are a number of policy issues at the state and federal level around this concept today which are elaborated in the report. The most important is to determine if ramping restrictions and support are the financial responsibility of the renewables operator or the market; and related to that what storage investments will qualify for what investment tax credits and how these are linked to renewables facilitating increased renewable generation.
I agree with Jack's premise that storage should be driven by economics and environmental benefits (which need to be internalized into economcs) rather than driven by politics. I do, however, have some questions and comments:
1. Jack, you write of "subsidized storage." What subsidies are you referring to?
2. Pumped storage is now generally 80% efficient, not 75%. Other, newer storage technologies are, what, 90%. And if we're talking about pumped storage, a major value stream there will be firm peaking capacity in addition to ancillary services. While load growth is slow due to the economy, an estimated 22,000 MW of "once-through cooling" gas turbines will need to be retired.
3. On the environmental aspect, there is a presumption that off-peak energy would be drawn from fossil sources, particularly out-of-state sources. Since renewables are driving the talk of storage, wouldn't it be more likely that off-peak wind, rather than fossil, would be driving the pumps? Particuarly with California divestment in out-of-state coal plants?
Thanks for your questions and comments.
California utilities are under a legislative directive to determine whether it makes sense to require minimum levels of energy storage. The CPUC has several programs that pay "incentives" for certain technologies, including storage. I also consider storage built by a utility that operates in one of the RTOs/ISOs to be subsidized if the facility is afforded rate base treatment.
I'm aware that pumped storage may have efficiencies in the 80% range. Most battery technologies are not nearly that good. Flow battery efficiencies are in the 50-70% range.
Capacity credits do indeed narrow the gap, but for many storage technologies, capacity credits are not enough. A new CT costs $1400/kW. Flow batteries cost about the same, but their effective fuel cost net of losses is 30-40% higher than the cost of energy from the combined cycle plant that will provide it.
As I pointed out in the article, if charging energy is deemed to be drawn from a renewable resource, under the California RPS that energy would have to be supplied by overbuilding renewable energy production, since the 33% target is tied to retail sales rather than production at the generator busbar.
Energy storage: not so fast
Your article points out several weaknesses in the case for electricity storage. In system regulaiton applications, energy storage competes with other approaches to system regulations. While it may be an excellent option, it remains to be seen if it is cost competitive.
In the area of time shifting, there is more that one can add. Presumably we do not do time shifting for the sake of time shifting. We would do it to encourage the penetration of renewables. Renewable penetration would only be increased if the prices paid to renewable generators in off peak hours were to increase. However, energy storage becomes less profitable as the off peak prices increase. The economics of renewable generation and large scale energy storage are not very compatible. There are circumstances where it could work, but they may be rare.


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