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- The Great ‘Zero-Carbon Renewables’ Deception one day agoAnnouncements about “clean energy” are just smoke and mirrors backlit by the glow of a coal-fired furnace in Asia and paid for by overcharged consumers.
- More Evidence of a Global Offshore Wind Project Collapse Sat, 19 Jul 25, 11:00amThe Aussie Government is worried it might have to pay for Australia's own commercially unviable renewable projects, after President Trump pulled US support.
- “China is Building the [Renewable] Future … building coal-fired power stations, … because it has to …” Tue, 15 Jul 25, 7:00amBuilding communist coal power stations is apparently OK and necessary, but it is very wrong when President Trump does it.
- The Conversation: “renewable energy still cannot compete with oil and gas” Sun, 13 Jul 25, 7:00pmEven in green energy subsidised Britain, developing renewables does not make economic sense.
- Green Lobby’s Dishonest Crusade for Solar and Wind Sun, 13 Jul 25, 11:00amLCOE purports to present an apples-to-apples comparison between various energy sources. However, the measure is meaningless because it ignores key costs such as those of providing backup power to compensate for the intermittency...
- John Grimes: “China Plays as a Team” Implementing the Renewable Transition Sat, 12 Jul 25, 7:00amIn 2024 LONGi, then the USA's top solar-panel supplier, was sanctioned by U.S Customs and Border Protection for alleged use of Chinese forced labor. They aren't the only Chinese company to be sanctioned.
- Solar Farms Paid To Switch Off Mon, 7 Jul 25, 7:00pmZonal pricing will no doubt be a good way for Octopus to charge higher prices. But the real solution is not to rearrange the deckchairs. It is to stop building wind and solar farms that cannot reliably meet demand when and...
- Concern Over Safety Of German Wind Turbines Heightens After 70-Meter Rotor Blade Snaps Off Wed, 2 Jul 25, 3:00pmA 70-metre-long rotor blade of a V150 wind turbine fell from a height of 123 meters at the Lübbenow wind farm in Germany, heightening concerns about the safety of wind turbines.
- CFACT report: Feds fail to “offset” wind turbine eagle kills Mon, 30 Jun 25, 7:00amAt a minimum, FWS should issue no new wind power eagle-kill permits until the glaring issues uncovered in this study are resolved. Accurate electrocution death rates must be determined. Given there are well over 100 million...
- Feds ignore their research on windmills killing eagles Fri, 27 Jun 25, 7:00pmIt looks like FWS has never implemented, or even publicly evaluated, any of DOE’s research products. The permits are issued under the Eagle Protection Act, which clearly calls for mitigating eagle deaths, and the DOE products...
- Biden’s Offshore Wind Dreams Drowning As Trump Guts Industry Tue, 24 Jun 25, 3:00pmThe offshore wind industry is floundering as President Donald Trump reverses Biden-era policies designed to boost the industrialization of America’s oceans.
- Australia’s Net Zero Grid to Face Strict Government Price Controls Sun, 22 Jun 25, 7:00amI wonder what happens next, when a government imposes more price fixing in the middle of a supply and affordability crisis?
- Claim: Australia’s Renewable Energy Future Requires Realignment With China Fri, 20 Jun 25, 3:00am"Australia must ditch its distrust and collaborate" - and not purchase any US nuclear submarines.
- Claim: Government Mandates can Help Australia to Seize Renewable Energy Export Opportunities Thu, 19 Jun 25, 3:00amIf it is a profitable opportunity, why is government intervention required to make it happen?
- Spain’s Impossible Dream Of ‘Green’ Electricity Wed, 18 Jun 25, 3:00pmCongress, state governors and legislatures, the Trump Administration, our courts and utility companies need to act quickly and decisively to end this wasteful spending and fix our fragile electricity generating system and...