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Tag: wind power
Tangled Comparisons: Renewables Versus Fossil Fuels
Wind or solar costs around five times more per megawatt hour compared to, for example, natural gas.
Mining the planet for renewable energy
Reliable energy, human rights, land impacts, air and water pollution, lost wildlife get ignored
Joe Biden’s Energy Policies Are Based on Fantasies and Fairy Tales
…Frankly, the policy decisions in the Biden White House are detrimental to the wellbeing of the United States citizens and economy.
The Politicized Texas Grid: Sheridan Calls for Transparency (and Mea Culpas)
It’s time for a candid conversation about the state’s energy policies—one that acknowledges the true costs and challenges of a blindly pro-renewables approach and seeks solutions that ensure the resilience…
Windless nights make net zero impossible
It is very simple. The cost of storing electricity is so huge it makes getting through a single windless night under a net zero wind, solar, and storage plan economically…
The Truth about Wind Power and the 2022 UK Gas Crisis
There is a pervasive belief among green policy adherents that wind power saved the UK hundreds of millions during the natural gas crisis brought on by the disruption of gas…
Industrial Wind Power: A Depleting Resource?
Getting wind projects built is getting a lot harder. The low-hanging fruit, the easier access places are gone.
Build It, And The Wind Won’t Come
Wednesday’s EIA report is a stark reminder that all of that generation capacity is subject to the vagaries of the wind.
Swedish Wind Farms Facing Bankruptcy
The total loss for the years 2017–2022 amounted to 13.5 billion Swedish krona [€1.2 billion], which meant a loss margin of 39 per cent,” they said about the sector.
Exploding Energy Prices in Costly California
Green energy policies are the primary cause for high and escalating California energy prices.
Time to Retire the Term “Renewable Energy” from Serious Discussions and Policy Directives: Part 3
“Renewable good, non-renewable bad” is far too simplistic and unfortunately influential
Wind power output in Texas is trending down even as wind generation capacity increases
The reality that the wind is not always blowing where it is needed, even over very large areas, is highlighted by the fact that wind power in Texas has been…
Time to Retire the Term “Renewable Energy” from Serious Discussions and Policy Directives: Part II
The impact of “renewables” on reliability is too vague to be meaningful.
Status Report From Another Would Be “Climate Leader,” The UK
The rest of the world is getting a good laugh at Britain’s expense. As Darwall states, “The metric of leadership success is followship.” By that metric, as well as every…
The Intermittency Problem with Wind Power Generation in Great Britain
The need for backup – mainly from gas-fired power stations – is illustrated by the daily figures.
Siemens Energy’s Green Dream Meets Reality: Renewables in Distress
In a rather grim portrayal of the sector’s health, the term ‘green panic’ has been coined
The Wind is Always Blowing Somewhere Fallacy
The fatal flaw is that New York City requires dedicated resources to replace existing generation when it is needed to keep the lights on.
The Ill Wind of Offshore Wind Projects
The crux of the matter appears to be the economic viability of these offshore wind projects.
False Energy Transition: The View from Australia (Nick Cater, Menzies Research Centre)
In the current ‘transition’, the process is reversed unless we are prepared to countenance the mass use of nuclear technology.