Eskom’s promise to reduce coal-fired generation over the next 30 years threatens to drive South Africa’s 62 million people further into an abyss of rolling blackouts and attendant economic damage.
Tag: Blackouts
Biden’s Most Preposterous Lie Is Too Much Even for The Washington Post
But when we located the transcript of Biden’s conversation with utility executives on Feb. 9, we found no reference to $500 in utility savings. The figure was also not mentioned…
Biden’s climate policies realized: New York’s ‘Home Energy Crisis’ – ‘More than a million households are 60 days in arrears on their energy bills, with an avg. of $1,427.71 in debt, & shut-offs are increasing’
More than 471,629 disconnection notices were sent out in April 2022 for residential customers across New York State, with Orange and Rockland counties leading the way, with 79 shutoffs that…
Climate Change Weekly #435: Power Off? Grid Operators Expect More Outages
The Heartland Institute has repeatedly explained why prematurely shuttering economically viable power plants and replacing them with wind and solar invariably leads to greater profits for utilities and higher prices…
Blackouts… Because Climate Change! Blame Natural Gas!
Guest “They got it bass-ackwards, once again” by David Middleton Electricity operators must wake up to climate change — or brace for summer outagesBY ROMANY M. WEBB, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR –…
Can California Really Achieve 85% Carbon-Free Electricity By 2030?
So the message to Californians is, invest some hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer and ratepayer money over the next eight years in complete blind faith that our models…
As Energy System Comes Apart, Germany Now Preparing Emergency Natural Gas Rationing Plans
“The government is having a contingency plan drawn up to determine which companies should first stop receiving gas when Russian natural gas fails to arrive,” reports Blackout News.de here. “A corresponding…
Germany To Shut Down All Remaining Nuclear Plants, Forcing Reliance On Fossil Fuels
Germany announced that it would shutter its remaining six nuclear power plants by the end of 2022, completely ending its reliance on the renewable source.
High Energy Costs the Christmas Gift of ‘Green’ Politicians
By Vijay Jayaraj – December 29, 2021 The coming cold of winter is being paired with “green-inspired” energy policies that have created higher energy prices and fuel shortages. Historically, winters…
Greece Puts Coal Power Plants Shut Down in 2019 Back Into Operation…To Avert Winter Blackouts!
But that has turned out to be easier said than done. Greece now is putting lignite-fired power plants back into operation after a recent study by Greek electricity regulator RAE…
BBC: Blackouts in Venezuela Prove Fossil Fuel is No More Reliable than Renewables
According to the BBC, stratospheric cooling proves global warming is anthropogenic, but we should expect a little global cooling during the coming grand solar minimum.
Vijay Jayaraj: Coal Shortages Threaten Blackouts for 2.7 Billion Chinese and Indians
Asia’s and Europe’s energy crisis is a stern warning to politicians who advocate replacing coal, oil and natural gas with more expensive and intermittent wind and solar — a switch that…
Study: Extreme Decadal Wind Variability Adds Uncertainty to Climate Predictions
My question – how can renewable energy possibly be a viable option, if we are entering a period of violent weather extremes, including wind droughts which could last for a…
Record Power Prices & Blackouts Hit Germany
The Germans have broken a record again. Drastically increased wholesale prices and expensive emission rights are driving electricity prices in Germany to ever new record levels. In addition, of course,…
A Tale of Two States: A Warning About Joe Biden’s Power Plan
If the U.S. adopts the California/Biden plan, there is no backup state for us to import our power. There’s just high prices, rolling blackouts and empty promises. Those are the…
Decarbonization and California’s 2020 Rolling Blackouts
Check you premises, California. Consider the consumer in terms of rates and reliability. Reverse course, don’t speed up. Acknowledge and respect the value of dense mineral energies for electrical generation.…
And so it begins: UK Government mulls emergency measures that would enable networks to switch off your electricity without warning or compensation
The Government is considering giving energy networks the power to switch off a household’s energy supply without warning or compensation for those affected.
GWPF calls for urgent inquiry into rising blackout risk, threatening national security
For two days running, (4th and 5th November), National Grid, UK’s Electricity System Operator has issued System Warnings in the form of an Electricity Margin Notice, alerting the markets to…
“Zimbabwe and Puerto Rico … provide models” for our Renewable Energy Future
According to Boston Review, we have to surrender our obsession with continuous electricity supply to save the world from climate change.
Climate FAIL: Working from Home Would Overload Australia’s Renewable Energy Grid
The Aussie Government ABC has advised people to commute to the office rather than trying to work from home, to prevent blackouts caused by everyone working from home switching on…
Wildfires, Blackouts And High Gas Prices: Californians Fight Familiar Foes Amid Pandemic
Californians are struggling with raging wildfires, roving blackouts, and sky high gas taxes while simultaneously dealing with government-imposed economic lockdowns and a pandemic that has so far killed more than…
Gov Gavin Newsom Struggles To Stay In Control As California Goes Dark, Wildfires Spread, And Gas Prices Spike
From The Daily Caller Chris White Tech Reporter October 26, 2019 10:35 PM ET Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning citizens that they could be in for a long…
What Do Rolling Blackouts And Sky-High Gas Prices Mean For Gov Newsom’s Job As Governor?
From The Daily Caller Chris White Tech Reporter October 12, 2019 9:50 PM ET Wildfires might be the least of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s concerns as his state’s citizens struggle…