The state that spent three decades celebrating wind turbines now pays a premium for the one quality they cannot offer – on-demand dispatchability.
Category: The Grid
NESO Winter Outlook
They claim they have a safety margin of 5.9 GW, but this all but disappears when wind power is taken out.
Germany’s Green Energy Transition Becoming Increasingly Expensive…Another 6 Trillion Euros!
Even if all nuclear power plants were brought back at their existing sites, the worst-case cost would be around 80 billion euros. This equals just two years of additional energy…
Data Centers Soar Despite Opposition
Locations that ban centers will miss out on the construction jobs, tax revenue, and economic growth that centers can provide. All said, the data center build-out does not show signs…
On El Hierro Island, At Least They Kept The Diesel Backup
You can buy more and more of these things, but they just produce more and more electricity that you don’t need (and must discard) on a breezy summer day, and…
Ideologues Try Their Hand At Ordering Up An Electrical Grid Powered Only By “Renewables”
…places like New York, California, Germany and the UK continue to plow forward as if wind/solar/storage electricity systems can work. It’s as if it’s not possible to learn from experience.
Maintaining Reserves and Their Cost
There is no power is more expensive than power that isn’t available when needed most.
Britain is Heading Towards Blackouts
Spain went from trouble to darkness in 27 seconds. The judgement that mattered had been made months before.
How to Prepare for a Blackout
A power cut lasting an hour or two is an inconvenience, but a blackout lasting a week or more in the middle of winter would be something quite different. Engineers…
Another Electricity Margin Notice
NESO issued yet another Electricity Margin Notice for yesterday evening’s peak period, with low winds and solar power dropping away:
The CME Risk to American Infrastructure
It is past-due time to make upgrading America’s grid a national priority. Preparing for the inevitable CME should be a foundational pillar of that effort. Even so, implementing CME mitigations…
Your Electric Bill Is a Permitting Problem
America is not short of energy. We are short of permission. Until that changes, it won’t matter much who wins in November. Scarcity wins every time.
Electricity demand surges as grid rules cut power
America cannot afford unaffordable electricity, and the price of a megawatt should not rise simply because old rules reject new power.
Net Zero Grid Upgrades Running out of Control.
There are no easy solutions, much though Greg Jackson is desperate to find one to accommodate his Net Zero fantasies. The cost will run into hundreds of billions, which the…
When Media on the Left and Right Agree That Data Center Attacks Are Unfair, Maybe We Should Listen
Data centers are facilitating the very technology that can help modernize the grid, enhance our energy security, and ensure that the U.S. – not China – is the world leader…
Britain can no longer rely on the kindness of strangers for its energy
Britain has become increasingly reliant on electricity imports to keep the lights on, particularly in winter. But Norway, one of our most important suppliers, is having second thoughts.
Net zero grid upgrade costs spiralling out of control
Remember as well that this £70 billion is just the first tranche of grid upgrades necessary for Net Zero. NESO have already stated that another £89 billion will need to…
Western water fight also impacts power generation
From CFACT By Duggan Flanakin Back in May, Lake Mead had already dropped to 1,050 feet above sea level, which was 25 feet below its critical level of 1,075 feet.…
The Data Center Backlash Has a Practical Fix
The third rail was never the data center. It was the leader who reached for the easy win and forgot whose backyard it landed in.
Ellenbogen’s (New York) Data from the July 2026 Heat Wave
Ellenbogen connected the voltage collapse to a growing reliance on inverter-based resources — solar and batteries — that disconnect from the grid when voltage or frequency moves outside their operating…