The wind industry is built on lies and runs on subsidies, so it’s no surprise that the market has taken revenge on wind power outfits pitching up overblown output forecasts. One of them, Orsted (part owned by the Danish government) has seen its share price slashed, as investors recognise that they’ve been had. The knock-on … Continue reading Share Prices Plummet: Market Punishes Wind Power Outfits For Over-Blown Output Forecasts
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Overloaded: Australia’s Eastern Grid Threatened by Proposal for Monster Tasmanian Wind Farm
Electricity grids are finely balanced systems, which depend upon order and are wrecked by chaos; chaos of the kind these things deliver on a daily basis across Australia’s Eastern Grid. Pictured above - courtesy of Aneroid Energy - is the output of every wind turbine connected to Australia’s Eastern Grid, situated from Far North Queensland, … Continue reading Overloaded: Australia’s Eastern Grid Threatened by Proposal for Monster Tasmanian Wind Farm
New Dark Ages: Obsession With Intermittent Wind & Solar Renders Germany the Blackout Nation
The Germans have been dealing with the chaos delivered by intermittent wind and solar for a decade now, so it’s no surprise that they’ve already taken a close look at what happens when the power goes out: Blackout Blueprint: German Study Reveals What Really Happens When Power Supplies Fail When the lights go out for an hour … Continue reading New Dark Ages: Obsession With Intermittent Wind & Solar Renders Germany the Blackout Nation
Totally Unreliable Wind & Solar: Deliver Occasional Power & Guarantee Constant Chaos
Talking about wind and solar capacity is like pointing to a giant bucket, with a whole in its bottom; what's promised and what's delivered never match. The consumption of electricity is a here and now kind of thing. No one cares about how many windmills and solar panels there are, only that power is delivered … Continue reading Totally Unreliable Wind & Solar: Deliver Occasional Power & Guarantee Constant Chaos
Blown Away: Actual Wind Farm Output a Chaotic Fraction of Total Capacity
The renewable energy zealot occupies a world somewhere between fantasy and delusion, ignoring the consequences of sunset and calm weather. The mainstream media headlines still scream about a surge in wind or solar capacity, what they never talk about is actual output. And there’s a good reason for that. The data above comes from Aneroid … Continue reading Blown Away: Actual Wind Farm Output a Chaotic Fraction of Total Capacity
Lights Out: Millions of Brits Come to Grips With Wind ‘Powered’ Future – In the Dark!!
Pinning your power needs on the weather? Then expect mixed results. South Australians living in Australia’s wind power blackout capital, know the drill, well-enough. And now their cousins in the UK have had a taste of what it is to be suddenly living in the Dark Ages, after a sudden output collapse at an … Continue reading Lights Out: Millions of Brits Come to Grips With Wind ‘Powered’ Future – In the Dark!!
Blackout Nation: Wind Power Output Collapse Leaves Millions of Brits Totally Powerless
Proving pride comes before a fall, UK’s wind industry was crowing about delivering 47% Britain’s power one-minute and ducking for cover the next, after the collapse of output at an offshore wind farm delivered 100% chaos for businesses, households, hospital patients and commuters. With its obsession for chaotic wind power running unabated, Brits can expect … Continue reading Blackout Nation: Wind Power Output Collapse Leaves Millions of Brits Totally Powerless
Just Deserts: Wind Power Outfits Sued For Causing South Australia’s Statewide Blackout
On 28 September 2016, the automatic shutdown of wind turbines in South Australia during a spring storm delivered a statewide ‘system black’. South Australia’s hapless Premier, Jay Weatherill led the wind industry’s propaganda charge, claiming that the collapse of a couple of power pylons in the state’s mid-North was what done it. The collapse of … Continue reading Just Deserts: Wind Power Outfits Sued For Causing South Australia’s Statewide Blackout
Ever-Reliable Nuclear: For When the Wind Don’t Blow & the Sun Don’t Shine
Sunset and calm weather and the reasons why wind and solar power have never worked; and never will. Cost-effective storage is a pipe dream. Talk about mega-lithium batteries is just so much propaganda, designed to avoid the inevitable conclusion that the world has squandered hundreds of billions of dollars on renewable energy, with nothing … Continue reading Ever-Reliable Nuclear: For When the Wind Don’t Blow & the Sun Don’t Shine
Reality Check: Chaotically Intermittent Wind & Solar No Substitute for Ever-Reliable Coal-Fired Power
30 years, $trillions in subsidies and yet the combined output of wind and solar amounts to little more than a rounding error. Most sane adults would call that a monumental F-A-I-L. Meanwhile, ever reliable coal-fired power just keeps on delivering, where never-reliable wind and solar deliver nothing but a subsidy stream to their rent-seeking owners. … Continue reading Reality Check: Chaotically Intermittent Wind & Solar No Substitute for Ever-Reliable Coal-Fired Power