A recent survey shows that Americans want a stronger power grid and affordable, clean energy, but the reality of wind and solar is more complex. These technologies require carbon-intensive materials like steel, cement, and plastics, have shorter lifespans than fossil fuel or nuclear plants, and create significant disposal challenges. Media narratives often label them as …
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Trump administration deepens crackdown on solar and wind tax credits
The Trump administration issued new Treasury guidance Friday that redefines when wind and solar projects are considered under construction, making it more difficult for developers to qualify for federal tax credits. …
Why Coal Remains A Stubborn Part Of Our Energy Mix
Since 2006, trillions of dollars have been invested, both directly and through government subsidies, into wind and solar power technologies, carbon offsets programs, and NGOs trying to rid the Earth of fossil fuels. The environmental industry is still booming, but is it actually delivering on its promise of saving the planet? How will our renewable energy …
Renewables not cost competitive until mid-century – Glencore
Renewable energy will not be cost competitive with fossil fuels until 2050, Glencore said on Tuesday, much later than energy organizations forecast and supporting the mining and trading giant’s case for continued investment in coal. …
The green energy ‘transition’ is simply not happening. Nor will it happen soon, or cheaply
Few energy analysts enjoy the level of global respect accorded to Vaclav Smil, a distinguished professor emeritus at the University of Manitoba and a best-selling author of 47 books. In his latest publication, a 48-page report titled “Halfway Between Kyoto and 2050: Net Zero Carbon Is a Highly Unlikely Outcome” Smil details efforts to date …
Breathe a Little Easier: Why America’s Air is Among the Cleanest in the World
Breathe a Little Easier is part of our ongoing effort to explain the role that energy has played in improving human living standards over the past two centuries. This project examines trends in air quality in the U.S. in order to push back at the doom-and-gloom narratives that dominate so much of our thinking about energy …
EV Ownership Ticks Up, but Fewer Nonowners Want to Buy One
Seven percent of Americans, up from 4% a year ago, report that they own an electric vehicle. That increase is matched by an equal decline in the percentage saying they are seriously considering buying one, from 12% to 9%. Meanwhile, fewer Americans – 35%, down from 43% in 2023 – say they might consider buying …
The advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy
New developments in renewable energy are making headlines worldwide, from a remote Arctic village working to harness solar and wind power under challenging conditions to a U.S. Air Force base planning an advanced, utility-scale geothermal power system. But for all of the advantages of renewable energy, its development and use has disadvantages, too. Let’s take …
As Renewable Energy Increases in the Generation Mix, Power Outages Grow
Texas and California lead the nation in power outages and in wind and solar generation. Since 2019, there have been 263 power outages across Texas–more than any other state–each lasting an average of 160 minutes and impacting an estimated average of 172,000 Texans. From 2019 to 2023, California had 221 power outages, ranking second, and …
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 …
