As electricity costs take larger bites out of people’s wallets, policymakers must confront the physical and economic limitations of a “green” electric grid. And soon.
Tag: renewables
Up Is Down, And Renewables Are Cheaper–It’s Jackanory Time at the BBC
It must be true – the BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit says so!
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that” there is no energy transition!
More energy transition follies!
Natural Gas to the Rescue… Again
When demand ramps up, natural gas ramps up to meet the demand. When demand “really” ramps up, New England fires up its only coal-fired power plant and both regions fire…
Kathryn Porter on British Thought Leaders
The problem that we had in Britain on the 8th of January was we nearly just ran out of electricity. We didn’t have enough available generation to meet demand. So,…
Climate Change Weekly # 543 —Current Climate Conditions Aren’t Historically Extreme or Unusual, New Research Shows
Recently, a number of new studies and analyses have been published indicating what readers of CCW have long known: recent climate conditions are not historically unusual. An examination of long-term…
The Renewable Energy Trap: A Warning to Nations Pursuing Blind Sustainability
Nations cannot afford to fall into the renewable energy trap by embracing these technologies without considering the full spectrum of their impacts. Germany’s experience with its Energiewende shows that pushing…
Dale Vince Says Ecotricity Has Received ‘Net Zero’ in State Subsidies, but His Definition of ‘Subsidies’ is a Little Narrow
He claimed I had been confused by the money paid by the government to reduce gas bills in the wake of the Ukraine invasion. This money was paid to energy…
Aussie Election: A Choice Between Impractical Renewables and Unaffordable Nuclear
Domestic energy policy blunders from politicians on all sides are killing Australia’s manufacturing industry.
“The engines can’t take it, captain” – A global Captain Kirk-like plea for more power gets Scotty’s standard line
Some aspects of humanity are just what they are, and we need to run in the same direction to change the direction of the herd. Go ahead and stand in…
Power Demand Is Soaring. We Need Every Tool Available to Meet It.
U.S. electricity demand is going to double by 2050 and meeting that soaring demand is going to require the equivalent of building 300 Hoover Dams.
EIA: Renewables no longer expected to be #1 by 2050
Guest “Just a bit outside” by David Middleton In the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) 2020 International Energy Outlook, renewables (including hydroelectric) were forecast to surpass petroleum and other liquid fuels…
Biden’s New CEQ Climate Hire Wants to Make Climate Action Affordable
There is no even theoretically feasible engineering path to affordable renewable energy, but Biden’s new White House Council of Environmental Quality hire Jane Flegal thinks she can make climate action…
Summary UK Weather Dependent Renewables: 2019
As Government imposes more Renewables onto the Power industry, Power supply managers face major problems, as Political decisions insist on the impractical collection dilute and irregularly intermittent “Renewable Energy”. The…
American Energy Innovation Act Is Dangerous Green Virtue Signaling
Congress is up to no good. The American Energy Innovation Act, paraded as bipartisan, is nothing but green virtue signaling and dangerous.
Update: Global Man-made CO2 emissions 1965 – 2019, BP data
Introduction Every June BP publish their statistical review of world energy. https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-review-of-world-energy.html One element of their comprehensive set of spreadsheets is a table of CO2 emissions by world countries since…
How exactly do they plan to replace fossil fuels?
They want to ban coal, oil and gas. Exactly how will they replace them? Who wins? Who loses? Guest post by Paul Driessen Berkeley, CA, Takoma Park, MD and other…
Bjørn Lomborg: No, renewables are not taking over the world.
Bjørn Lomborg writes on his Facebook page: We’re constantly being told how renewables are close to taking over the world. We’re told they are so cheap they’ll undercut fossil fuels…
Environmentalist Tells Tucker Carlson: Renewables Can’t Save The Planet
From The Daily Caller Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator Environmental activist Michael Shellenberger explained to Fox News host Tucker Carlson that it’s not possible to shift the country’s grid completely…
Has the Electricity Reality Check Arrived?
Bottom line – we can set goals, but they must be tethered to operational reality to ensure success and reliability are both achieved.