They knew a decade ago – “… Battery technology is not yet at the stage where it can fully absorb that firming need and requirement. …”
Category: Intermittent Wind and Solar
‘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:
University of Reading Professor Explains How Britons will Have to Do Without when Renewable Energy is Unavailable – Unless you are Rich
“… Up to now, the solution has been to build more storage or curtail generation. Both approaches can work, but both can also be expensive. …”
Another Electricity Margin Notice
NESO issued yet another Electricity Margin Notice for yesterday evening’s peak period, with low winds and solar power dropping away:
Al Gore: “The day is coming when our [Renewable Energy] momentum will overtake the resistance. We’re getting very close now”
Al Gore still stuck in green conspiracy land.
Claim: Solar saved the day when Heatwaves Forced Shutdowns of European Nuclear Plants
Blaming government infrastructure failures on nuclear energy.
The “Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels” project has become a global program
It will certainly be worth watching as countries struggle to map their way to an impossible future. Mind you these are professional diplomats who know how to talk about doing…
Aussie Renewables Win Tax Concessions the Government Claims Other Businesses Don’t Need
Australia’s shock capital gains tax rises will apparently not negatively affect any part of the economy except renewables.
The Biggest Garbage Heaps in Human History
So much for the lies about clean, renewable, sustainable energy. Where will all the trash go?
Ellenbogen’s (New York) Data from the July 2026 Heat Wave
Ellenbogen connected the voltage collapse to a growing reliance on inverter-based resources — solar and batteries — that disconnect from the grid when voltage or frequency moves outside their operating…
Synergy of Wind & Solar Generators in Australia’s NEM
The de-industrialisation of the Australian economy continues per Image 2 with quarterly volume down 0.5% year-on-year as rooftops exceed any growth.
Cheap Renewables? Reuters Recycles the Myth
“Wind and solar developers naturally want the public to equate nameplate megawatts with reliable supply, subsidized bids with total costs, and rapid deployment with technical necessity. They are selling projects.…
New York’s Wind Permitting Scandal
… the lack of a comprehensive cumulative environmental impact assessment prevents us from knowing the full impacts of the projected build‑out of wind and solar projects necessary to meet Climate…
Queensland Defies Aussie Data Center Green Energy Mandate
“… Failing to win the support of Queensland could be a deal breaker, according to the Climate Council …”
Aussie Renewable Energy Retailer Collapse Blamed on President Trump
I doubt President Trump even heard of this company but his magic apparently somehow caused its collapse.
New York State Bans New Data Centers to Rescue their Underpowered Green Energy Grid
Hochul: “… They drive up costs for local ratepayers, and I refuse to let those costs get passed down to New Yorkers …”
Aussie PM Announces Plan to Force US AI Companies to Pay for Australia’s Net Zero Transition
What could possibly go wrong with this plan?
China Wind & Solar: Output Lags Capacity
China, already losing money on its wind and solar buildout, evidently has a tiger by the tail with transmission capacity to get solar and wind from nowhere to somewhere.
Miliband Overrules His Inspectors to Approve Britain’s Second-Largest Solar Farm
Ed Miliband has approved Britain’s second-largest solar farm on 4,000 acres of prime farmland after overruling opposition from his own inspectors. The Telegraph has the story.
Doing The Opposite: Studies Show Gigantic Wind Farms Significantly Warm The Night
Proponents of the energy transition often ignore or conceal the negative local climate impacts of wind turbines. Report24 references a 2012 study published in Nature Climate Change by Liming Zhou…