So we move forward with our officials in a state of bluff and bluster and denial, and no plan of any kind to meet the impossible mandates of the Climate…
Tag: New York Climate Act
Peer Review and Costs of Building Electrification for Commercial Users
The ramifications of New York’s Climate Act on business development are becoming evident. In 2026, certain new buildings in New York will no longer be able to install fossil fuel…
Implications of the Moss Battery Plant Fire
A similar fire there would require at least a shelter in place order and possibly an evacuation order for nearly a million people to say nothing about shutting down highways…
California Tipping Point
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…
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 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…