Poland is the latest country to join the Europe-wide nuclear power renaissance. While their German neighbours set out to destroy their once reliable and affordable power supply with a maniacal attempt to run on sunshine and breezes, the Poles kept powering on using their abundant coal reserves. The same coal-fired plants routinely provide surplus power … Continue reading Poles Apart: Poland Joins Europe’s Nuclear Power Renaissance
Category: Poland
Poland Develops Grand Plan For New Generation Nuclear Backed By $4bn American Investment
Poland’s abundant coal-fired power is often the only thing keeping Germany’s lights on when ‘dunkelflaute’ - gloomy, windless weather - strikes. The ever-pragmatic Poles are likely to keep their coal-fired plants running for generations to come. But, keen to reduce dependence on Russian oil and gas, Poland is developing a plan to build new-generation nuclear … Continue reading Poland Develops Grand Plan For New Generation Nuclear Backed By $4bn American Investment
Reality Bites: Europe’s Wind & Solar Disaster Forces Serious Reversal On ‘Green’ Transition
Eventually, order emerges from chaos. Thanks to the chaos of Europe’s self-inflicted wind and solar disaster, reality is starting to take hold, with the promise of order on the horizon. Investment in new wind turbines and solar panels has plummeted across Europe. Coal-fired power is back in vogue and nuclear plants are the next must-have. … Continue reading Reality Bites: Europe’s Wind & Solar Disaster Forces Serious Reversal On ‘Green’ Transition
Party’s Over: Unreliable Wind & Solar Ditched In Favour of Ever-Reliable Nuclear & Gas
Once the belles of the ball, wind and solar are being treated like cheap tarts: now it's nuclear and gas that are attracting all the attention. And it’s all thanks to the massive wind drought - aka the Big Calm - that struck Western Europe in September, and lasted for weeks, sending gas and power … Continue reading Party’s Over: Unreliable Wind & Solar Ditched In Favour of Ever-Reliable Nuclear & Gas
Poles Apart: Polish Government Bans New Wind Farms & All Existing Turbines Gone by 2035
Faced with thousand of furious rural voters sick of being overrun by industrial wind turbines, Poland has effectively banned all new onshore wind farms. The prices fixed for new wind power contracts are so low as to mock hopeful developers, making it highly unlikely that any new contracts will be entered. And, clearly spooked by hostile rural voters, … Continue reading Poles Apart: Polish Government Bans New Wind Farms & All Existing Turbines Gone by 2035
Merry Christmas to Stop These Things’ Followers & Happy Fourth Birthday to STT
Merry Christmas and Season’s Greetings to all of our dedicated band of followers, all around the World. And it’s Happy Birthday to STT: Boxing Day 2016 marks 4 years of giving the beleaguered wind industry and its dwindling band of parasites and spruikers hell. We’ve clocked over 1,710,000 views and given our loyal readers 1,530 … Continue reading Merry Christmas to Stop These Things’ Followers & Happy Fourth Birthday to STT
Poland Bans Wind Power & Orders a Double Helping of Coal to Keep the Lights On
Over-run by these things, faced with thousand of furious neighbours demanding an end to the onslaught, and spiralling power costs, Poland has mounted an enormous about face: where wind power was the flavour of the month for a year or two, it’s been hit with an outright ban. Worse still for Polish wind-worshippers, their government, faced … Continue reading Poland Bans Wind Power & Orders a Double Helping of Coal to Keep the Lights On
Poles Apart: New Turbine Setback Rules Threaten Doom for Polish Wind Industry
Over-run by these things, faced with thousand of furious neighbours demanding an end to the onslaught, and spiralling power costs, Poland has mounted an enormous about face: where the wind industry was the flavour of the month for a year or two, it’s just been hit with the first salvo in an effort to give … Continue reading Poles Apart: New Turbine Setback Rules Threaten Doom for Polish Wind Industry
Common Sense Prevails: Poland to Ban Wind Power
Over-run by these things, faced with thousand of furious neighbours demanding an end to the onslaught, and spiralling power costs, Poland has mounted an enormous about face: where wind power was the flavour of the month for a year or two, it's about to be targeted with an outright ban. WARNING: in following this piece … Continue reading Common Sense Prevails: Poland to Ban Wind Power
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