Ed. Note: This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.
Greed Energy Economics:
*** Has the Electricity Reality Check Arrived?
*** The Green New Deal could make electricity 28 times more expensive
Two Days of Fall Weather in Late Summer Demonstrates Industrial Wind’s Incredible Costs
New Paper Shows the Problem with Power Subsidies
Wind Energy — Offshore:
Offshore wind energy development: A David vs Goliath story
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
Wind turbines “destroy habitats”
Turbine fire burns 260+ acres in California
Solar Energy:
*** More Solar Silliness In The New York Times
Nuclear Energy:
*** If Germany kept nuclear power, it could have saved $600b and cut emissions by 73%
*** Is Nuclear the Tortoise to the Wind and Solar Hare?…
Ed. Note: This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.
Greed Energy Economics:
*** Americans’ hearts sink as electric bills nearly double, ‘green nightmare’ blamed
*** Billions paid to wind companies to stop generating electricity is scandalous waste of money
Unreliables (General):
*** Better batteries won’t save the energy grid
*** Tangled Comparisons: Renewables Versus Fossil Fuels
Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Floating Offshore Wind – An Environmental Catastrophe
*** Looming ‘clean’ energy disasters off our coasts
*** Offshore Trojan Horses
Bad Streak for GE Vernova as Another Offshore Blade Fails
New National Offshore-wind Opposition Alliance
Maine’s mysterious floating wind research
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
How a small Minnesota town was left with a giant pile of wind turbine blades
Solar Energy:
Why Maine businesses are facing crippling solar fees
Nuclear Energy:
*** Nuclear Symposium 2024 (NYC)
*** Trump vows to make electricity cheap with ‘hundreds of new power plants’ and modular nuclear reactors
*** Artificial Intelligence Goes Nuclear
Study Quantifies Germany’s Disastrous Switch Away from Nuclear Power
China prepares to change world with introduction of revolutionary nuclear power station: ‘This design significantly reduces the chances of meltdowns’
Can a Closed Nuclear Power Plant From the ’70s be Brought Back to Life?…
Ed. Note: This post excerpts energy and climate material from the Media Balance Newsletter, a free fortnightly published by physicist John Droz Jr., founder of the Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions. The complete Newsletter for this post can be found here.
Greed Energy Economics:
*** “Green” Hydrogen Subsidies are 1,900x Larger Than What’s Given to Nuclear
Unreliables (General):
*** Coming Clean on Clean Energy: It’s a Dirty Business
(Alex Epstein) Summer Talking Points: Unreliable Power
Wholesale prices surge as wind and solar output falls to zero in South Australia
Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Report: Offshore Wind Turbines May Kill You
Vineyard Wind turbine debris makes it to Cape Cod
Floating Offshore Wind – A Financial Catastrophe
Feds must rethink authorizing harassment of whales by offshore wind
Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** Report: Clearing the Air — Honest Truths About Clean Energy
Wind project shelved after landholders change their minds
Solar Energy:
State Regulations Force Bankruptcy of California Solar Company
Nuclear Energy:
*** Swedes Embrace Nuclear & Join Europe’s Grand Rejection of Wind & Solar Transition
*** Small modular nuclear reactors could be an affordable path to a carbon-free future
America’s oldest nuclear plants are in Upstate, and NY needs them.…