At present, about 18 million people live in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia and use about 227 million MWh of electricity per year. Wind power would…
The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) is a little known lefty climate advocacy nonprofit that wants industrial society to run on weather-dependent wind and solar energy and . .
Enel is an Italian firm that that has filled enough of America with wind turbines to cover two of the nation’s big national parks. But the intermittent, weather-dependent power Enel…
One of the most iconic victories over Enel was won by the Osage Nation, a Native American tribe based in Oklahoma. After receiving permission from the county government, but not…
Enel’s home page doesn’t show pictures or even references to natural gas wellheads, coal mines, hydro dams, or nuclear fuel rods that produce the overwhelming majority of its electricity. Yet…
Coal, natural gas, and nuclear power plants remain necessary as backups for the frequent occasions when the wind and sun—like a flaky employee—won’t work. The more unreliability that is added…
The recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act is expected pay out $400 billion in carbon and climate policy pork, and much of it is crashing down on weather-restricted energy systems such…
By July 2023 ReNew Economy, "Unexpected and increasing wind turbine failure rates, largely in newer and bigger models, are savaging the profits of some of the world’s biggest manufacturers, as…
Wind-industry spokesman typically characterize wind turbine failures as "very rare," "isolated," and even "extraordinarily rare." But wind turbine fires and other failures have happened often enough to raise serious questions…