A somewhat under-the-radar decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit earlier this month is, on its surface, focused on the issue of home alcohol distilling. But…
Category: Energy
Electrify Everything Policies in the Aussie State of Victoria are Breaking the Grid
Someone forgot to build the grid capacity to support the gas replacement policy.
The Chance of Blackouts
The looming problems with reliability are not just a matter of acquiring new resources too slowly, as the NERC report implies, but also a more daunting problem with procuring new…
Wind and solar focus threaten America’s and South Africa’s economy
South Africa is at a crossroads when it comes to electricity.
The next project vault should protect America’s power grid
The United States is running short on the equipment that keeps its lights on. The components supporting our grid are difficult to procure, increasingly costly, and, for certain equipment, largely…
Giant Yorkshire Gas Field ‘To Mine Bitcoin Instead of Boosting British Energy’
A huge Yorkshire gas field is set to be used for Bitcoin mining instead of helping boost Britain’s energy supply. The Telegraph has more.
Monbiot: Green Energy Advocates are Now Pragmatic Patriots Because of Iran and Trump
“Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution?”
Cracks Appear in Climate Consensus as Germany’s Energy Minister Admits Renewable Energy is Ruining the Country
Fifteen years after Merkel’s nuclear panic and decades after the Greens first infiltrated the corridors of power, reality is reasserting itself with the cold logic of physics and markets. The…
Is America on the Verge of a Nuclear Renaissance?
It has been more than seven years since President Donald Trump signed the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) into law – and it has taken all seven years…
America’s nuclear comeback is finally here
Instead of burying or warehousing used fuel, new processes can safely convert it into usable material for modern reactors.
UK Economist Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: High Energy Prices are ‘Good for the Climate’
Energy abundance is not a luxury; it is the foundation of modern civilisation. To pretend otherwise is not sophistication. It is civilisational self-harm. And the bill, as always, lands on…
How Do We Turn the Sun Off?
A truly independent grid operator would surely be ringing the alarm bells now over the looming catastrophe facing us.
Solar Power Threatens to Overwhelm Electricity Grid
Solar power is threatening to overwhelm the UK electricity grid this summer as gluts of supply create a risk of blackouts and leave households and businesses facing being asked to…
Mike Lee Takes On ‘Valley Of Death’ Plaguing Nuclear Energy Developers
…the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad created by Lee’s legislation “meaningfully expands opportunities for private companies to demonstrate their technologies in partnership with the [DOE].”
After All These Years, Alternatives Are Finding Ways to Stand on Their Own
For years, conservatives and other believers in free markets complained about the subsidies, tax breaks and favorable regulations designed to prop up the “alternative energy” movement. If solar, wind and…
Is Plug-In Solar Worth It?
In short, is it worth spending £1000 to save maybe £100, given all of the hassle involved and the fact that few people have that sort of money lying around?
Report: New England electricity prices among the highest nationwide
Residents in New England pay more for electricity than nearly all others, according to the Energy Affordability 2026 report from the American Legislative Exchange Council.
Manufactured Savings: How Ember Turns Assumptions into Energy Policy
Because once speculative outputs are presented as concrete savings, they begin to shape policy decisions, investment flows, and public expectations. And when those decisions are made on the basis of…
The Hydrogen Highway Ends in a Traffic Jam
Charles Rotter California’s hydrogen car experiment has entered a phase where the gap between expectation and experience is no longer subtle. Drivers in Los Angeles recently waited in long lines…