Energy Secretary Chris Wright said of his visit to Ice Harbor: “Hydroelectric dams have provided affordable and reliable electricity to millions of American families and businesses for decades. Thanks to President…
Tag: Hydropower
The Problem With Wind Energy in the Northwest
With rapidly increasing demand for electricity, expected to roughly double by mid-century (see NW Power Council estimate below), without new generation capacity, there is a near certainty of blackouts, particularly…
When Green Isn’t Clean… What They Don’t Tell You About Hydropower
When we think of clean energy, hydropower often sits at the top of the list. After all, it’s renewable, seemingly reliable, and emits no direct greenhouse gases during operation. But…
Alaska Energy Shenanigans: Eklutna Dam and the RPS (Part I: Background)
The environmental stakeholders who have weaseled their way into the process are waging a full-on frontal assault against hydropower, aiming to convince people that it is not “green” and that…
Dissecting a Wind Project: An Introduction to Bad Economics (and political correctness)
My own personal experience turned me from being “mildly agnostic” about intermittent renewable power to being a strong opponent of such schemes.
‘Electric Truck Hydropower’ – A Real Breakthrough or a New Sokal Hoax?
Is this real or did the Journal, Energy, get punked?
Norway’s Power Surplus Disappearing Rapidly
And when southern Norway is short of power, will the country carry on exporting electricity to the rest of Europe?
Aussie State Tasmania Declares itself 100% Renewable Energy
100% renewable, except when Tasmania’s politicians run down their hydro dams to critical low levels selling green electrons to the mainland, burn out the undersea inter-connector with excessive current, and…
Some Facts About Energy
By Wallace Manheimer The industrial age, namely using coal, oil and gas to generate power instead of human and animal muscle, and wind and solar have lifted billions out of…
Droughts boost emissions as hydropower dries up
From Eurekalert Public Release: 21-Dec-2018 Droughts boost emissions as hydropower dries up Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences When hydropower runs low in a drought, western states tend…
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