Energy and Environmental Review: July 17, 2023

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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:
*** Gone with the wind: A perfect storm of costs
Wind Industry Blackmails U.K. Demanding Huge Ramp-Up of Subsidies

Unreliables (General):
*** There Is NO Transition
*** Myth: Solar and wind are helping save our grid from extreme heat

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Offshore Wind Promoters Paving the Road to Energy Hell
*** The Rising Cost of Offshore Wind
*** Offshore Wind Is Outrageous Spending that Makes Zero Sense
No Texas welcome wagon for offshore wind
Biden 30,000 MW of Offshore Wind by 2030: an Expensive Fantasy
Short video: Wind And Sea – Offshore Wind Documentary
The whale killing study the Feds are afraid to do

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
Eight Days Straight and Climbing with Meagre Wind Generation

Solar Energy:
*** Report: Solar Panels Are More Carbon-Intensive Than Experts Admit
Large Proposed Upstate NY Solar Project Scrapped

Nuclear Energy:

*** A Critical Disconnect: Relying on Nuclear Energy in Decarbonization Models While Excluding It from Climate Finance Taxonomies
*** Nuclear power capacity is growing globally.

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Energy and Environmental Review: July 3, 2023

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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:
*** Time to accept that wind turbine costs are not falling
*** Wind costs will remain high
*** Still Waiting for the Magical Future of Free Wind Power
Siemens Energy shares plunge more than 37% as wind turbine worries deepen
Renewable Corporate Welfare for Renewables Keeps On A-Coming

Unreliables (General):
*** Replacing Coal Power with Wind and Solar Increases Net CO2 Emissions
*** Why Big Oil loves the renewable energy industry
*** The Energy Transition Isn’t
How Co-ops are Impacted by Threats to Reliability
Alberta wind power production fell to 0.4% capacity at same time solar was zero
Aussie Farmers Reject Massive Wind & Solar Transmission Grid Rollout
Europe’s Crisis:  Blame Green Energy Policy

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Is Dominion’s Offshore Wind Project ‘Arbitrary and Capricious’?

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Energy and Environmental Review: June 19, 2023

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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:
Social Cost of Subsidies
Green Energy Now Threatens South Korea’s Economy
Costly climate rules are turning Germans away from the Greens

Unreliables (General):
*** The hole story of the Green New Deal
*** Ramping up wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles can’t solve our energy problem
*** Models Hide the Shortcomings of Wind and Solar
*** Study: Geophysical constraints on the reliability of solar and wind power worldwide
*** Britain’s green energy disaster should be an awful warning to Americans
Limitations to Mining related to Unreliable Electricity
“Peak Green” in Western Countries: What it Means Eastern Countries

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Is the Great Fish Kill of 1976 About to be Repeated?

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Energy and Environmental Review: June 5, 2023

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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.

Renewables (General):
*** In Texas, a Clean-Energy Pioneer, the Tide Turns Against Renewables
*** Alternative Energy Projects Are Bankrupting The Energy Grid
*** Fallacies About Nuclear, Wind, and Solar
Big Wind’s US Renewable Rejection Database tally hits 523
Proposed NY legislative action to stop the “transition” until a fossil fuel replacement is identified

Wind Energy — Offshore:
*** Offshore wind may not reduce CO2 emissions
Cape Cod to Rhode Island Tourists Expect A Summer Of Whales Washing Up
Cape May County Fights Back Against Offshore Wind Project

Wind Energy — Other:
*** Taking the Wind Out of Climate Change (referencing 60± studies)
*** The True Cost of Energy Generated From Wind Turbines

Solar Energy:
Hidden Impact of Solar Projects: Residents and Wildlife Affected, Aquifers Threatened
How solar projects took over the California desert: ‘An oasis has become a dead sea’

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Nuclear Energy:
*** Why Small Modular Reactors Herald a Nuclear Energy Renaissance
*** Electricity Prices Plunge By 75% As Finland Opens New Nuclear Power Plant
Virginia’s not the only place exploring small modular nuclear reactors
WTF Happened to Nuclear Energy?

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Energy and Environmental Review: May 22, 2023

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Energy and Environmental Review: May 8, 2023

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Energy and Environmental Review: April 24, 2023

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Energy and Environmental Review: April 10, 2023

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Energy and Environmental Review: March 27, 2023

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Energy and Environmental Review: March 13, 2023

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