Guest “Lying must be like breathing to them” by David Middleton Solar, wind energy keeping Texas power grids running amid weekslong heat wave Inflated prices and power failures could have…
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China The Renewables Leader? Do Your Homework, Guardian
The Guardian don’t mention that China’s target was a very easy one.
Replacing Coal Power with Wind and Solar Increases Net CO2 Emissions
The most significant effects of adding wind and solar power to any grid are to destabilize it and greatly to increase the cost of electricity for homes and businesses everywhere
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.
Jayaraj: India, China Emissions Make Mockery of Western Policies
Contrary to the predictions of thousands of articles and analyses, China is nowhere near reaching its peak consumption of coal.
Dumb As It Gets: Germany Heads into Winter Refusing to Let Badly Needed Power Plants Operate
It’s about 5.6 million jobs affected by the lack of natural gas. It is not about taking shorter showers.
The role of risk aversion in the coal contracting behavior of US power plants
The results indicate that a 10% increase in spot price uncertainty is associated with 0.9% increase in contract coal prices, and that both risk aversion and relationship-specific investments are important…
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…
Britain forced to fire up coal plant amid record power prices and winter squeeze
The UK has turned to a coal-fired power station to help boost its energy supply after global gas and power prices hit new highs and wind farms produced very low…
EIA: “Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020″…
Guest “That’s not how I would have phrased it” by David Middleton JUL 28, 2021Renewables became the second-most prevalent U.S. electricity source in 2020 In 2020, renewable energy sources (including wind, hydroelectric, solar,…
Summer Natural Gas Prices Reach 7-yr High!
Guest “Thanks Joe!” by David Middleton JULY 22, 2021Summer U.S. natural gas prices are the highest since 2014 In June, the U.S. natural gas spot price at the Henry Hub…
The Future Of Energy: One Of These Things Is Not Real
In the reality on the ground, thousands of independent actors, both private and governments, are ready and able to fill the demand for fossil fuels and to make lots of…
Texas “Wind was operating almost as well as expected” – Part Deux
Guest “debunking the debunkers” by David Middleton Setting the Stage Why was Texas, ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas) in particular, so unprepared for the onslaught of frigid weather? This…
The Day After Tomorrow: Renewables Fail Edition
Guest “The best laid plans of mice and men…” by David Middleton Note: I had originally titled this post, The Day After Tomorrow: ERCOT Fail Edition, and ERCOT did fail.…
China recolonizes Africa
Harvard University China specialist Edward Cunningham says China is building, planning or financing more than 300 coal plants, in places as widespread as Turkey, Egypt, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh and the…
Climate Activist Aussie Politicians Leap to Rescue Vital Coal Power Plants
That hilarious moment when coal haters realise their necks are on the block if the power grid fails repeatedly during Summer heatwaves.
German Renewable Energy Insanity: Shutting Down a 5 Year Old Coal Plant, No Plan to Fill the Energy Gap
According to the German climate website Kalte Sonne, the renewables obsessed German and city of Hamburg governments intend to shut down local coal and nuclear power plants, but have no…
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