For years, utility companies have pursued a reckless strategy of prematurely retiring their reliable, affordable coal plants while pretending that a combination of wind, solar, and storage could replace their…
Category: Energy
Ideologues Try Their Hand At Ordering Up An Electrical Grid Powered Only By “Renewables”
…places like New York, California, Germany and the UK continue to plow forward as if wind/solar/storage electricity systems can work. It’s as if it’s not possible to learn from experience.
Washington Post on Natural Gas: No Plan = Best Plan (channeling F. A. Hayek)
The editorial board of the Washington Post last month gave a shout out to natural gas. Kudos to the Post for magnifying the obvious.
Tech Companies Drive Nuclear Power Plant Expansions, More Electricity
For much of the past 40 years, nuclear power has been in a funk in the U.S., though according to the U.S. Department of Energy it still produces nearly 20%…
Europe Cooks With Gas; Africa Breathes Smoke
The EIB and World Bank policies that protect their climate scorecards while African women devote half their lives carrying water and children are lost to early death. That trade carries…
U.S. EPA’s Energy Exceptionalism (CO2 freedom)
Trump EPA delivers reliable and affordable energy in the largest power sector deregulatory action in U.S. history
RCEnergy Poll: Majority Wants Less Red Tape To Cut Energy Costs
Fifty-nine percent of voters said they would be more likely to vote for a congressional candidate who supported making permitting decisions for energy infrastructure take “considerably less time and be…
How to Fulfill the Great Potential of Nuclear Energy. Affordable, Clean, Abundant Power
Diversifying nuclear fuel sources provides customers timely and cost-effective options. It enables us to unlock an abundant fuel solution for the next century, transforms two liabilities—waste and government material—into assets,…
Seoul Power. A $200 Billion Korea Deal Puts Eight Reactors on the U.S. Table
The authors call the relationship between the American and Korean builders “previously convoluted and obscure” and say it remains uncertain. The rest of the package is not settled either. Seoul…
California’s Energy Crisis Could Bring the West Coast To Its Knees
California, Nevada, and Arizona are in serious trouble. Cap and invest policies are crippling the state. It’s past time for Governor Newsom and state legislators to make courageous and correct…
Google Knew? Google Management Finally Admits Renewables Don’t Work for Powering Data Centers
They knew a decade ago – “… Battery technology is not yet at the stage where it can fully absorb that firming need and requirement. …”
Nuclear Power at ‘Warp Speed’: Magical Thinking Meets Statism
Bipartisan support for commercial fission in Congress and the White House has opened the subsidy floodgates and, to an extent, reined-in overregulation. But the information of a free market where…
Germany’s Green Energy Debacle: High Energy Costs Force Kahla Porzellan to Close After 182 Years!
According to a report by Blackout News, the renowned porcelain manufacturer Kahla in Thuringia is shutting down its operations for good on December 31, 2026.
You Pay Each Month for Closing Coal Power
The data are clear, coal keeps electricity prices at a reasonable level, enhances reliability, supports national security and keeps the wolf from the door in times of extreme weather events.
My Comments on the Suncor v. Boulder Climate Case
We need to know that we can fulfill our commitments to provide natural gas to the Europeans, for example. We can’t have this morass of litigation around the country hanging…
Build power stations to protect the environment
When advocating environmental solutions for the world, it really is necessary to think carefully about the real circumstances of the various people concerned.
Natural Gas Turbine Boom (better late than never)
“The ‘invisible hand’ is at work to enable the dash-to-gas (and diesel too) in the catch-up period for economical, large-scale power generation.”
How to Prepare for a Blackout
A power cut lasting an hour or two is an inconvenience, but a blackout lasting a week or more in the middle of winter would be something quite different. Engineers…
‘Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future’ (trade group under fire)
Bill McKibben is desperate. Instead of accepting reality, he continues his magical thinking of wind and solar dominance. But as James Hansen, the father of the alarm, stated:
Latest European Green Energy Debacle; Portugal’s Largest Flagship Solar Park Insolvent!
In summary, Europe’s green energy revolution is going the way of communism: lots of rosy promises turning into an economic debacle. Collapse is inevitable.