The energy source that Germany moves to shut down, rescued the country from widespread blackouts in 2021.
Tag: Intermittent Wind and Solar
Column: Enthusiastic Idiocy vs. Infrastructure Optimization – Two Strategies for an Energy Transition
The COP26 model, the one built around a future temperature, is going nowhere, as was proven these past few weeks. Neither enthusiasm nor perceived need will, in fact, move mountains.…
Wind Power Health Effects (latest from Scientific Reports)
In view of the adverse health impacts of exposure to turbine-generated LFN, it is recommended that the government set regulations on the requisite distances of wind turbines from residences, for…
New Data Refutes Cheap Offshore Wind Claims
And where do these claims about cheap wind power come from? The Committee on Climate Change:
Do you rip off your shingles before finding out if new ones are available? It’s painful to watch those that do
To anyone that pays attention to the energy world with any objectivity (i.e., not searching for villains), it was obvious that the world would one day run into a hydrocarbon…
Useless Green Energy Hitting The Wall
As the world comes out of the pandemic and the international economy returns to attempting to fulfill normal consumer demand, you can see green energy hitting the wall pretty much…
More News On The Progress Toward Eliminating Fossil Fuels
The bureaucrats of the world, particularly in the UN and developed countries, have the idea that they are going to eliminate all use of fossil fuels by somewhere around 2040-50.…
Human behavior sabotages CO2-reducing strategies
“But when you talk about structural change, people are just thinking, ‘that will destroy our way of life.’ But if we don’t solve that problem today, the environment will change…
And It’s Not Even Winter! Europe’s Energy Supply Debacle Already Here: Painful Prices, Shortages, Blackouts
Empty gas stocks, windless days, disrupted supply lines, CO2 certificates, soaring inflation, blackouts, bitter cold and other forebode a winter of discontent across Europe.
Investors Lose £24 Million In Wind Scam
Unfortunately investors like this guy have been fooled by the lies put about by the wind industry and renewable lobby, who have deceived the public into thinking that wind power…
New Documentary Reveals How Corrupt And Destructive Green Energies Are: “This Is A Broken System”
The green energy future is not green at all, a stunning new documentary shows how corrupt and destructive it is to our environment.
“Power Mad” (Matt Ridley on the UK Energy Crisis)
Energy is not just another product: it’s what makes civilisation possible.
Europe is switching back to coal to survive bleak winter
Europe’s embarrassing coal comeback will make any Net Zero demands almost impossible for politicians from the UK and Europe not least because they are also dealing with the growing fear…
Column: Looming European energy crisis: A lesson in averages that won’t soon be forgotten
Hundreds of millions of people without adequate heating fuel in the dead of winter is not particularly funny. If a cold winter strikes, all the yappiest energy-transition-now dogs will fade…
Missing wind variability means future impacts of climate change may be underestimated in Europe and North America
Climate models may be underestimating the impact climate change will have on the UK, North America and other extratropical regions due to a crucial missing element, new research has shown.
Power Markets In Crisis
Alarm bells have been ringing in European and UK power markets this month, as electricity prices surge to record levels. Here day-ahead prices are triple those of a year ago,…
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…
Reliability Challenges in Meeting New York’s Climate Act Requirements
I fear New York consumers will be lab rats for a politically motivated virtue signaling empty gesture that is going to cost enormous sums of money, and, in the event…
How “the experts” can be totally wrong about energy
In this episode I will show definitively that our knowledge system is wildly irrational in its method of moral evaluation when it comes to not only fossil fuels but also…
Shadows and Flicker
There is no point insisting, as proponents do, that renewable energy assets don’t present nuisances and occasional dangers. At a minimum they present conflicts over views, property values, nuisances from…
Energy Storage: An Estimate Using Actual Data
By Mike O’Ceirin Energy Storage: An Estimate Using Actual Data Abstract Much has been written about using energy storage to stabilise renewable energy. This article uses actual data to present…
Baden-Württemberg Government Announces Plans To Clear Cut State Forest, Build 1000 Turbines
The news came only a few days after the flood disaster in North Rhine Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, where it was quite obvious that a lack of flood plains was the…
Green Deal: Fear of yellow vests rebellion spreads across Europe
Nevertheless, there is concern in Europe’s national capitals that the EU’s ambitious climate policy could cause social unrest. The Italian government, for example, fears rising electricity prices. The EU climate…
The Profound Junk Science of Climate
Climate change and wind and solar electricity are a snipe hunts, diverting the country from serious problems in favor of imaginary problems with imaginary solutions that enrich the promoters and…