Oil and gas producers are making a killing thanks to chaotically intermittent wind and solar, providing fuel to run gas and diesel generators as so-called ‘backup’. Mike Holly apparently doesn’t like monopolies and has a set against hydrocarbons. However, he makes a fair point targeting oil and gas producers making a killing every time wind … Continue reading Oil & Gas Producers Making Massive Profits From Intermittent Wind & Solar
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Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Really Means Burning Way More Gas
Before ideologues launched their grand wind and solar 'transition', gas was rarely used to generate power if coal, nuclear or hydro sources were available. Gas-fired electricity, in the main, was simply too expensive, by comparison with coal-fired power. Coal-fired generators are designed to run around-the-clock. Wind turbines and solar panels only run according to the … Continue reading Wind & Solar ‘Transition’ Really Means Burning Way More Gas
Gas Demand Driven By Need to ‘Back Up’ Wind & Solar Using Fast-Start Gas Turbines
Before the obsession with intermittent wind and solar took hold, gas was rarely used to generate electricity if coal, nuclear or hydro sources were available. Gas-fired electricity, in the main, was simply too expensive, by comparison with coal-fired power. Coal-fired generators are designed to run around-the-clock. Wind turbines and solar panels only run according to … Continue reading Gas Demand Driven By Need to ‘Back Up’ Wind & Solar Using Fast-Start Gas Turbines
Government Uses Fake Gas ‘Crisis’ to Force Suppliers to Guarantee Gas to Costly & Inefficient Peaking Power Generators
AGL shows why power generators shouldn’t be energy retailers The Australian Judith Sloan 26 September 2017 Former senior executives of AGL must surely be shaking their heads in dismay. As the oldest listed company in the country, AGL has a tradition of measured and conservative conduct, as would be expected of a utility in the … Continue reading Government Uses Fake Gas ‘Crisis’ to Force Suppliers to Guarantee Gas to Costly & Inefficient Peaking Power Generators
The Obscene Cost of Australia’s Renewable Energy Debacle
What a difference a 20% year-on-year hike in retail power bills can make. Add in the South Australian experience of routine load shedding and statewide blackouts. Top it off with the threat of widespread blackouts this Summer; and not just confined to SA, but likely to send Victorians back to the Victorian age and New … Continue reading The Obscene Cost of Australia’s Renewable Energy Debacle
Wind Power: Just an Ugly ‘Hood Ornament’ on the Conventional Power System
**** As time marches on, the ability of the wind industry to 'hood'-wink power punters is running into a deluge of 'unhelpful' facts: here's some more from Michigan Capitol Confidential's Jack Spencer. Renewables Just a Hood Ornament on Fossil Fuel Power System You can’t have renewable energy without fossil fuels backing it up CapCon Jack … Continue reading Wind Power: Just an Ugly ‘Hood Ornament’ on the Conventional Power System
Why Coal Miners, Oil and Gas Producers Simply Love Wind Power
**** The wind industry parades as an “alternative” energy source. Which begs the question: “alternative” to what? The lunatics from the hard-green left (like "Greens" head-muppet, Christine Milne) continually whine that "coal is DEATH"; and wax lyrical about the fantasy of going "100% renewable" - all the while pocketing $millions in campaign funding from the … Continue reading Why Coal Miners, Oil and Gas Producers Simply Love Wind Power
Why South Australians Pay the World’s Highest Power Prices
**** South Australia is "blessed" with energy market gurus like Labor's Mark Butler - who loves giant fans and is currently fighting a rear-guard action to save the RET (or, more to the point, the huge wind farm investments held by Union Super funds run by his mates, like Greg Combet and Gary Weaven). His … Continue reading Why South Australians Pay the World’s Highest Power Prices
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