Comments - New England’s electricity rates expected to keep rising over next few years (BDN /AP) - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-28T14:50:10Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A232990&xn_auth=noGovernor DeSantis is not that…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2022-01-13:4401701:Comment:2331772022-01-13T14:24:27.619Zarthur qwenkhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/arthurqwenk
<p>Governor DeSantis is not that Stupid compared to the old hag in The Blaine House, and Maine's continued election of subsidy sucking lying self serving politicians like Angus "The Windmill" King.</p>
<p>Florida has Gas infrastructure , and Nuclear.. Renewables are rejected as non-competitive w/o subsidy, and electric rates are 10 Cents/KWH , delivered....TEN CENTS DELIVERED....in Florida (FPL Electric). What are Maine rates now, and increasing????</p>
<p>Dumb Energy policy in Maine and…</p>
<p>Governor DeSantis is not that Stupid compared to the old hag in The Blaine House, and Maine's continued election of subsidy sucking lying self serving politicians like Angus "The Windmill" King.</p>
<p>Florida has Gas infrastructure , and Nuclear.. Renewables are rejected as non-competitive w/o subsidy, and electric rates are 10 Cents/KWH , delivered....TEN CENTS DELIVERED....in Florida (FPL Electric). What are Maine rates now, and increasing????</p>
<p>Dumb Energy policy in Maine and political corruption are the causes for Maine's energy bind. </p>
<p></p> Too bad those people who want…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2022-01-08:4401701:Comment:2332302022-01-08T14:10:12.847ZRobert Fellerhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/RobertFeller
<p><strong>Too bad those people who want “all electric cars only” in the future don’t think about this......</strong><strong><u> Just wondering - Hurricane season with Electric Vehicles</u></strong><u> </u></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Imagine Florida with a hurricane coming toward Miami. The governor orders an evacuation. All cars head north.</strong></p>
<p><strong>They all need to be charged up in Jacksonville. How does that work.? Has anyone thought about this.?</strong></p>
<p><strong> If…</strong></p>
<p><strong>Too bad those people who want “all electric cars only” in the future don’t think about this......</strong><strong><u> Just wondering - Hurricane season with Electric Vehicles</u></strong><u> </u></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Imagine Florida with a hurricane coming toward Miami. The governor orders an evacuation. All cars head north.</strong></p>
<p><strong>They all need to be charged up in Jacksonville. How does that work.? Has anyone thought about this.?</strong></p>
<p><strong> If all cars were electric and were caught up in a three-hour traffic jam with dead batteries, then what.? Not to mention that there's virtually no heating or air conditioning in an electric vehicle because of high battery consumption.</strong></p>
<p><strong>If you get stuck on the road all night, no battery, no heating, no windshield wipers, no radio, no GPS (all these drains the batteries), all you can do is try calling 911 to take women and children to safety. But they cannot come to help you because all roads are blocked, and they will probably require all police cars will be electric also. When the roads become unblocked no one can move.! Their batteries are dead.</strong></p>
<p><strong>How do you charge the thousands of cars in the traffic jam.? Same problem during summer vacation departures with miles of traffic jams. Yes, AAA is starting to prepare tow trucks to charge electric vehicles. How many can they charge before returning to home base and recharge the trucks.?</strong></p>
<p><strong>There would be virtually no air conditioning in an electric vehicle.</strong></p>
<p><strong>It would drain the batteries quickly. Where is this electricity going to come from.? Today's grid barely handles users' needs.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Can't use nuclear, natural gas is quickly running out. Oil fired is out of the question, then where.?</strong></p>
<p><strong>What will be done with billions of dead batteries, can’t bury them in the soil, can’t go to landfills.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The cart is way ahead of the horse. No thought whatsoever to handle any of the problems that batteries can cause.</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong><u>The press doesn't want to talk or report on any of this.</u></strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>“RESISTANCE IS<span> </span><u>NOT</u><span> </span>FUTILE”</strong></p> MAKE NEW ENGLAND GREAT AGAIN…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2022-01-08:4401701:Comment:2330792022-01-08T12:32:05.364ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p>MAKE NEW ENGLAND GREAT AGAIN</p>
<p></p>
<p>THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE DEFORESTATION OF THE 1800s</p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9991180875?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9991180875?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p>
<p>MAKE NEW ENGLAND GREAT AGAIN</p>
<p></p>
<p>THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE DEFORESTATION OF THE 1800s</p>
<p></p>
<p></p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9991180875?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9991180875?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p> WIND AND SOLAR TO PROVIDE 30…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2022-01-08:4401701:Comment:2328772022-01-08T00:33:15.361ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p><strong>WIND AND SOLAR TO PROVIDE 30 PERCENT OF NEW ENGLAND ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY 2050</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/wind-and-solar-provide-50-percent-of-future-new-england" rel="nofollow">https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/wind-and-solar-provide...</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Energy systems analysts of Denmark, Ireland, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, etc., have known for decades, if you have a significant percentage of (wind + solar) on your…</p>
<p><strong>WIND AND SOLAR TO PROVIDE 30 PERCENT OF NEW ENGLAND ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION BY 2050</strong></p>
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<p> </p>
<p>Energy systems analysts of Denmark, Ireland, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, etc., have known for decades, if you have a significant percentage of (wind + solar) on your grid, you better have available:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- An adequate capacity, MW, of other power plants to counteract any variations of (W+S), 24/7/365</p>
<p>- High-capacity, MW, connections to nearby grids</p>
<p>- An adequate capacity of energy storage, such as:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>1) Pumped hydro storage</p>
<p>2) Hydro plants with reservoir storage</p>
<p>3) Grid-scale battery systems</p>
<p> </p>
<p>The more presence of variable (W+S) on the NE grid, the more the other generators have to vary <strong>their</strong> outputs, which causes these other generators to be less efficient (more wear and tear, more Btu/kWh, more CO2/kWh).</p>
<p>Owners in European countries with much wind and solar on the grids get compensated for their losses.</p>
<p>Those compensations are charged to the general public, not to the Owners of wind and solar systems, as part of the political (subsidy + cost shifting) regimen, to make wind and solar appear price-competitive versus fossil fuels.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>RE folks often advocate:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>1) Electricity must be 100% renewable, or zero carbon, or carbon-neutral by 2050</p>
<p>2) Getting rid of the remaining nuclear plants</p>
<p>3) Getting rid of natural gas, coal, and oil plants</p>
<p>4) More biomass burning</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>About This Article</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>This article has four parts and an Appendix</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>Part 1 provides an introduction to miscellaneous energy topics, and consumption of world energy quantities</p>
<p>Part 2 provides an introduction to existing NE grid conditions</p>
<p>Part 3 provides an introduction to daily NE grid load shaping, to deal with heat pumps and EVs in 2030</p>
<p>Part 4 provides the future NE grid conditions with 20% wind and 10% solar in 2050</p>
<p></p>
<p>The Appendix shows various energy topics, such as:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Turnkey Capital Costs of Grid-scale Battery Systems</p>
<p>- Grid-scale Battery System Operating Cost in New England</p>
<p>- Energy Losses of Battery Systems</p>
<p>- “All-in” Electricity Cost of Wind and Solar in New England</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>“All-in” Electricity Cost of Wind and Solar in New England</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/high-costs-of-wind-solar-and-battery-systems">https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/high-costs-of-wind-sol...</a></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/cost-shifting-is-the-name-of-the-game-regarding-wind-and-solar">http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/cost-shifting-is-the-na...</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Pro RE folks point to the “price paid to owner” as the cost of wind and solar, purposely ignoring the other cost categories. The all-in cost of wind and solar, c/kWh, includes:</p>
<p> </p>
<p>1) Above-market-price paid to Owners </p>
<p>2) Subsidies paid to Owners</p>
<p>3) Owner return on invested capital at about 9%/y</p>
<p>4) Grid extension/augmentation</p>
<p>5) Grid support services</p>
<p>6) Future battery systems</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Comments on table 5</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong> </p>
<p>- Vermont legacy Standard Offer solar systems had greater subsidies paid to owner, than newer systems</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Wind prices paid to owner did not have the drastic reductions as solar prices.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- Vermont utilities are paid about 3.5 c/kWh for various costs they incur regarding net-metered solar systems</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- "Added to rate base" is the cost wind and solar are added to the utility rate base, used to set electric rates.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- “Total cost”, including subsidies to owner and grid support, is the cost at which wind/solar are added to the utility rate base</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- “NE utility cost” is the annual average cost of purchased electricity, about 6 c/kWh, plus NE grid operator charges, about 1.6 c/kWh</p>
<p>for a total of 7.6 c/kWh.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>- “Grid support costs” would increase with increased use of battery systems to counteract the variability and intermittency of increased build-outs of wind and solar systems.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>NOTES:</strong></p>
<p>1) NE wholesale grid price averaged about 5 c/kWh, starting in 2009, due to low-cost CCGT and nuclear plants providing at least 65% of all electricity loaded onto the NE grid, in 2019.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.iso-ne.com/about/key-stats/resource-mix/">https://www.iso-ne.com/about/key-stats/resource-mix/</a></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://nepool.com/uploads/NPC_20200305_Composite4.pdf">https://nepool.com/uploads/NPC_20200305_Composite4.pdf</a></p>
<p><br/>2) There are Owning costs, and Operating and Maintenance costs, of the NE grid</p>
<p>ISO-NE charges these costs to utilities at about 1.6 c/kWh. The ISO-NE charges include: </p>
<p> <br/>Regional network services, RNS, based on the utility peak demand occurring during a month</p>
<p>Forward capacity market, FCM, based on the utility peak demand occurring during a year.</p>
<p> </p>
<table>
<tbody><tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Table 5/VT & NE sources</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Paid to</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Subsidy</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Grid</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">GMP</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> Added</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">ISO-NE</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Total</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">NE</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Times</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong> </strong></span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">paid to</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">support</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">to rate</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">RNS+</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">utility</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"> </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td></td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">owner</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">towner</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">cost</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">adder</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">base</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">FCM</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">cost</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">cost</span></p>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td></td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">c/kWh</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">c/kWh</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">c/kWh</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">c/kWh</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">c/kWh</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">c/kWh</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">c/kWh</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">c/kWh</span></p>
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Solar, rooftop, net-metered, new</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">17.4</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">5.2</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">2.1</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">3.5</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">20.9</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">1.6</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">29.8</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">7.6</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">3.92</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Solar, rooftop, net-metered, legacy</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">18.2</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">5.4</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">2.1</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">3.5</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">21.7</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">1.6</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">30.8</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">7.6</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">4.05</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Solar, standard offer, combo</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>11.</strong><strong>0</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>6.74</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>2.1</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td></td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>11.</strong><strong>0</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>1.6</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>21.44</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>7.6</strong></span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>2.82</strong></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Solar, standard offer, legacy</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">21.7</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">10.5</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">2.1</span></p>
</td>
<td></td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">21.7</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">1.6</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">35.9</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">7.6</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">4.72</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Wind, ridge line, new</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">9.0</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">4.1</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">2.4</span></p>
</td>
<td></td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">9.0</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">1.6</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">17.1</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">7.6</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">2.25</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Wind, offshore, new</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">12.1</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">5.4</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">2.8</span></p>
</td>
<td></td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">12.1</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">1.6</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">21.9</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">7.6</span></p>
</td>
<td><p><span style="font-size: 8pt;">2.88</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p> </p>
<p>Sample calculation; NE utility cost = 6, Purchased + 1.6, (RNS + FCM) = 7.6 c/kWh</p>
<p>Sample calculation; added to utility base = 17.4 + 3.5 = 20.9 c/kWh</p>
<p>Sample calculation; total cost = 17.4 + 5.2 + 2.1 + 3.5 + 1.6 = 29.8 c/kWh</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Excludes costs for very expensive battery systems</p>
<p>Excludes costs for very expensive floating, offshore wind systems</p>
<p>Excludes cost for dealing with shortfalls during multi-day wind/solar lulls. See URL</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/wind-and-solar-provide-50-percent-of-future-new-england">https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/wind-and-solar-provide...</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>“Added to rate base” is for recent 20-y electricity supply contracts awarded by competitive bidding in NE.</p>
<p>“Added to rate base” would be much higher without subsidies and cost shifting.</p>
<p>Areas with better wind and solar conditions, and lower construction costs/MW have lower c/MWh, than NE</p> Why is it so hard for politic…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2022-01-07:4401701:Comment:2332212022-01-07T23:14:59.103ZPenny Grayhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/PennyGray
<p>Why is it so hard for politicians to understand this shit?</p>
<p>Why is it so hard for politicians to understand this shit?</p> Robert Feller,
The EU and Ge…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2022-01-07:4401701:Comment:2330762022-01-07T23:04:09.212ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p>Robert Feller,</p>
<p></p>
<p>The EU and Germany confirmed Russia had been delivering gas, as requested by clients, throughout the year.</p>
<p>There are gas meters all over Europe that confirm Russia’s deliveries </p>
<p>Any requests were honored by Russia, if those clients had signed, long term contracts for gas supply from Russia.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The EU bureaucrats had told EU countries not to sigh long-term contracts, because that would look bad from a “green” aspect.</p>
<p>The EU…</p>
<p>Robert Feller,</p>
<p></p>
<p>The EU and Germany confirmed Russia had been delivering gas, as requested by clients, throughout the year.</p>
<p>There are gas meters all over Europe that confirm Russia’s deliveries </p>
<p>Any requests were honored by Russia, if those clients had signed, long term contracts for gas supply from Russia.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The EU bureaucrats had told EU countries not to sigh long-term contracts, because that would look bad from a “green” aspect.</p>
<p>The EU bureaucrats were on mindless auto-pilot. They did not foresee the lack of wind.</p>
<p></p>
<p>As a result:</p>
<p></p>
<p>1) increased purchases on the spot market became very expensive, and</p>
<p>2) gas storage meant for winter was depleted, and</p>
<p>3) old, dirty coal plants had to be re-started.</p>
<p>4) LNG tankers were rerouted by evil-capitalist owners to collect huge sums of money, because the gas was sourced in a low-priced market, such as the US, and will be sold in a high-priced area, such as Europe.</p>
<p>It is called arbitrage</p>
<p></p>
<p>It has been estimated, this “green”, EU-bureaucrat stupidity will cost Europe an additional $400 billion in energy costs, before winter even starts, plus inflict major hardships on low-income folks, plus adversely affect business profitability.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Oh, I forgot, Nordstream2, capacity 55 billion cubic meters per year, is ready to pump gas, but is on administrative hold until June 2022.</p>
<p></p>
<p>There were numerous attempts to blame all of the brouhaha on Russia, but the gas line operating data proved to big an obstacle to sustain the lies/fake news</p> Willem, Rube Goldberg would b…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2022-01-07:4401701:Comment:2332202022-01-07T22:21:09.920ZThinklike A. Mountainhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/ThinklikeAMountain
<p>Willem, Rube Goldberg would be in awe of what you describe. So would Joseph Goebbels, looking at the mainstream media.</p>
<p>Willem, Rube Goldberg would be in awe of what you describe. So would Joseph Goebbels, looking at the mainstream media.</p> Brace yourself for very costl…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2022-01-07:4401701:Comment:2331432022-01-07T18:29:41.084ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p>Brace yourself for very costly upgrades to transmission and distribution grids to accommodate heat pumps, electric vehicles, smart meter shenanigans, such as using your EV battery for grid stability, all in addition to the wind and sun and weather-dependent, never-there-when-needed, unreliable, very expensive, heavily subsidized, wind and solar.</p>
<p>Brace yourself for very costly upgrades to transmission and distribution grids to accommodate heat pumps, electric vehicles, smart meter shenanigans, such as using your EV battery for grid stability, all in addition to the wind and sun and weather-dependent, never-there-when-needed, unreliable, very expensive, heavily subsidized, wind and solar.</p> Europe faces ongoing energy s…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2022-01-07:4401701:Comment:2328712022-01-07T17:02:54.827ZRobert Fellerhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/RobertFeller
<p>Europe faces ongoing energy shortages, and <em><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Reuters</span></em> reports it is due to a predictable wind deficit.<br></br> <br></br> Industrial wind power, and to a lesser extent solar, were supposed to be Europe’s solution to climate change, decarbonizing while keeping the lights on. It turns out they do not provide much of either.<br></br> <br></br> Europe’s industrial wind complexes produced just 14 percent of their capacity from July through September 2021, down…</p>
<p>Europe faces ongoing energy shortages, and <em><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Reuters</span></em> reports it is due to a predictable wind deficit.<br/> <br/> Industrial wind power, and to a lesser extent solar, were supposed to be Europe’s solution to climate change, decarbonizing while keeping the lights on. It turns out they do not provide much of either.<br/> <br/> Europe’s industrial wind complexes produced just 14 percent of their capacity from July through September 2021, down from the previous-low average of 20 to 26 percent of capacity. The result has been price spikes and power shortages as Europe has been forced to purchase more imported natural gas at inflated prices, largely from Russia, and to reopen shuttered coal-fueled power plants.<br/> <br/> "If we had high winds or just reasonable winds over that period, we wouldn’t have seen these price spikes," Rory McCarthy, a senior analyst at the energy research firm Wood Mackenzie, told <em><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Reuters</span></em>.<br/> <br/> Europe has led the push for renewable electric power generation, and Germany has been at its vanguard. Germany’s wind energy production fell by 16 percent over the past year, because of poor wind conditions, even as its government has continued to push wind into an ever-larger share of the nation’s electric power portfolio.<br/> <br/> The problem, as analysts have long known but governments have ignored, is that when renewable energy projects are mandated the governments tout "the total capacity, or maximum energy that could be produced from the wind farm on an annual basis," as the <em><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Daily Caller</span></em> notes. "Both wind and solar projects typically produce a small fraction of that capacity."<br/> <br/> As a result, energy consumers were hit with huge increases in the price of electric power as Russia cut gas exports to Europe while wind production declined.<br/> <br/> Although some coal plants restarted, limiting the number of power failures, the price of power from restarted coal plants has also been rising because the operators have to purchase carbon dioxide credits in the European carbon-trading scheme. The increased demand and politically restricted supply have caused the price of these credits to soar, more than doubling since the start of 2021.<br/> <br/> It’s an energy Catch-22 of Europe’s own making.<br/> <br/> SOURCES: <a href="https://heartland67740.lt.acemlnb.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZkYWlseWNhbGxlci5jb20lMkYyMDIxJTJGMTIlMkYyMiUyRndpbmQtcG93ZXItZXVyb3BlYW4tdW5pb24tZW5lcmd5LWNyaXNpcy1mb3NzaWwtZnVlbHMtcnVzc2lhJTJGJTNGdXRtX3NvdXJjZSUzREFjdGl2ZUNhbXBhaWduJTI2dXRtX21lZGl1bSUzRGVtYWlsJTI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQlM0RDbGltYXRlJTJCQ2hhbmdlJTJCV2Vla2x5JTJCJTI1MjM0MjElMjUzQSUyQkFsYXJtaXN0cyUyQkVtYnJhY2UlMkJBdXRob3JpdGFyaWFuaXNtJTI1MkMlMkJJZ25vcmUlMkJMZXNzb25zJTJCb2YlMkJIaXN0b3J5JTI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduJTNEQ0NXJTJCNDIxJTJCJTI1MjgzJTI1Mjk=&sig=BsBAZXBNn3L3ai8SzU3j3rTmfJmGbUwiR7X1YbcmfJ7a&iat=1641566254&a=%7C%7C476514057%7C%7C&account=heartland67740%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=dtF8XhsmQiKQ%2BxqKhcu5gl4eoMtcH%2BtKejRRa7FTPTw%3D&s=4edfdb888daf698e1bc3eaac826296d5&i=456A1095A8A23866"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Daily Caller</span></a>, <a href="https://heartland67740.lt.acemlnb.com/Prod/link-tracker?redirectUrl=aHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cucmV1dGVycy5jb20lMkZtYXJrZXRzJTJGY29tbW9kaXRpZXMlMkZ3ZWFrLXdpbmRzLXdvcnNlbmVkLWV1cm9wZXMtcG93ZXItY3J1bmNoLXV0aWxpdGllcy1uZWVkLWJldHRlci1zdG9yYWdlLTIwMjEtMTItMjIlMkYlM0Z1dG1fc291cmNlJTNEQWN0aXZlQ2FtcGFpZ24lMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtJTNEZW1haWwlMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudCUzRENsaW1hdGUlMkJDaGFuZ2UlMkJXZWVrbHklMkIlMjUyMzQyMSUyNTNBJTJCQWxhcm1pc3RzJTJCRW1icmFjZSUyQkF1dGhvcml0YXJpYW5pc20lMjUyQyUyQklnbm9yZSUyQkxlc3NvbnMlMkJvZiUyQkhpc3RvcnklMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24lM0RDQ1clMkI0MjElMkIlMjUyODMlMjUyOQ==&sig=Cyu1n4u4Ckgi7xzhaCxmfYTKYPq6AsxAHweGoj9W5Gq4&iat=1641566254&a=%7C%7C476514057%7C%7C&account=heartland67740%2Eactivehosted%2Ecom&email=dtF8XhsmQiKQ%2BxqKhcu5gl4eoMtcH%2BtKejRRa7FTPTw%3D&s=4edfdb888daf698e1bc3eaac826296d5&i=456A1095A8A23867"><span style="font-weight: inherit;">Reuters</span></a></p> Wake The F UP or DIE - Specia…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2022-01-07:4401701:Comment:2332182022-01-07T14:51:19.571ZThinklike A. Mountainhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/ThinklikeAMountain
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Wake The F UP or DIE - Special Jan 6 Emergency Broadcast: You Are Living Through WW4 – FULL SHOW 1/6/22</strong></span><br/> <a href="https://banned.video/watch?id=61d774a9a9e8f75d34c87ba7" target="_blank">https://banned.video/watch?id=61d774a9a9e8f75d34c87ba7</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Wake The F UP or DIE - Special Jan 6 Emergency Broadcast: You Are Living Through WW4 – FULL SHOW 1/6/22</strong></span><br/> <a href="https://banned.video/watch?id=61d774a9a9e8f75d34c87ba7" target="_blank">https://banned.video/watch?id=61d774a9a9e8f75d34c87ba7</a></p>