09/10/18
Never mind climate science or how the electric power grid works, renewable energy policies are based primarily on political considerations.
Read More...Tags: Paris climate agreement, President Donald Trump, man-made global warming theory, global warming, climate change, fossil fuels, social desirability bias, virtue signaling, Judith Curry, John Christy, Michael Mann, Roger Pielke, crop yields, forest cover, solar activity, Maunder minimum, combined cycle natural gas, base-load power, Intermittent power, American Wind Energy Association, 350.org, Sen. Chris Coons, Gov. John Carney, offshore wind power study, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Power Plan, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act , fracking boom, DNREC
11/06/17
Subsidies for wind and solar power are destabilizing the electric power markets – what should be done? Read More...Tags: Mark Twain, renewable energy , wind power, solar power, nuclear fusion, man-made global warming theory, Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Power Plan, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Renewable Energy Portfolio , offshore wind power, levielized cost, combined cycle natural gas, John Nichols, Energy Department, cheap natural gas, fracking boom, American Wind Energy Association, St. Louis, German coal plants, Zero Emission Credits, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Texas Public Policy Foundation