Faced with the election of Donald Trump to a second term, soaring inequality, and a decline in support from the state’s non-white majority, California’s Democratic leaders have begun asking hard…
Tag: New York Climate Act
Navigating the physical realities of the energy transition
The conclusion talks about trade-offs and consequences but does not acknowledge that there may not be an “affordable, reliable, competitive path to net zero” using VRE. Given the vulnerability risk,…
Why There Will Never Be A Zero Emissions Electricity System Powered Mainly By Wind And Sun
he reason is that the intermittency of wind and solar generators means that they require full back-up from some other source. But the back-up source will by hypothesis be woefully…
The Math Does Not Support New York’s Climate Plan
If the Comptroller or others in state government wonder why the Climate Action Council never did a financial analysis of the Climate Act that they forced upon the state, with…
Weighing N.Y.’s Climate Statute
The question is whether those people can be awakened before the blackouts hit.
How Will New York’s Energy Madness End? The “Don’t Do It!” Report
So what will be the event that causes the project to crater?
New York City Local Law 97 – Don’t Do It
…If demand on the grid grows at a rate greater than the buildout of new generation and transmission, reliability deficiencies could arise…
Wind and Solar Resource Availability Fatal Flaw
Given the entrenched crony capitalists and special interests supporting wind and solar any shift in direction, even if necessary to protect health and safety, will be a tremendous lift.
Grid Planning to Meet NY Climate Act Goals
My impression of the speakers at this meeting is that they were desperately trying to make the point that the transmission challenges for the Climate Act mandates and schedule were…
Major Setback for New York Renewable Energy Goals
This situation is a major blow to the offshore wind industry and to New York’s renewable energy aspirations. It also highlights the challenges faced by large-scale renewable energy projects in…
Illustrating The Absurdity Of New York’s Energy Transition
…to date, relative to this project there exists no environmental impact statement, no feasibility study, no prototype, and no demonstration project to show how this can be done, let alone…
Renewable Energy Gap Characterization
At some point, New York State is going to have to confront the fact that the naïve implementation plan based on rhetoric and not facts must be changed. Hopefully, the…
NYSERDA Solar Quiz Misinformation
The entire Climate Act legislation and narrative is characterized by black and white cartoon descriptions.
Energy Density and Micron
The development of Micron within the Climate Act framework will be a good test of pragmatic environmentalism.
At The New York Krazy Klimate Konference
it is completely clear that the people running New York’s supposed energy transition do not have the slightest hint of competence.
New York State Advanced Clean Cars
The ultimate fall back is to simply keep the existing cars running as long a possible.
New York Goes Full Central Planning for The Electricity Sector
In other words, I guess, hey sucker, use your electric car battery to power the house when the grid goes down.
Countdown To New York’s Rendezvous With Energy Impossibility
It appears that the owners of these buildings are just now figuring out that the standards that have been set cannot be met, at least not in any remotely reasonable…
New York Independent System Operator Information for Policy Makers
In the political climate of Albany it is not clear how to get policy makers to consider the risks of ignoring the issues raised.
New York Climate Plan Needs Publicly Funded Spin Doctor
New Yorkers will in short order face higher fuel costs, higher property taxes, higher compliance costs and higher electricity rates, interspersed with news about businesses either leaving or cancelling investments…