Tag: storing renewable power

Wind Power Fantasy: 100% Renewable Claims a Mixture of Magic & Pixie Dust

The Magic Pudding’s ability to return to his original form – no matter how many times he was eaten – is the stuff of delicious fantasy. Those pretending that whole economies can run on sunshine and breezes operate under similar economic parameters: summoning up beneficial breezes, when and where needed; conjuring up mythical mega-batteries; and … Continue reading Wind Power Fantasy: 100% Renewable Claims a Mixture of Magic & Pixie Dust

Wind Power Battery Storage Myth Battered: Total Annual Global Battery Production Would Power Germany for 30 Minutes

*** Wind industry hucksters, and their wind worshipping political enablers, like Josh Frydenberg, continue to chant the ‘battery technology is rapidly improving’ mantra, as if truckloads of giant batteries will soon magically rain down from heaven; and, thereby, save the wind industry from its imminent and inevitable demise. Not only is there NO grid-scale storage … Continue reading Wind Power Battery Storage Myth Battered: Total Annual Global Battery Production Would Power Germany for 30 Minutes

Giant Battery Myth Offers Wind Industry No Salvation from its Ultimate Demise

*** One of the more hilarious moments that followed the aftermath of South Australia’s statewide blackout on 28 September (aka ‘Black Wednesday’), was when The Australian quoted the CEO of French wind power outfit Neoen - one of the wind power operators whose turbines were responsible for SA's date with the Dark Ages: Neoen Australia … Continue reading Giant Battery Myth Offers Wind Industry No Salvation from its Ultimate Demise

The Wind Industry’s Myth of Storing Mass Volumes of Power Busted (Again)

Desperation is a stinky cologne: and the wind industry is drenched in it. Having been rumbled over the fact that wind power depends on ... wait for it ... the WIND, the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers have resorted to wild claims about building giant batteries - that could soak up their product at … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s Myth of Storing Mass Volumes of Power Busted (Again)