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The Value of Renewables
There is a point to renewable energy, even if renewables, are inherently flawed as electrical sources. The basic problem with wind energy is that you only have it when the wind blows, and the speed of the wind determin… -
Understanding the Language of Renewable Electrical Power
One of the I had to learn when I began to read discussions of renewable sources of electricity is the vocabulary of power. Generators of electricity can be divided into three different types. There are base power gener… -
Discounting renewable energy
A few months ago I annalized an energy future which involved a mix of solar voraics and nuclear power. I was at that point a little more optomistic about the future price of solar votaics than I am now. I argued that … -
The Renewable Energy: A summery of the potential
One function of this blog is to report the findings of my investigations. I believe that CO2 emissions constitute a great challenge for all peoples during the 21st century. I also believe that it is far better to meet … -
German wind's lamentable performance
I must say, that I have been skeptical about the reliability of windpower due to the intermittent nature of wind, but the reality seems far worse than I had imagined. German windpower proforms so badly, that it is litt… -
Rating wind power
A recent discussion of wind power, found that at one wind farm 25% of the time the farm produced less that 10% of rated power, 50% of the time the farm produced less than 22% of rated power, and for only 16% of this t… -
More of what David Roberts is hidding: The Dangers of Wind Power
Introductory note: More of what David Roberts is hidding from you about wind power. This seems to be my week for pointing to the numerous problems of wind generated electricity. Most of my focus so far has been on the… -
Offshore wind generation is prohibitively expensive.
Introductory Comment: David Roberts of Gristmill and other Greens touts wind power as a low cost source of electrical energy. He is highly critical of the cost of nuclear power, and consistantly argues that the construc… -
Reliable Wind Energy: Summer Power
" . . . the advocacy of wind power comes from three sources - rent-seekingentrepreneurs angling for corporate welfare, daydreamers, andpoliticians seeking to avoid difficult decisions. "- Joseph Somsel From:… -
The Great Gristmill Nuclear debate
This weekend there has been a debate about nuclear power on Gristmill, a major environmental blog. David Roberts, who is an anti-Nuk, triggered the debate, but he then retired without firing another shot. It became ap…
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