Josh writes: There is lots of news around about renewables, especially wind and solar, feeling the sharp stab of economic reality and the burn of bankrupcy – see SunEdison, German renewables, more SunEdison, Dutch…
Tag: Energy
Sunday Silliness: Trumped oil
I happened upon this during my travels and thought it was a hilarious commentary on energy and politics. I’m guessing it will make some conservative and liberal heads explode equally…
Turning our backs on the poor? Cartoon by Josh
Josh writes: It is extraordinary to think that Bjorn Lomborg first published The Sceptical Environmentalist 17 years ago in 1998 – that’s as long as The Pause! However there has…
Claim: Let's put batteries on wind and solar farms
From Stanford University Stanford scientists calculate the energy required to store wind and solar power on the grid Renewable energy holds the promise of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. But there…
When life gives you fracked water, make methane hydrate
From the American Chemical Society , an environmentalist’s nightmare. Desalination of drinking water, fracking, and methane hydrates all wrapped up into one positive outcome. Using a form of ‘ice that…
Hump Day Hilarity: Great moments in planet saving energy engineering
British fracking protestor Prajna has it all figured out. Tom Wilson interviewed this guy at the fracking protest in Balcombe England. A cartoon from Josh follows. Prajna Have you protested…
It appears that by UN sponsored vote, the world just doesn't care much about climate change
Hilary Ostrov writes about another Internet poll gone horribly wrong: ============================================================== Back in March of this year, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) announced an “innovative initiative” in which participants…
CET cooling in line with solar model prediction
Yesterday, WUWT carried the headline: Coldest Spring In England Since 1891. This essay offers what could be an explanation for it. Judge for yourself. – Anthony Guest essay by David…
The Faults, Fallacies and Failures of Wind Power
Guest essay by Viv Forbes Wind power is not free. All natural energy resources such as coal, wind and sun appear “free” – no one has to incur costs to…
An update on my solar power project – results show why I got solar power for my home (hint: climate change is not a reason)
UPDATE: I’ve answered questions from commenters below in the FAQs, and added additional diagrams – Anthony Much to the chagrin of people who are sure I’m evil, in the pocket…
Life After Energy: What if fossil fuels disappeared tomorrow?
There is an anti-human TV program on the History Channel called Life After People, which portrays the aftermath of the imaginary scenario where all people on Earth suddenly vanished in…
Oooops! (at least they didn't name it 'robust')
So much for Endurance… From Louise Gray at The Telegraph: Wind turbine collapses in high wind A controversial 115ft wind turbine has collapsed after being hit by heavy winds. The…
How Green Was My Bankruptcy? “Roadmap for Solar Energy Development on Public Lands” Edition
The agency has already approved 17 large-scale solar energy projects on public lands that are expected to produce nearly 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power about 1.8 million homes.…
Burning Food in Cars – an ‘anti-human ethos’
Letter to the Editor Watts Up With That? 23rd July 2012 Nothing illustrates the anti-human ethos of the Greens better than their support for “biofuels”. That trendy name cannot hide…
The Global Renewable Energy Index is crashing
This is interesting, after watching the collapse in the last two years of entities like the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), which ended trading with a bag of charcoal briquettes being…
My Pet Project – Producer Gas and my SUV
Guest post by WUWT moderator Andi Cockroft This has little to do with my beliefs (or otherwise) in CAGW, but more to the fact that I am tight with money…
An about face by China on solar power
From John Droz’s newsletter with a hat-tip to Dr. Roger Pielke Sr. for bringing it to my attention and via the “I can hear Joe Romm’s head exploding” department and…
Recent solar flare seen bombarding Earth with gamma rays
From the “Oh noes it’s Radiation” department, Dr. Leif Svalgaard points out we all got a gamma ray bath on that recent big solar flare. I wonder how many Banana…
Saturday Silliness – Josh's wind energy fact sheet – global wind power 'to the nearest whole number'
Hi all! Following this week’s Twitter exchange between Matt Ridley and Mark Lynas I thought a helpful fact sheet about Wind Energy would be useful. People can print it out,…
New contest for writing a skeptical essay
From the Spectator: Announcing the Matt Ridley Prize for Environmental Heresy by Fraser Nelson Matt Ridley has long deplored the wind farm delusion, and was appalled when a family trust…
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