Clearly, the environmental impact of building, operating, and maintaining such an under-ocean grid will be monstrous.
Tag: Offshore Wind
December 2023 UK CfD Subsidies
But because of subsidies, wind farms rake in the money whether the wind blows or not; their price is guaranteed. It is dispatchable generators, such as gas and nuclear, which…
Energy Lease Hypocrisy: Biden Uses Taxpayer Protections to Prop Up Wind, Gut Oil
If hypocrisy were combustible, we’d be paying $1 per gallon at the pump.
NAS study raises concern over offshore wind harming endangered whales
The proper course of action is to put this research ahead of any more offshore wind construction, not after it.
Offshore Wind cannot be justified
From CFACT David Wojick Paul Driessen and I just finished a study on the impact of offshore wind developments on CO2 emissions, since emission reduction is their primary justification. Turns…
Energy and Environmental Review
This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnighly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete Newsletter…
Offshore Wind Costs
From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT By Paul Homewood https://renews.biz/89521/uk-hikes-offshore-wind-cfd-price-cap-by-66/ Following the news that offshore wind prices will rise to over £100/MWh in the next round of CfDs,…
Solar Power Auction Prices Raised By 30%
£61/MWh works out at about £85/MWh, which gives the lie to repeated claims of just how cheap solar power is.
Ørsted Abandons New Jersey Wind Projects
“Macroeconomic factors have changed dramatically over a short period of time, with high inflation, rising interest rates, and supply chain bottlenecks impacting our long-term capital investments,”
Offshore Wind Demands £95/MWh
There never was any intention trigger those contracts, instead wind farm owners always planned to sell at much higher prices on the open market.
Beware the Offshore Wind Oligarchy
Of course it is possible the states will simply ditch the targets, or slip them harmlessly into the future, so they can repeatedly reject the high bids.
UK CfD Subsidies Increasing Again
Most renewable output is still subsidised via Renewable Obligations.
Keeping You Up to Date On New York’s Progress Toward Green Energy Utopia
You’re going to have to hold a new auction. And the prices that will be bid will be as high or higher than those just demanded by these developers.
Four NY offshore projects ask for almost 50% price rise
Do we need any further proof that offshore wind is not as cheap as made out?
Update On Offshore Wind Projects Off The Mid-Atlantic and New England
Will any of these wildly uneconomic offshore wind projects actually ever get built? Let’s hope not.
Offshore wind is systematically violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Clearly a thorough investigation is called for. In the meantime this illegal harassment must cease. Active IHAs should be suspended and no more issued until this issue is resolved.
Desperate governors beg for offshore wind cost relief
Six Atlantic shore Governors are begging the Feds to bail them out of a huge looming offshore wind cost overrun.
The Climate Movement Suffered A Slew Of Defeats And Setbacks In 2023
The past 12 months saw the collapse of several major offshore wind projects, signs of trouble in the electric vehicle (EV) market, layoffs at major environmentalist groups, a failed pressure…