As the legendary mandolinist Sam Bush puts it in this classic: Same ol’ river Same ol’ sea Same ol’ waters rushing over me
Category: Wind Energy
The Validity of Wind — More
My school friend “isn’t having” my contention that wind energy makes sense, but instead of refuting my point about the attractive EROI (energy return on investment), he writes:
Validity of Wind Energy
An old school chum shared this piece of excrement on Facebook just now, to which I responded: It pains me greatly to see disinformation like this spread around.
Do Offshore Wind Towers Actually Improve Aquatic Habitats?
We need to be extremely skeptical anytime we hear someone say, “Here’s a man-made change I’m going to make into a natural habitat that is actually going to help the native species thrive.” This is normally equivalent to saying, “I …
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Germany Blows Us Away with Its Commitment to Onshore and Offshore Wind
As shown at left and discussed in this article from Bloomberg, Germany’s massive installation of wind (on top of its solar) has, for the first time, pushed its electricity generation from renewable sources above that of coal and nuclear. As …
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Adding Energy Storage To Solar and Wind
It goes without saying that integrating storage to wind and solar energy adds value. Not only does it provide dispatchable power from sources that would have otherwise been intermittent, but it also allows the owner to sell “ancillary services” such …
An Optimistic Look At Our Energy Future
We’d all like to know: What does the future of energy look like? In large measure, it’s a function of what happens with nuclear.
How Would-be Inventors Lose Credibility
Here’s an email I just received from a Greek citizen now living in China, who writes: After 15 years of scientific research I completed the construction of a wind turbine model with an extremely high efficiency and operation at very low …
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How Much Do Solar and Wind Require Natural Gas Backup?
As I’m mentioned, I’m a part of a pro-nuke online community that has a strange antipathy toward renewables. One might think that proponents of one low-carbon energy solution would respect those of another, but not in this case. They offer …
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Lots To Like About OffShore Wind, But….
Here’s an article suggesting: “We could power the whole of human civilization with wind turbines in the open sea.” Perhaps we need to define what we mean by “could.”
