When high temperatures caused customer demand to exceed the power available, California electrical utilities used rotating outages to force a reduction in demand. The California grid is the worst in…
Category: Renewable energy
The excess costs of Weather Dependent Renewable power generation in the USA
“roughly how much would it cost to generate the same amount of power as is produced by the 2016 fleet of United States Weather Dependent Renewables, using conventional generation technologies,…
About Those ‘Green Energy’ Unicorns…
You think those baby unicorns grow on trees? Better think again. “Green” energy, in fact, comes with a very high price tag. as this report from the Manhattan Institute makes…
Flogging Unreliable Energy By Extension Cord To Singapore Looks Like An Outrageous Fraud
Australia has granted major project status to AU$22bn solar, storage and transmission project which intends to sell unreliable energy to Singapore by undersea cable from Darwin.
Trump Recovers Taxpayer Cash On A $1 Billion Obama-Backed Solar Plant That Was Obsolete Before Ever Going Online
The Department of Energy reached a settlement Thursday to recover $200 million in taxpayer funds from a loan the Obama administration distributed in 2011 to finance a $1 billion solar…
The excess costs of Weather Dependent Renewable power generation in the EU(28): 2020
“roughly how much would it cost to generate the same amount of power as is produced by the present fleet of EU(28) Weather Dependent Renewables, using conventional generation technologies, (Nuclear…
Weaknesses of solar and wind, Myths and Questions that require an answer
It is claimed that wind and solar are the cheapest sources of electricity and these sources should dominate future electricity supply. This paper focuses on known additional costs and subsidies…
Houston Ranks No. 1 in America in Renewable Energy Use — No, Really
From Paper City Mag The City Government’s Remarkable Feat Defies the Odds With Ambitious Climate Action Plan BY Staff Report // 07.02.19 14 The City of Houston is a leader…
Mexico’s President Is Betting Big AGAINST Renewables
From OILPRICE.COM By Irina Slav – May 07, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT It sounds like a news report out of yet another dystopian novel: Mexico is halting grid connection for…
A miraculous turn of events
Michael Moore and Driessen agree! Wind, solar and biofuel energy are devastating Planet Earth Guest post by Paul Driessen Never in my wildest dreams did I envision a day when…
Wind & Solar ‘Industries’ Crushed By COVID-19
Endless subsidies for renewables losing priority for essential funding By Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California The only good news about the COVID-19 social change impacts on our…
Australian energy security on the brink
Rafe Champion, Independent Scholar, Sydney The Australian electric power supply is on the edge of a cliff because one more substantial coal-fired power station is scheduled to close in 2023.…
Low Electricity Demand and System Balancing Problems during The UK’s Coronavirus Lockdown
From The GWPF Date: 04/25/20 Dr John Constable, GWPF Energy Editor The restrictions on economic and personal activity imposed to address the spread of the coronavirus are reducing electricity demand…
#EarthDay EPIC! Michael Moore’s new film trashes ‘planet saving’ renewable energy – full movie here!
A MUST READ! Wow, the renewable light bulb of “great idea” over Michael Moore’s head just burned out. He’s trashing renewables in this new film Planet of the Humans. On…
Virginia passes bill to achieve 100% carbon-free power by 2045
From Reuters (Reuters) – The Virginia Legislature passed a bill on Friday that puts the state on a path to 100% clean energy by 2045 as part of the commonwealth’s…
The dangerous winds of trying to prevent climate change
Inconvenient facts show why wind energy is not renewable, sustainable or climate-friendly Duggan Flanakin Wind turbines continue to be the most controversial of so-called “renewable” energy sources worldwide. But, you…
Excess costs of UK Weather Dependent Renewable Energy: 2018
Reposted from edmhdotme Summary: 2018 using Renewable Energy Foundation data In 2018 UK Weather dependent renewables generated some 7.7 Gigawatts of power from an installed fleet of ~34 Gigawatts achieving…
Doug Ford ‘proud’ of decision to tear up hundreds of green energy contracts
From Global News By Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press Posted November 21, 2019 12:49 pm Updated November 21, 2019 5:02 pm TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he is…
The True Cost of Renewables are Hidden Due to a Lack of Market Transparency
Testifying before Indiana’s 21st Century Energy Task Force, electricity markets expert and regulatory attorney, Mike Nasi, warns Indiana policymakers of the significant indirect costs and risks renewables have placed on…
‘Artificial leaf’ successfully produces clean gas
From Techxplore by University of Cambridge A widely-used gas that is currently produced from fossil fuels can instead be made by an ‘artificial leaf’ that uses only sunlight, carbon dioxide…
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