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The decline of Weather Dependent Renewables in Europe: 2008 – 2018

cedmhdotme.wordpress.com Introduction The EurObserv’ER organisation publishes data annually on all types of EU28 Renewable installations and their productivity.  EurObser’ER is backed by the EU and promotes the transition to Renewables.  Their report for Solar power in 2019 here is a typical example of their annual data output for each technology. Photovoltaic barometer 2019 This post uses the EurObserv’ER data series since 2008 as they relate to about 80% of European Renewable generation installations, those being: Wind power Onshore Wind Power Offshore On grid Solar PV power. From the peak installation rate in 2010 the European commitment to Weather Dependent Renewables …

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Inherent unreliable renewables dictate GND “100% renewable electricity” mandate yields unavoidable GHG emissions

by Larry Hamlin | May 31, 2019 The Green New Deal (GND) and California’s SB 100 are both draconian and completely unrealistic pipe dreams that politically mandate “100% renewable electricity” for the U.S. and California respectively. A new 117 page study from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) has determined that these politically contrived schemes of “100% renewable energy” are self defeating because of the inherent unreliability of renewables which results in significant GHG emissions occurring from the unavoidable need for backup dispatchable and reliable fossil generation. This backup fossil generation is required to provide grid stability functions including frequency, voltage …

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Environmentalism: Evidence Suggests it Was Always and Only About Achieving World Government

Environmentalism: Evidence Suggests it Was Always and Only About Achieving World Government

Tim Ball | May 27, 2019 It is common sense to protect our environment, but what has occurred for 50 years is exploitation of that idea for a socialist agenda. We wasted 50 years believing that humans are not natural, and everything they do is destructive. We wasted and continue to waste trillions of dollars on unnecessary policies and useless technologies, all based on false assumptions, pseudoscience, and emotional bullying.

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Want an Energy Revolution?

Want an Energy Revolution?

City Journal Mark P. Mills | May 3, 2019 It won’t come from renewables—which can never supply all the power we need—but from foundational scientific discoveries. Throughout history, some 60 percent to 90 percent of every nation’s economy has been consumed by food and fuel costs. Hydrocarbons changed the way that humans organize their productive capacity. The coal age, followed by the oil age, and now by the ascendant age of natural gas, has (at least for developed nations) driven the share of GDP devoted to acquiring food and fuel down to around 10 percent. That transformation constitutes one of …

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