Electricity costs are surging as America’s power needs climb, driven in part by the growing demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, according to data from the Energy Information…
Tag: Intermittent Wind and Solar
Habitat Destruction Offsets for “Renewables” are just Indulgences
A bad idea is emerging in the “renewables” world, namely that projects can buy their way out of destroying natural habitats. The wind and solar projects still destroy the natural…
Updated CCGT Costs Confirmed As Much Cheaper Than Renewables
I asked DESNZ to send me their workings for the Levelised Generations Costs published last year. At the time, they put a cost of £114/MWh on CCGT, or £54/MWh excluding…
Empowering Voters: Navigating Energy Choices in the Upcoming Election
As candidates debate our energy future during this election season, it’s critical to remember that consumer interests are directly impacted — positively or negatively — by elected officials’ decisions.
Wash Post admits reality: ‘Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power’ – U.S. ‘power grid’ being pushed ‘to the brink. Utilities can’t keep up’ – ‘It is staggering’ – But WaPo frets energy shortage ‘threatens to stifle the transition to cleaner energy’
It makes you scratch your head and wonder how we ended up in this situation.
Climate And Energy Fantasy and Tyranny
What many call the Climate Industrial Complex has a monumental stake in perpetuating this situation. Collectively, its members have incredible power, control much of government and education, hold enormous financial…
Updates On the March to The Great Green Energy Future
The truth is that the march to the Great Green Energy Future is over, but no one is yet willing to admit that.
New Book—Green Breakdown: The Coming Renewable Energy Failure
Green Breakdown is a complete discussion of all facets of the proposed renewable transition, including power plants, home appliances, electric vehicles, ships, aircraft, heavy industry, carbon capture and storage, and…
Op-Ed: One Simple Energy Question Devastates ‘Net-Zero’ Pipe Dreams
Taking land for wind and solar can seriously impact the environment.
World Now Wasting $1 Trillion Or More Per Year Investing in Useless “Renewables”
Even in the electricity sector, fossil fuels continued to grow. And the electricity sector is only about a quarter of primary energy consumption.
China The Renewables Leader? Do Your Homework, Guardian
The Guardian don’t mention that China’s target was a very easy one.
Europe’s Crisis: Blame Green Energy Policy
The lesson from Europe is that reliance on wind, solar, and imported natural gas is expensive and risky energy policy.
Wind Fails Texas Again
This has placed a great strain on the grid because neither of these generation sources can be counted on when needed.
Sweden Deals Body Blow to EU Climate Change Agenda
..an important step in the right direction, implicitly acknowledging the low quality of unstable wind and solar, and is part of a general collapse of confidence in the renewable energy…
‘The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves’ Should Not Be a Template for Energy Policy
The negative energy messaging is easy and effective though. Look out the window. See smoke? Fossil fuels caused that. See a drought? Same. See heat? Same. See a flood? Same.
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
Germany’s Costly Energy Conundrum: Poor Planning and Bad Choices, 1 Trillion Dollars Needed.
Germany’s $1 trillion energy challenge serves as a stark reminder of the consequences that poor planning can have on a nation’s energy future.
South Africa and The Green Energy Wall
Funny how all that “free” electricity and near-daily blackouts don’t lead to rapidly increasing per capita GDP. Instead, it’s the further impoverishment of already-poor people.
Should Climate Policy Take a Holiday?
A pause for reflection doesn’t mean abandoning environmental stewardship. On the contrary, it’s about embracing a more thoughtful approach—one that weighs the costs and benefits of every policy. It’s time…