When ideologues told us that wind and solar would ‘set the world on fire’, they should have been taken literally. When these things aren’t imploding in 300 tonne whirling conflagrations, the mega-batteries that are supposed to ‘back them up’ are secretly plotting their own toxic and exciting, spontaneous combustion events.
Which brings us to this week’s roundup.
Francis Menton kicks off this week with a roundup of the dozens of “spontaneous combustion events” being delivered by America’s mega-batteries.
The Unreported Story Of Grid Scale Battery Fires
Manhattan Contrarian
Francis Menton
28 December 2025
Lars Schernikau follows on with an analysis that debunks the myth that mega-batteries are the solution to the chaotic, and only occasional, delivery of wind and solar power.
The Battery Storage Delusion: Utility-Scale Batteries Are No Silver Bullet
National Center for Energy Analytics
Lars Schernikau
3 December 2025
The team from Jo Nova reports on Donald J Trump’s recent direction – by emergency executive order – to keep dozens of American coal-fired power plants up and running, despite the efforts by wind and solar rent seekers to shut them down.
Trump issues emergency orders to keep coal plants running that are slated for closure
Jo Nova Blog
Jo Nova
16 January 2026
Michael Kern provides a helpful synopsis of Small Modular Reactor technology and the efforts being made to take it beyond development and towards practical use at a global scale.
SMRs Explained: Real-World Economics, Fuel Bottlenecks, and the Race to Scale
Oil Price
Michael Kern
1 January 2026
We wrap up this week with Peter Credlin interviewing US real energy expert, Robert Bryce. Robert remains bewildered by Australia’s so-called ‘energy policy’, where one of the world’s most resource rich countries has done so much to deprive itself of the benefit of its massive coal, gas and uranium reserves.
Stay tuned, STT will be back next week with more.
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