Across the country, tens of thousands of rooftop solar systems—once hailed as the clean energy revolution—are quietly decaying. Not because the technology failed, but because the industry did. We rushed…
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Rogue Devices Capable Of Triggering Blackouts Reportedly Found In Chinese Solar Panels
Over the past nine months, “rogue communication devices” not listed in product documents were found in solar power inverters and batteries from several Chinese suppliers, according to sources familiar with the…
“Solar Madness In Germany”: Gigawatt-Hours Of Subsidized Electricity Gets Dumped Abroad For Free”
The country’s massive solar power production is leading to a growing problem due to mass overproduction and the resulting negative electricity prices, which occur particularly when the sun is shining…
GBE To Pay £200 Million For Solar Panels on Schools
Miliband is bragging that school budgets will be boosted because of these saving. This however is a sleight of hand – it is merely using taxpayer money in GBE to…
Energy Fantasy Versus Reality In Woke-Land — Part III
Meanwhile, there is at least some reason to think that JPM at the highest levels has finally started to see reality and re-think its green energy commitments. Just in January,…
The Shocking Solar Farm Bird Deaths the Mainstream Media Aren’t Telling You About
Solar farms, coming soon to a field near you, are an ecological disaster turning productive land into a nature dead zone. Birds frequently fly into the panels mistaking them for…
Swiss Alpine Photovoltaic System Begins to Crumble After Just 2 Years
Already, just 2 years in operation, 270 panels (5%) of the Muttsee project need to be replaced, and that at an exorbitant cost. Just check out the Axpo promotion video…
More Solar Silliness In The New York Times
The solar hype continued last month in the pages of the New York Times with an article by David Wallace-Wells headlined, “What Will We Do With Our Free Power?” The…
California Crews Begin Mowing Down Region’s Iconic Joshua Trees for Solar Farm
If California politicos were seriously interested in reliable and affordable energy and protecting Joshua trees, they would be making plans to erect Generation IV nuclear reactors. Instead, we are going…
World’s Most Populous Nation Has Put Solar Out To Pasture. Other Countries Should Follow Suit
The story of Dharnai serves as a cautionary tale for the implementation of renewable energy projects in rural India, where pragmatism is the official choice over pie in the sky.
Coal’s Importance For Solar Panel Manufacturing
Today, there is not one single solar panel that can be produced without coal (or even oil and gas).
Hailstorm in Texas destroys thousands of acres of solar farms
Locals are very worried about water contamination.
Solar power has massive potential to benefit humanity – with a different focus
Solar power may prove to be an excellent solution to one of the world’s most considerable problems: a lack of potable water.
A 10 GW Time Bomb
It is estimated that 10 GW of solar modules in Germany suffer from prematurely aging backsheets, with sites of all sizes affected.
Paving the Road to Net-Zero
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach My wonderful friend Willie Soon sent me this photo. Curious about the backstory, I used Google Images to identify the location and found an article…
Solar Optimism and Coal Alarmism a Century Ago
The notion that the sun’s energy can be converted into electricity because it is just there to be concentrated is naivete.
Aussie ABC Pushes Failed Solar Concentrators for Night Time Renewable Energy
Solar concentrators hypothetically offer the ability to coast on stored renewable energy at night, but this doesn’t seems to work well in practice.
The Economist: “Hug Pylons, Not Trees” to Prevent Climate Catastrophe
The Economist setting forth a nightmare vision of saving the world by paving over the wilderness.
$30 Billion Sun Cable Solar Mega Project Enters Administration
Sun Cable, which planed to export up to 20GW of solar energy from the Australian outback to Singapore, has entered voluntary administration after an unresolvable dispute between backers.
Space Based Solar Power: Like Terrestrial Solar, but More Expensive
“… we think we can build and commission a 2GW power station every year. …”
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