If we truly care about keeping the lights on, let’s stop fighting over the “right” kind of energy and embrace the idea of building a grid that uses it all.
Category: Energy
Constraint Payments Soar to New Record
As the Telegraph states, this is essentially a Scottish problem, as there is not enough transmission capacity to carry all the wind power south when it is windy. But naively,…
Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur: Powering Data Centers with Renewables is “Against Physics”
“Even after 3 or 5 years more innovation?” “It’s against physics”.
As German Gas Storage Dips Dangerously Low…Shortage Hardly Avoidable
If Germany’s cold January continues as forecasts suggest, natural gas rationing will be likely.
Plans for huge wind farm paused over ‘unfair’ grid charges
Why should anybody else pay for all of this work, other than the wind farm itself?
Chinese Investment Company: Tech Giants are Turning to Geothermal to Power AI
“… Rising electricity demand from data centers drives both the quantity and price of geothermal installations. …”
Aussie Coal Closure Delayed, to Lower Prices and Stabilise the Grid
I know you will all be surprised as I am that $10s of billions spend on renewables has failed to produce a viable replacement for a single coal plant.
Canada Comes to Grips with Financial and Energy Needs
A recent memorandum of understanding between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith represents the inevitable reassertion of economic necessity over the fantasy of “decarbonization” that has…
Chinese Solar Manufacturers Report Major Financial Losses
Has President Trump’s withdrawal of Biden era renewable subsidies killed the Chinese economy?
“What is the … Plan for Gas?”: Even the Guardian has Slammed Mad Miliband’s Latest Green Energy Brainstorm
“… the scariest report out of the energy department … an “emerging risk” of running out of gas supplies by 2030 …”
£2.7 Billion Bill for Floating Wind
I can think of no other branch of government that could, or ever has, signed away £38 billion of taxpayers’ money on a white elephant that has zero value at…
New York Nuclear Plan
Hochul’s proposal is too little, too late as part of the Climate Act implementation without revising the schedule. It is necessary first to pause implementation and reassess the schedule and…
Energy Security: Trump Bluntly Admits Why Venezuelan Action Was Needed
Asked how his actions against Maduro line up with his “America First” agenda, Trump replied, “We want to surround ourself with energy, we have tremendous energy in that country. It’s very…
Africa’s Pipeline Rejects Climate Dogma and Foreign Control
This sends a terrifying signal to the climate czars that the developing world is waking up. Leaders like President Mnangagwa and industrialists like Dangote are realizing that the “Green Energy…
Let’s Get Back to Building in America
Congress must act on durable reforms that help ensure Americans have access to affordable, reliable and secure energy for decades to come while helping to power U.S. technology and innovation.
Dismantlement of South Africa’s Ferrochrome Industry
South African leaders must pivot to an energy agenda that accepts the present reality: Coal and natural gas are indispensable for industrial competitiveness – at least until affordable, reliable, on-demand…
Britain’s Surging Reliance on Gas Deals Fresh Blow to Miliband Net Zero Hopes
Britain’s reliance on fossil fuels has increased for the first time in four years, dealing a major blow to Ed Miliband’s Net Zero hopes of decarbonising the grid by 2030.
Scotland’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Wasting Three Quarters of Energy
Scotland’s biggest offshore wind farm wasted three quarters of the energy it produced last year after being paid hundreds of millions of pounds to switch off its turbines. The Telegraph…
Three Examples of the “Theft Industrial Complex” in 2025
As another tax season approaches, maybe it’s time to demand leaders who treat taxpayer dollars like a trust — not a slush fund. Because whenever the left starts talking about…