At COP28, the recent United Nations climate change conference in the United Arab Emirates, bureaucrats, politicians and activists from nearly 200 countries gathered to push for a “transition away from fossil fuels” and continue and indeed expedite efforts to achieve a global net-zero “carbon footprint” by 2050. However, despite significant spending on clean energy, the …
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Are more blackouts rolling our way? Coal and gas are needed to shore up our electricity supply: Robert W. Chase
If ever there was a question about how risky growing dependence on Green energy for electricity production is, it was dispelled with results of a newly completed analysis of government energy data showing that some of the areas with the nation’s best sources of wind and solar power have been placed off limits due to …
2023 – The Year The Renewables Bubble Burst
In 2023 clean energy witnessed one of the toughest years in its short history. Supply chain issues, the energy crisis post Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing ramp of interest rates and inflation hit all entities across the natural resources value chain. Clean energy bore the brunt of these global tensions more than other …
Rolling blackouts cloud Hawaii’s energy future
Power shortages on Monday forced Hawaiian Electric Co. to institute rolling blackouts that left 120,000 customers on the island without power for 30-minute periods throughout the late afternoon and evening. …