Pierre Gosselin points out this absurdity on his website: Weed-Covered, Neglected Solar Park: 20 Acres, $11 Million, Only One And Half Years Old! German solar skeptic website SOLARKRITIK.DE here provides the…
Category: Energy
Wow, Lynas tells it like it is.
This is in the UK Daily mail today, and it’s like sacrilege to the greens to have one of ther own say this:
New multiferroic alloy creates electricity from waste heat
From the University of Minnesota via Eurkealert today, this looks interesting: University of Minnesota engineering researchers discover source for generating ‘green’ electricity University of Minnesota engineering researchers in the…
Obama's SmartGrid plans
Via Slashdot: “On Monday, the Obama administration announced the next steps that the US will take to build its 21st century electric grid, and Information Technology is expected to play…
The University of East Anglia – doing something useful for a change
When we hear “University of East Anglia” we automatically associate it with ClimateGate, Dr. Phil Jones, and the sorts of childish shenanigans recently reported by Bishop Hill where they break…
Wind farm ordered dismantled
Mark Duchamp writes in with this news from the Lerida, Autonomous Community (state) of Catalonia, Spain: A judge ordered the removal of 45 wind turbines on the grounds that planning…
Cold homes and energy poverty
While this paper makes some good points about fuel poverty and energy cost, they bit hook line and sinker the ridiculous recent claim of Super exponential accelerating CO2 growth and…
The SmartMeter backfiring privacy issue
The promise was to help you control your electricity bill by becoming more aware of your energy use. The downside is that with the data gathered, other people and businesses…
A new perspective on climate science and wind power
Reposted from Dr. Roger Pielke Senior’s blog: A New Perspective On Climate Science By L. Miller, F. Gans and A. Kleidon It is not often that a new perspective is proposed in climate…
Back to basics: "Green Electric" becomes "General Electric" again
The president of General Electric slams his previous company green policy as being “too elitist”, vows to get back to “working”. Maybe this will mean no more “green sin week”…
"Ant colony optimisation" for wind farms
I’m not sure where this is going, but the first thing I thought of was this old sci-fi movie “Them“: Via Eurekalert: Evolutionary lessons for wind farm efficiency Evolution is…
Oh, thank heavens wind power will be safe
This academic pushing this PNAS paper thinks wind turbines don’t break, but get obsoleted in about 30 years. Boy is she in for a reality check. That and anyone who…
Why windmills won’t wash
Guest post by the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Consider the Oldbury wind turbine, which WattsUpWithThat.com reveals was installed a couple of years ago at a primary school in the Midlands…
Deep fried flying
I’ve never much thought there was much usefulness to waste vegetable oil used for automobile fuel, as there is a much more finite amount of waste frying oil available compared…
Wakey wakey
CU-Boulder leading study of wind turbine wakes A turbine at the National Wind Technology Center south of Boulder, Colo. (photo courtesy of CIRES) While wind turbines primarily are a source…
Now its your electric ice maker in your fridge that's killing the planet, meanwhile CO2 emissions fall significantly in the USA
Jeez Louise, what a load of bollocks from Time Magazine. The article goes on to say:
Solar power without silicon solar cells? New magnetic effect of light into insulators discovered.
‘We’ve all been taught that this doesn’t happen’ From the University of Michigan A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light discovered by University of Michigan researchers could lead to…
Energy Flow in the United States – 94.6 quads in 2009
Guest post by Ric Werme The folks at Lawrence Livermore Natl. Labs produce a fascinating look at all the energy production in the US, from energy in (as quadrillion BTUs,…
Whoa, windfarms in UK operate well below advertised efficiency
It’s damning, and published by a green group. The study cited by the BBC is from the John Muir trust of all places. This would be a good place to…
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