The DOT made the right call in ending these wind turbine subsidies and redirecting the money to where it’s really needed.
Category: Intermittent Wind and Solar
Australia Must Double Solar, 20x More EVs and Replace Coal with Renewables Without Raising Energy Costs
The cost will be between A $500 billion to $1.5 trillion, but the government assures us there will be no impact on energy prices.
Heartwarming: Watch Madison County Destroy 7 Wind Turbines with Explosives
A happy interlude in our ongoing coverage of a world gone mad.
U.S. Offshore Wind: Politics Giveth, Taketh
Offshore wind developers are speaking out about violations of the legal approval process, which have and will continue to harm other legitimate users of the ocean shared with the wind…
Can PR Rehabilitate Big Tech’s Dirty AI Carbon Splurge?
Will anyone still believe big tech claims they care about the environment?
Jakarta Post: Coal Plants Need to Stop Outcompeting Renewables
“… market forces are stacked against renewables as long as there is excess supply of power, mostly from coal, in the Java-Bali power grid. …”
Trump Admin Kills Massive Offshore Wind Project
“Americans deserve energy that is affordable, reliable, and built to last — not experimental and expensive wind projects that are proven failures,” DOI deputy press secretary Aubrie Spady told the…
UN: Renewables are So Cheap They Need Lots of Subsidies
Watch out for big oil saboteurs, who are more interested in pumping oil than making money.
Corporate Investor Strike Triggers Aussie Renewable Energy Crisis
“… data confirms no new project commitments in the first half of 2025, and following a week when the country’s three biggest utilities showed no interest in buying, building or…
Yet Another Misleading Report on “Low-Cost” Wind and Solar
Promoting misleading claims about wind and solar power distorts policymaking and will only exacerbate the growing inadequacy of electric supplies to meet increased demand in the wake of continued electrification…
Chinese Media: AI Investment Should be Diverted to Climate Action
“… Trillions of dollars of bubble-inflating equity investment continue to pour into tech stocks while critical areas … such as climate change alleviation continue to go underfunded. …”
Trump Admin Moves To Curb ‘Environmentally Damaging’ Green Energy Projects
The Department of the Interior (DOI) moved to deal another blow to the green energy industry Friday, announcing that it will consider energy projects’ capacity density and the environmental impacts…
When the Wind Stops Blowing: Trump Administration Restores Sanity to Offshore Energy Policy
And if the wind doesn’t blow quite so favorably for offshore wind’s rent-seekers in the future, well, maybe that’s just the way the wind ought to blow.
The Ongoing Fiction of Cheap Wind and Solar
As energy analyst Alex Epstein testified in the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should “require solar and wind generators to bear the full costs of the backup,…
Study: Climate Change Could Worsen Prolonged Wind Droughts
More bad news for fragile, weather dependent power generation systems – but send more money.
FWS is violating its own eagle-kill regulations
If FWS wants to use an offset program for wind turbines killing eagles, it must first do the research to establish the effectiveness of the offset measures. The present program…
Blackout Australia Doubles Down on Net Zero
Government plans an ambitious 30 minutes of battery capacity to stabilise the grid.
AI Revolution Drives Huge Gas Plant Build-Out
Green energy advocates want renewables to power the AI data centers. Solar systems fall far short. Gas plants are designed to deliver their rated output over 90% of the time.
How the Trump AI Action Plan will Wreck Green Energy
“… ensures an uninterrupted and affordable supply of power …” – just not possible with renewables.
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