The engineer and economist Bernard Chabot has written an article explaining how wind power capacity factors for new wind turbines could increase from about 40% to 60%. The article is titled, “The fast shift towards the « silent wind power revolution » in USA and the related huge energy and … [continued]
Last week, an intriguing notion grew out of a set of graphs presented by well-known consultant Bernard Chabot about the progress of wind and nuclear power in the BRICS-minus-Russia nations. With data from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency, and BP, Chabot researched the status of wind and … [continued]
Originally published on Lenz Blog. Energiewende Germany wrote this on Twitter: Renewables have grown more than nuclear been shut down. Coal? In decline again. Rod Adams, who tries to delay deployment of renewable energy since he rightly perceives it as dangerous competition to his preferred nuclear option, challenged that: @EnergiewendeGER Do you have … [continued]
Until this year, California homeowners have usually arranged to have their solar installations slightly undersized, because it didn’t pay to get stuck with excess “roll-over” kilowatt hours at the true-up period at the end of each year. But that will change in six months. If voters are not tricked by … [continued]
