America has been shutting down many of its nuclear power plants, but with high demand for power for data centers (explained by Your Survival Guy here), the country needs all the power it can get. The Biden administration has chosen to lend $1.5 to Holtec International to restart the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan. Newsmax […]
Tesla’s Charging Station Adaptation
In nature, species survive by adapting to their surroundings. The same is true in business. To expand its influence in the market for EVs, Tesla has allowed electric vehicles from other automakers to use its network of charging stations with the help of adapters. At The Wall Street Journal, Joanna Stern explains her experience charging […]
Coal’s Quiet Elegance
At The Spectator, Timothy Jacobson explains the quiet elegance of burning coal in an age when it’s a dirty word. He writes: The grandest compliment ever paid me came near the end of a small dinner party last winter from guest and friend Jeffrey who, on settling into an old wing chair as his host […]
The Way the Wind Blows: Amazon Buys Direct from Producer
In the UK, Amazon has begun buying power directly from wind farms in Scotland. Maritime Executive reports: Most offshore wind farms sell their electricity to a utility. Others are owned by a utility and provide the power to their own grid. A small number find a different way to market by selling some of the […]
Emerging Markets Outplayed the Climate Cabal
After receiving billions of dollars from the United States and other developed countries for “green” energy initiatives, emerging market countries like South Africa and Indonesia are backtracking on their promises. Alexandra Wexler, Sha Hua, and Matthew Dalton report for The Wall Street Journal: Wealthy nations are sending tens of billions of dollars to poorer ones for clean […]
Connecticut Concedes the Fallacy of Banning Internal Combustion Engines
Connecticut Governor Ted Lamont attempted to align his state with California’s unworkable goals of eliminating internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicle sales in the state by 2035 but has now conceded defeat after Connecticut’s legislature wouldn’t support the measures. Jason Cannon of CCJ Digital reports: “The tide is turning as state officials across the country […]
Could Ammonia Be the Next Great Fuel Source?
In The Wall Street Journal, Phred Dvorak discusses the possibilities and drawbacks of using ammonia as a fuel source. He writes: Ammonia is made by producing hydrogen, then adding nitrogen. It is made in massive volumes globally—the bulk as a building block for fertilizer and the rest for uses ranging from refrigerants for skating rinks […]
How’s That Offshore Project Going, Man
Magical Thinking Goes Haywire If President Joe Biden were to take the time to inquire what is going on “way out in the ocean,” the response would have to be “rough” and “not so great.” Bewitched by Clean Free Wind Anyone who has been reading the Manhattan Contrarian, even for a short time, knows there […]
Horse Manure: Windmill/Sun Power Scheme
Building to Net Zero A report from the U.K.’s Royal Society describes and models how the UK might build out a “net zero” electricity system for Great Britain. “The proposed system would consist of generation entirely from wind and solar sources, with the intermittency backed up only from energy storage and without any use of […]
How Much Can Grid Battery Storage Help?
The addition of large amounts of renewable energy production to America’s power grid has made what was once an extremely reliable and stable system much less so. The power outages suffered by Texas in 2021 were widely blamed on the addition of renewable power resources that failed to perform when needed. The outages caused 57 […]
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