Do they or don’t they? It’s the perennial argument, and I claim that it shouldn’t be difficult to show that they do not. However, I have to admit that there…
Category: Energy
The Grid Will Hold – Maybe – But the Bill Will Rise
The grid will likely get through this winter storm. Operators are competent. Procedures are in place. The system will bend, not break. But bending has a price.
All of the above, please
Wind and solar industry lobbyists are appealing to conservatives in a last-ditch effort to promote wind and solar power as a reliable energy source. They are rallying around the slogan,…
Storm Ferm: Remember Uri (centrally planned electricity ‘transition’ in Texas)
Central planning for a forced energy transformation produced the debacle of debacles two years ago in Texas. It is time for a new era for U.S. electricity policy premised on…
Are Green Energy Subsidies Driving California’s Plan to Expropriate the Wealthy?
Soaring energy bills, a political crisis, and an insane plan to expropriate wealth creators who drive the Californian Economy.
Australians to Receive Free Midday Grid Solar Power – But Don’t Charge your EV
Happy exploding transformer day: “… very high levels of consumption during the free-power period … may lead to increases in network costs. …”
Red States Have Reliable Power Because They Embrace an All-of-the-Above Strategy
If we truly care about keeping the lights on, let’s stop fighting over the “right” kind of energy and embrace the idea of building a grid that uses it all.
Constraint Payments Soar to New Record
As the Telegraph states, this is essentially a Scottish problem, as there is not enough transmission capacity to carry all the wind power south when it is windy. But naively,…
Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur: Powering Data Centers with Renewables is “Against Physics”
“Even after 3 or 5 years more innovation?” “It’s against physics”.
As German Gas Storage Dips Dangerously Low…Shortage Hardly Avoidable
If Germany’s cold January continues as forecasts suggest, natural gas rationing will be likely.
Plans for huge wind farm paused over ‘unfair’ grid charges
Why should anybody else pay for all of this work, other than the wind farm itself?
Chinese Investment Company: Tech Giants are Turning to Geothermal to Power AI
“… Rising electricity demand from data centers drives both the quantity and price of geothermal installations. …”
Aussie Coal Closure Delayed, to Lower Prices and Stabilise the Grid
I know you will all be surprised as I am that $10s of billions spend on renewables has failed to produce a viable replacement for a single coal plant.
Canada Comes to Grips with Financial and Energy Needs
A recent memorandum of understanding between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith represents the inevitable reassertion of economic necessity over the fantasy of “decarbonization” that has…
Chinese Solar Manufacturers Report Major Financial Losses
Has President Trump’s withdrawal of Biden era renewable subsidies killed the Chinese economy?
“What is the … Plan for Gas?”: Even the Guardian has Slammed Mad Miliband’s Latest Green Energy Brainstorm
“… the scariest report out of the energy department … an “emerging risk” of running out of gas supplies by 2030 …”
£2.7 Billion Bill for Floating Wind
I can think of no other branch of government that could, or ever has, signed away £38 billion of taxpayers’ money on a white elephant that has zero value at…
New York Nuclear Plan
Hochul’s proposal is too little, too late as part of the Climate Act implementation without revising the schedule. It is necessary first to pause implementation and reassess the schedule and…
Energy Security: Trump Bluntly Admits Why Venezuelan Action Was Needed
Asked how his actions against Maduro line up with his “America First” agenda, Trump replied, “We want to surround ourself with energy, we have tremendous energy in that country. It’s very…