Renewable energy is emerging as the “clinch deal” in Japan`s painful power crisis that pits the government and business against public demand for zero nuclear power. But experts say the going is easier said than done. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Wind power
Become A Renewable Energy Magnate, With The Cash In Your Wallet
Bullish on renewable energy but short the few million to invest in a new solar power plant? Perhaps you have $8. Continue reading
German offshore wind sector needs more than just new law: executives
Changing regulations will not be enough to make Germany’s planned offshore wind expansion work, executives and industry experts say, arguing the industry needs to find other ways to support one of the main pillars of the country’s energy shift. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Nuclear power
Tagged energy infrastructure, really stupid idea, Wind power
Greens see red after French minister hints at nuclear U-turn
French Greens reacted angrily on Monday after a government minister described nuclear power as the “energy of the future,” casting doubt on a commitment to slash the country’s number of reactors. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Nuclear power
Tagged energy infrastructure, really stupid idea, solar power, Wind power
Aus: Fear wind energy might be losing its puff
WINDFARMS have vowed to fight a rearguard action against changes to the renewable energy target as a potential plummet in the carbon price to $12 a tonne in 2015 raises new fears that the renewable projects would be uneconomic. Continue reading
Germany Hits Brakes on Race to Renewable Energy Future
The share of renewable energies in Germany’s power mix has shot up so high that the electricity grid and the subsidy framework has been unable to keep up. Now, the government wants to slow down the process. German commentators say that the current chaos endangers the entire project. Continue reading
German minister mulls slower green revolution
Germany may have to slow down its planned transformation to green energy, Environment Minister Peter Altmaier said on Tuesday in an effort to assuage worries that consumers will bear the brunt of the immense costs of the switch from nuclear. Continue reading
Germany’s new “renewable” energy policy
Wind and solar power + soaring electricity prices = outsourced jobs + more coal burning
Meanwhile, eco activists demand “sustainable lifestyles” – for other people Continue reading
Tom Tanton: “Not Cheap, Not ‘Green’” at the California Energy Commission
“In my period at Cato (1990–present), “Renewable Energy: Not Cheap, Not ‘Green’,” is probably our most important Policy Analysis in the energy/environment area. Bradley’s thorough review and analysis (60 pages, 325 footnotes) was a real pushback against the viability of ‘green’ energy in theory and practice.” – Jerry Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director, Natural Resource Studies, Cato Institute. Continue reading
Green energy to hit Germans’ bills: Vattenfall
Germany’s energy strategy will cost consumers dearly as costs for new renewable power generation units and networks must be passed on, the head of the German unit of Swedish state-owned energy group Vattenfall was quoted saying on Monday. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Clean energy, Coal, Nuclear power
Tagged energy infrastructure, energy subsidies, natural gas, solar power, Wind power
In Uruguay, the Answer Is Blowing in the Wind
If that’s the answer what the heck was the question? Continue reading
Tunnelling for money
Christopher Booker has uncovered some important new information about Tim Yeo’s financial interests. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Tagged energy infrastructure, energy subsidies, government subsidies, solar power, Wind power
UK: The car crash of energy policy
Gerard Wynn, writing at Reuters, tries to explain the effect that wind generation will have on electricity grids in Europe. Continue reading
Jon Boone: “Renewable Energy: Not Cheap, Not ‘Green’” Turns 15
Ed. note: On August 27, 1997, the Cato Institute published Policy Analysis #280, which criticized the government push to subsidize politically correct renewable energy, particularly solar and windpower. Today and tomorrow, different authors revisit what was the free-market-movement’s first full-scale rebuttal, on economic and environmental grounds, to so-called “green” energy policy . Continue reading
Celebrating failure: Shale letdown a green energy booster
Dumb as doorknobs:
“Europe has been unable to repeat the shale gas revolution that has swept the United States, and that could prove to be the unlikely saviour of long-term EU efforts to spur renewables and curb greenhouse gases.” Continue reading
Higher Energy Prices Are Coming. Energy Shortages Are Coming
“Once real numbers have come out about renewable energy costs, people are having second thoughts,” reported Maureen Masten, Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources and Senior Advisor on Energy to Governor Bob McDonnell, VA, while addressing his “all of the above energy” strategy to meet the state’s energy needs. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Economics, Green hell
Tagged really stupid idea, solar power, Wind power
Pierre Gosselin: Germany’s Great Energy-Jobs Destruction Revolution – Green Energies In Collapse
The European Institute for Climate and Energy here (EIKE) sums up the bad news in Germany’s energy industry, all brought on by failed green energy policies. What a mess! And things are set to get a lot worse. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Clean energy, Environmentalism, Green hell, Nuclear power
Tagged really stupid idea, solar power, Wind power
Wind farm developers using ‘tricks’ to make turbines look smaller
Wind farm developers make turbines look smaller than they actually are when applying for planning permission in order to ‘trick’ councils into giving them the go-ahead, a leading architect has warned. Continue reading
Helix Collapse Fails to Crush Hope for Vertical Wind Turbines
With graceful, sail-like blades that turned in the wind like white corkscrews, Helix Wind’s vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) captured the imagination of bloggers and the tech press in 2007. Continue reading
Bishop Hill: Yup, desperate
A few days ago, I noted some rampant misrepresentation of Gordon Hughes GWPF report by the Chief Executive of RenewableUK, the self-help group for subsidy junkies. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Tagged energy infrastructure, energy subsidies, government subsidies, really stupid idea, Wind power
