Solar as a grid source of electricity is uneconomic, from the rooftop to the large solar arrays. So various government interventions pushed by the solar lobby must come to the…
Category: Intermittent Wind and Solar
Wind Power Drops By A Third In Q3
We are familiar with short term drops in output, maybe for a few days or even weeks. But to lose effectively a third of generation for a whole quarter shows…
Power When You Need It? Not With Wind
From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood If this is the standard of research into the reliability of wind power, then heaven help us all: Nobody…
No Wind Friday
We are now dangerously reliant on interconnectors, not least because wind power is also falling in countries like Germany and Denmark:
Germany’s New Government Plans To Use 10% Of Country’s Land Area For Wind Turbines
In other words, those who demand 2% of the land area with B-plans for wind power plants actually need 10% of the land area.
Weather Lulls: Germany Forced To Burn 20% More Coal, The Very Energy Source That’s To Be Phased Out
The energy source that Germany moves to shut down, rescued the country from widespread blackouts in 2021.
African Energy Chamber: Fossil Fuels, Please
Ultimately, Africans deserve the same level of energy access and security that the rest of the world takes for granted. The number of people left behind is simply too large…
Sierra Club Exec on Energy: Exactly Backwards
The world is already in an “energy crisis” of sorts due to the tremendous misallocation of capital from functioning energy infrastructure to mythical energy infrastructure. This has largely been driven…
Wind Power Health Effects (latest from Scientific Reports)
In view of the adverse health impacts of exposure to turbine-generated LFN, it is recommended that the government set regulations on the requisite distances of wind turbines from residences, for…
New Data Refutes Cheap Offshore Wind Claims
And where do these claims about cheap wind power come from? The Committee on Climate Change:
Challenges of the clean energy transition
The Energy Transition will be one of the most capital- and resource- intensive undertakings in the history of mankind. It is essential for business and industry to provide a reality…
Do you rip off your shingles before finding out if new ones are available? It’s painful to watch those that do
To anyone that pays attention to the energy world with any objectivity (i.e., not searching for villains), it was obvious that the world would one day run into a hydrocarbon…
Useless Green Energy Hitting The Wall
As the world comes out of the pandemic and the international economy returns to attempting to fulfill normal consumer demand, you can see green energy hitting the wall pretty much…
IEA: More Renewable Investment Required to Stabilise European Energy Markets
According to Dr. Fatih Birol, $4 trillion per year of global renewable investment would reduce European dependence on Russian Gas, though Russia is also to blame for the recent energy…
Having Fun Watching Wind And Solar Failing To Step Up To Power The World Economy
Coal supply shortages are pushing prices for the fuel to record highs and laying bare the challenges to weaning the global economy off one of its most important—and polluting—energy sources. The crunch…
Missing wind variability means future impacts of climate change may be underestimated in Europe and North America
Climate models may be underestimating the impact climate change will have on the UK, North America and other extratropical regions due to a crucial missing element, new research has shown.
Nature: Wind Turbine Noise Issues
Make no mistake: the obvious is becoming mainstream despite the protests of the mighty industrial-wind complex. The latest evidence on aerodynamic noise comes from Nature magazine [Scientific Reports volume 11: 17817 (2021)]: “Effects of…
Reliability Challenges in Meeting New York’s Climate Act Requirements
I fear New York consumers will be lab rats for a politically motivated virtue signaling empty gesture that is going to cost enormous sums of money, and, in the event…
Claim: Renewables Could Meet 100% of Aussie Demand at Certain Times by 2025
My question, what are we supposed to do for the rest of the day?
Texas’s Renewables: How Did the Problem Start? (Enron, Republicans Running Wild)
This post from 12 years ago recounts the political origins of the Texas wind power boom. It is also the prehistory of the Great Texas Blackout of February 2021. Note…
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