Alternative Energy Crowd Gets Desperate After ‘Wind Drought’ Refuses to Lift

Alternative Energy Crowd Gets Desperate After ‘Wind Drought’ Refuses to Lift

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Conservatives, by temperament, tend to embrace most things traditional, particularly when those traditions carry the added charm of quaintness.

When it comes to our energy needs, however, most conservatives — indeed, most modern people in general — prefer reliability.

Thursday, on the social media platform X, in a post that went mega-viral, Mark W. Nelson, founder & Managing Director of Radiant Energy Group, noted “panic” among German utility executives following a “shocking 12-day wind drought.”

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Nelson, who holds a Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Cambridge University, described the situation as “coming to a breaking point.”

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“At the beginning of this month, Germany’s power supply reached its limits,” Krebber wrote on LinkedIn.

Citing Nov. 6 as an example, Krebber bemoaned extreme high energy prices and “shortage of supply.” He also warned that the “same situation would not have been manageable on another day with a higher peak load.”

In other words, Europe’s over-reliance on wind power means, when wind speeds slow, energy producers sometimes cannot meet demand.

By Monday morning, Nelson’s post had nearly 41 million views on X according to public metrics.

According to the UK’s The Telegraph, diminished wind power generation coincides with what Germans call “Dunkelflaute,” or “dark wind lull.”

During periods when high-pressure weather systems result in reduced wind speeds, wind turbines naturally produce little-to-no energy; it does not matter how many wind turbines you have.

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This state of affairs suppressed energy supply and raised prices in the UK, Germany and elsewhere in northern Europe earlier this month.

Of course, British government officials have learned all the wrong lessons from “Dunkelflaute.”

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For instance, Chris Stark, appointed in July to head the government’s new clean energy-focused Mission Control, doubled down on renewables.
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“Even small amounts of low-carbon flex (flex what? gas turbine power plants?) can displace a lot of gas.

We’ll also need to support the build of a lot of new renewable generation – of all types, but especially offshore wind,” Stark said on Nov. 5.

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Historians who immerse themselves in centuries-old correspondence eventually make an interesting discovery.

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In short, our ancestors often wrote wonderful letters, while sitting in a port town and waiting for favorable winds.
They would wait, wait, wait for days or weeks
They would not board ships and set sail until the weather cooperated.
And sometimes that took weeks.
Thus, in many cases, they made the most of their frequent downtime by putting quill to parchment.

There is, of course, something charming about a world so unhurried.

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That does not mean, however, that virtue-signaling know-nothing unelected government bureaucrats should subject innocent, modern people to the vicissitudes of “Dunkelflaute.”

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

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