And where do these claims about cheap wind power come from? The Committee on Climate Change:
Category: Intermittent Wind and Solar
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…
UK Relying On Europe For A Fifth Of Its Power
From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT AUGUST 22, 2021 By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler https://gridwatch.co.uk/demand We’re currently relying on Europe for 16% of our electricity, as wind…
Shadows and Flicker
There is no point insisting, as proponents do, that renewable energy assets don’t present nuisances and occasional dangers. At a minimum they present conflicts over views, property values, nuisances from…
Trying To See If California’s Energy Plans Add Up
Does the California multi-agency Report provide any reason to believe that the California bureaucrats have a good idea as to how to get to a zero-emissions electrical grid? The answer…
Energy Storage: An Estimate Using Actual Data
By Mike O’Ceirin Energy Storage: An Estimate Using Actual Data Abstract Much has been written about using energy storage to stabilise renewable energy. This article uses actual data to present…
Energy Storage Best Practices from New England
I am unconvinced that this report provides any value. The report was not proofed well because wording of the ten recommendations in each chapter do not match the description of…
Baden-Württemberg Government Announces Plans To Clear Cut State Forest, Build 1000 Turbines
The news came only a few days after the flood disaster in North Rhine Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, where it was quite obvious that a lack of flood plains was the…
Sow the Wind Turbine, Reap the Wind Turbine Noise
As wind farms proliferate they are bound to invade residential areas and noise sensitive facilities with increasing frequency, making arguments over nuisance and health concerns increasingly acute and acrimonious. Yet,…
A Little Arithmetic: The Costs Of A Solar-Powered Grid Without Fossil Fuel Back-up
At current prices of around $200/KWH the 560 GWH of storage will run around $112 billion, or around half of the annual budget of the state government of California.
The levelised cost of floating offshore wind
With only marginally better operational performance than fixed offshore, and costs that are several times higher, there is no hope that Hywind’s overall levelised cost will be anything other than…
You must be logged in to post a comment.