About Flink
Flink Energy helps clients working to facilitate the transition to low carbon energy sources. Principal Ken Dragoon brings more than 30 years of experience and innovation in the electric utility industry to address the challenges of relying on renewable resources for our energy needs.
Services
- Research, analysis and reports
- Energy systems and market modeling and analysis
- Expert testimony
- Presentations and educational materials
- Risk analysis
- Excel and Excel VBA tools
NEW!
June 15, 2018:
Flink launches the Renewable Hydrogen Alliance (RHA). RHA promotes using surplus renewable electricity to produce climate-neutral fuels.
Download the informational brochure.
Feb 23,2018:
Flink releases Power to Gas: Opportunities for Greening the Natural Gas System, a report commissioned by NW Natural reviewing technologies for using renewable electricity to produce combustible carbon-neutral fuels. The report notes the importance of these technologies in reaching low carbon emission goals and identifies the need for advocacy to educate policy makers on the important role of carbon-neutral fuels based on renewable electricity in reducing emissions. A presentation of the main points of the paper was made to the Northwest Environmental Business Council on February 23, 2018.
Mission
Flink Energy Consulting is dedicated to facilitating the transition to a world powered by clean and affordable energy.
Recent Projects
- Power to Gas Report (NW Natural)
- Expert Testimony Utah QF Docket (Utah Clean Energy)
- Energy Analysis of Electric Water Heaters as Energy Storage (Energy Trust of Oregon)
- Wave Energy Industry Update (Oregon Wave Energy Trust)
- Strategic Flexibility Roadmap (European Copper Institute)
- Excel-based Hourly Dispatch Utility Production Cost Model (Renewable Northwest)
Recent Publications(click to download)
- Power to Gas: Opportunities for Greening the Natural Gas System (NW Natural, 2018)
- Electric Water Heaters as Grid Energy Storage (Energy Trust of Oregon, 2017)
- Thermal Energy Storage: The Quiet Revolution (Flink, 2017)
- Towards 100% Renewable Energy Systems (Elsevier, 2016)
- Wave Energy Industry Update report (Oregon Wave Energy Trust)
- Power System Flexibility Strategic Roadmap (European Copper Institute)
- Integrating Ocean wave energy at large-scales: A study of the US Pacific Northwest
- Heat Pump Water Heaters for Demand Response and Energy Storage
- Energy Storage White Paper
- Flexibility Options in Power Systems
- Wave Energy Utility Integration
- Valuing Wind Generation on Integrated Power Systems (Elsevier, 2010)
- Renewable Energy Integration (Elsevier, 2014)
Mailing Address:
Flink Energy Consulting
3519 NE 15th Avenue, #227
Portland, OR 97212