Those that aspire to net-zero are condemning Africa to extreme poverty. Those that promote African access to fossil fuels, want Africans to have the chance to rise up.
G-7: Africans Deserve Real Electricity
G-7: Africans Deserve Real Electricity
20 Jun 2025 1 Comment
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Why “cheaper” wind and solar raise costs. Part III: The problem with power markets
20 Jun 2025 Leave a comment
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by Planning Engineer (Russ Schussler) Part 3 of this series examines power markets, promoted by policymakers (FERC) and industry advocates to lower costs through competitive bidding and merit-order dispatch. While markets can optimize resource allocation in many sectors, they struggle to deliver affordability and reliability in electricity systems dominated by intermittent renewables. This post first […]
Why “cheaper” wind and solar raise costs. Part III: The problem with power markets
Germany’s Renewable Energy Overcapacity Is Pushing The Power Grid To The Limit
12 Jun 2025 1 Comment
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By Frank Bosse at Klimanachrichten (Translated, edited by P. Gosselin) “Too much electricity is also a danger.” With that headline, Germany’s “n-tv” surprised its readers on Pentecost Sunday. Attentive readers of “Klimanachrichten” already knew this beforehand: The past holiday weekend was a stress test for our electricity grid: The sun is very high, provides a…
Germany’s Renewable Energy Overcapacity Is Pushing The Power Grid To The Limit
Spain Boosts Natural Gas Capacity After Renewable Energy’s Failure Led to Historic Blackout
28 May 2025 1 Comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: solar power, Spain, wind power
Now, in the aftermath of this blackout that could have been much worse, Spain has significantly increased its reliance on natural gas-fired power plants to stabilize its electricity grid. This strategic shift is the direct result of concerns about the grid’s ability to handle high levels of renewable energy, particularly solar and wind, which accounted for a substantial share of generation during the outage.
Spain Boosts Natural Gas Capacity After Renewable Energy’s Failure Led to Historic Blackout
Dutch Cancel Offshore Wind Auction Due To Lack Of Interest
26 May 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Netherlands, wind power
By Paul Homewood Now the Dutch are having trouble finding anyone willing to build offshore wind farms without massive subsidies, as Reuters report: The Netherlands will postpone tenders for two offshore wind farms with a total capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW) due to a lack of interest from potential bidders, the Dutch government […]
Dutch Cancel Offshore Wind Auction Due To Lack Of Interest
National Grid Boss Admits Electricity Prices Will Rise To Pay For Net Zero
25 May 2025 1 Comment
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By Paul Homewood The Telegraph is reporting that the National Grid boss, John Pettigrew, is advising Miliband to reject zonal pricing, because it is a unneeded distraction.
National Grid Boss Admits Electricity Prices Will Rise To Pay For Net Zero
Why “cheaper” wind and solar raise costs. Part I: The fat tail problem
23 May 2025 Leave a comment
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by Planning Engineer (Russ Schussler) Wind and solar power are often touted as the cheapest sources of electricity in many regions, capable of delivering low-cost energy for the vast majority of the time. At first glance, this might suggest that an energy mix heavily weighted toward renewables would be the most economical choice. However, this […]
Why “cheaper” wind and solar raise costs. Part I: The fat tail problem
Expert Assessment Warns Expansion Of Wind And Solar Energy Jeopardizing French Power Grid Stability
17 May 2025 Leave a comment
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The French are finding out that combining nuclear power with unstable wind and sun is not a good idea and is a risk to the power grid.
Expert Assessment Warns Expansion Of Wind And Solar Energy Jeopardizing French Power Grid Stability
Spain recently had to learn a similar lesson in a most painful manner.
Britain Could Face Months-Long Blackouts Because of Net Zero
15 May 2025 Leave a comment
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Britain’s rush to Net Zero could leave it vulnerable to months-long blackouts, as reliance on intermittent renewables strains the grid, escalating costs and jeopardising energy security. The Telegraph has more.
Britain Could Face Months-Long Blackouts Because of Net Zero
What Happens When There Is Too Much Solar Power
12 May 2025 Leave a comment
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By Paul Homewood https://gridwatch.co.uk/ At midday today, solar power was supplying 11.2 GW out of a total demand of 28.27 GW. (This is after adding back solar, which normally appears as a reduction in demand, because it is embedded generation). Mad Miliband plans to triple the current solar capacity of 16 GW by 2030. […]
What Happens When There Is Too Much Solar Power
Wind And Solar Power Both Capricious and Costly
10 May 2025 Leave a comment
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Bill Ponton reminds us that in addition to being fickle, renewables are also costly, in his American Thinker article What are the merits of renewables? Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. The Spanish blackout made us all aware of how unstable the grid can get when renewables are in the driver’s seat, […]
Wind And Solar Power Both Capricious and Costly
Net Zero Watch warns of growing grid instability
08 May 2025 1 Comment
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With more than 50 million EU electricity consumers suffering blackouts yesterday, campaign group Net Zero Watch has reiterated its warning that the UK power grid is also becoming increasingly unstable.
Net Zero Watch warns of growing grid instability
Casting blame for the blackout in Spain, Portugal, and parts of France
07 May 2025 1 Comment
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It has long been predicted that replacing conventional synchronous generators, which rotate together with the grid, with asynchronous inverter-based resources like wind, solar, and batteries will increase the risk of blackouts. Grid planners recognize that unanticipated adverse events—such as line outages, generator trips, substation failures, and major faults—will continue to impact power grids.
Casting blame for the blackout in Spain, Portugal, and parts of France
Reform to ‘wage war’ against net zero ‘lunacy’ after local elections
05 May 2025 Leave a comment
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The political pushback against futile climate obsession is moving forward. Voters who resent having their pockets picked via massive subsidies for renewables, while facing government pressure to buy expensive electric cars, unwanted heat pumps, and more, can clearly see an alternative. – – – Reform has said it will “wage war” against the “lunacy” of […]
Reform to ‘wage war’ against net zero ‘lunacy’ after local elections
Have The Intermittent Energy Blackouts Begun?
03 May 2025 Leave a comment
in economics of climate change, economics of regulation, energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA Tags: celebrity technologies, solar power, wind power
As Schellenberger points out, with just “a hair” more frequency variation it could have been far worse. Will that happen some time soon? I’m not going to pretend I know. But I do know that the electricity system in most of Europe and many U.S. states is in the hands of crazed fanatics who have no idea what they are doing. My own bet would be that there are many far worse blackouts to come, until this idiotic “net zero” thing is abandoned.
Have The Intermittent Energy Blackouts Begun?
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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