Apparently the United States can manage aircraft carriers, satellites, nuclear submarines, stealth bombers, hypersonic missiles, cyber commands, and a colossal defense budget, but it now needs emergency protection from farmers leasing land for wind turbines. That is the story Washington is asking Americans to take seriously. The Trump Administration has … [continued]
The tractors and trucks outside Ireland’s Whitegate oil refinery in April were not just a protest about pump prices. They were a stress test of Ireland’s rural energy model, and that model did not look resilient. Reuters reported that blockades by farmers, hauliers, and contractors disrupted Whitegate, ports, roads, and … [continued]
Chatgpt generated editorial image of future competition between high-speed rail, highways, and short-haul aviation in Canada.
Canada’s revived high-speed rail (HSR) proposal deserves a serious hearing. It also deserves an outside-view assessment grounded in the history of rail megaprojects, not just the aspirations of sponsors and advocates. The current Alto proposal for a high-speed line between Toronto and Québec City is the most concrete Canadian version … [continued]
The useful way to understand U.S. wind energy in 2026 is to start with a contradiction. In physical terms, it remains one of the largest and most important wind markets in the world. In policy terms, it has become less stable and less predictable in a short period. The dichotomy … [continued]
Ontario’s return to renewable procurement is the clearest sign that one of Canada’s largest electricity markets has accepted a reality it spent years resisting. The timing is propitious as I prepare to provide an update to a global audience on North American wind energy through the World Wind Energy Association. … [continued]
ChatGPT generated illustration of standardized small, medium, and large Indonesian island hybrid power packages for diesel replacement
Indonesia has reached the point where replacing remote diesel generation with solar and batteries is no longer a speculative clean energy idea. It is an economic and strategic proposition, and the timing of PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara’s (PLN), Indonesia’s state electricity company, latest announcement matters. While the utility’s April statement … [continued]
JMK Research’s report on India’s fiscal 2026 renewable additions crossed my screen and forced a wider question. If India had just added 44.6 GW of solar in a single fiscal year and reached 150.26 GW of installed solar by March 31, 2026, what did the broader global league table of … [continued]
The newly published white paper began with a question that persisted because of how clearly island systems expose the realities of energy. Can Hawaiʻi, an isolated archipelago with no continental grid behind it and a long dependence on imported fuels, build an energy system that is cleaner, more resilient, more … [continued]
The clean energy boom is also creating physically demanding work, and the Bavarian tech company German Bionic has the exoskeleton to power such work, such as manufacturing the components that make the energy transition possible; turbine housings and blades, nacelle assemblies, solar panel frames; which demands thousands of repetitive lifts … [continued]
Seen through an Easter lens, the car dealership model looks a bit like the medieval Catholic church. It sat between ordinary people and the sacred object, translated doctrine, administered rituals, collected its dues, and reminded everyone that salvation could not be obtained directly. In the internal combustion car era, that … [continued]
