Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to the Aussie ABC, Australia’s government broadcast service, things will fall apart unless we ditch coal and start exporting climate friendly hydrogen to a…
Category: solar power
Aussie Clean Energy Investment Falling as Political Support Falters
Even a hint of political apathy is enough to crash investment. Clean energy investment falls back to 2016 levels amid policy uncertainty Katharine Murphy Political editor@murpharooWed 11 Sep 2019 04.00 AEST The…
BBC: Green Energy Boom Forcing Increased Production of a Potent Greenhouse Gas
Guest chuckle by Eric Worrall The BBC claims the potent greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride leaking from EU wind turbines and other renewable electricity infrastructure components produces the global warming equivalent…
BBC: Solar panels: Thousands of customers complain
D’oh! Robert Skillen, who was the director of the firm when Mr Thompson bought his system, said Mr Thompson’s panels would make him money. Mr Skillen is now in business…
The Dirty Extractive Underbelly of Clean Energy
Guest essay by Eric Worrall Greens advocating a clean energy “revolution” rarely pause to consider the enormous increase in mining activity which would have to occur to support their new…
Solar energy badly harms the environment. It must be taxed, not subsidised
From The Times of India September 2, 2019, 10:12 am IST Sanjeev Sabhlok in Seeing the Invisible | India | TOI The Modi government has been shovelling scarce taxpayer resources…
Scientists ‘Tantalised’ by Draining Every Hydropower Dam in The US For Solar Panels
From Science Alert CARLY CASSELLA 31 AUG 2019 If all the hydro-power dams in the United States were removed and replaced with solar panels, it would take up a fraction…
Stormy Weather In Solarville: Amazon Joins Walmart In Saying Its Tesla Solar Panels Spontaneously Ignited
From Zerohedge Many people theorized that the bail out “buy out” of Solar City, advocated for and led by Elon Musk, would eventually come back to bite Tesla. And now…
Disconnect the National Grid: Bold Coal State Plan to Ditch the Green Energy Moochers
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova; Aussie Federal MP Keith Pitt has urged the coal rich Queensland State Government to disconnect from the national grid, to stop demand from…
Solar power from Australia to light up Singapore
From The Asia Times The ambitious project may take more than a decade to finish, but the technology is almost ready ByK.G. Chan The desert outside Tennant Creek in Australia’s…
Oh my – Ivanpah meets Margaret Hamilton
I have no idea of what to make of this, except to make a quick post here. Margaret Hamilton is a computer scientist/software engineer responsible for much of the on-board…
Experiments show dramatic increase in solar cell output
Method for collecting two electrons from each photon could break through theoretical solar-cell efficiency limit Massachusetts Institute of Technology CAMBRIDGE, MA — In any conventional silicon-based solar cell, there is…
Solar Power Triumph: Los Angeles Announces The End of Fossil Fuel
Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to Forbes the Eland solar project is the end of the line for fossil fuel. Except at night, or when clouds cover the sky,…
L. A. Times article on excess California solar incredibly misleading
Guest essay by Larry Hamlin As is usually the case with all Los Angeles Times climate alarmist and renewable energy advocacy articles this latest one hyping the wonders of highly…
Report: Green Energy Incentives are Failing to Keep the Lights On
Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t JoNova – An Australian Government AEMO commissioned industry report has suggested that while government incentives make renewables preferable to coal, the new renewable capacity…
Tesla’s solar factory is exporting most of its cells – document
From Reuters Ha Ha. 21 in California~ctm Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The “great majority” of solar cells being produced at Tesla Inc’s factory in upstate New York are being sold…
‘Vacant Land Myth’: Hundreds Of US Localities Are Resisting The Spread Of Green Energy
From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor U.S. cities and states have risen up against the spread of solar panels and wind turbines. One expert says at least…
California solar power plants ignite birds mid flight
Finally, some mainstream media coverage~ctm HT/Fernando
California’s San Bernardino County slams the brakes on big solar projects
From The LA Times By Sammy Roth Feb 28, 2019 | 4:35 PM A view of a smaller-scale commercial solar project in Lucerne Valley, Calif., seen on Feb. 25, 2019.…
Video: Bill Gates Slams Unreliable Wind & Solar Energy
Date: 2/18/19 GWPF TV When the world’s richest entrepreneur says wind and solar will never work, it’s probably time to listen. HT/GWPF
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