Wind and solar have justly earned the tag ‘unreliables’: sunset and calm weather are inevitable, whereas the so-called ‘inevitable renewable energy transition’, is anything but. The Germans call it ‘dunkelflaute’ - meaning a period of gloomy, windless weather and a total collapse in output from their more than 30,000 wind turbines and millions of solar … Continue reading Permanent No-hopers: Batteries No Solution For Wind & Solar’s Inherent Intermittency
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Why Wind & Solar Will Never Be Meaningful Power Sources (It’s A Reliability Thing)
In a word association game, you’ll never find ‘reliability’ paired up with ‘wind’ or ‘solar’. Sunset and calm weather are very real things and so is the idea that power consumers want power as and when they need it, not when the sun’s shining at its zenith in a bright blue sky or the wind … Continue reading Why Wind & Solar Will Never Be Meaningful Power Sources (It’s A Reliability Thing)
World’s Woeful Wind Power Output Spells Doom For Renewable Energy Rent Seekers
Don McLean’s American Pie was all about the day the music died; 2021 was all about the year that the wind industry died. Its well-worn claim that wind power is just a heartbeat away from replacing meaningful power sources - such as coal, gas and nuclear - took a battering across the globe last year. … Continue reading World’s Woeful Wind Power Output Spells Doom For Renewable Energy Rent Seekers
Monumental Fail: Why Wind & Solar Have No Hope of Ever Delivering Meaningful Power
Power that can’t be delivered as and when it’s needed, is as useful as a chocolate teapot. Power consumers really only get to understand the ‘value’ of wind and solar when the sun sets and/or calm weather sets in: that is to say - “worthless”. Power that cannot be delivered on demand has no market … Continue reading Monumental Fail: Why Wind & Solar Have No Hope of Ever Delivering Meaningful Power
Nowhere Trip: New York’s Big Wind Push Delivering Risible Results
Just like everywhere else, New York State’s efforts to run on wind power have proved to be a dismal failure. Here’s the news: calm weather is a thing, always and everywhere. Whether it’s the fertile fields of northern Germany, the rolling hills of northern South Australia or farmland surrounding the great Lakes of North America, … Continue reading Nowhere Trip: New York’s Big Wind Push Delivering Risible Results
Europeans Lament their Wind Power Fiasco
**** Hurrah! Windfarms produce whopping ONE PERCENT of EU energy The Register Lewis Page 27 July 2015 The colossal, hugely expensive windfarms that are spread across huge areas of Europe's land and sea, which are projected to drive up household energy bills by more than 50 per cent in coming years, have achieved ... almost … Continue reading Europeans Lament their Wind Power Fiasco
Brits Rumble Frightening Energy Fact: Wind Power Depends on the (ur, ahem) Wind …
**** Power from wind turbines slumps - due to lack of wind The Telegraph Emily Gosden 25 September 2014 Electricity output from UK wind farms falls by a fifth due to unusually low wind speeds Power produced by wind farms slumped by a fifth in the second quarter of this year, despite hundreds of new … Continue reading Brits Rumble Frightening Energy Fact: Wind Power Depends on the (ur, ahem) Wind …
Energy Policy Institute of Australia: no “ifs”, no “buts” – the RET must go NOW
With the RET review about to kick off shortly, anyone that’s anyone is lining up to make sure the most ridiculous energy policy ever cooked up and endorsed by an Australian Coalition government gets the axe. The Energy Policy Institute of Australia has just joined the queue - and for very good reason. We’ll let … Continue reading Energy Policy Institute of Australia: no “ifs”, no “buts” – the RET must go NOW
Herald Sun’s Terry McCrann: “The Climate Spectator’s a joke!”
**** The Herald Sun’s leading numbers man, Terry McCrann is clearly on the STT team – he came out swinging a while back with a call to can the fans - in no uncertain terms (see our post here). Well, Terry’s back and – from the way his latest piece reads – we think just … Continue reading Herald Sun’s Terry McCrann: “The Climate Spectator’s a joke!”
Wind Power: the “Joke” that just isn’t funny anymore
**** South-Eastern Australia enjoyed a few typically warm summers days last week and the weather pattern saw wind power output collapse - as it does more than 100 times every year. In our post yesterday we covered the resulting spike in wholesale power prices and “load-shedding” that saw small business owners in Victoria’s coastal tourist … Continue reading Wind Power: the “Joke” that just isn’t funny anymore
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