The U.K. Fact-Checks Wind on Carbon Emissions
There are a lot of good reasons to be suspicious of regulators who claim to be guardians of the truth, but every now and then they get something right. The United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards...
View ArticleWind Integration Realities: Case Studies of the Netherlands and of Colorado,...
There is no convincing proof that utility-scale wind plants reduce fossil fuel consumption or CO2 emissions. Although there are are a number of reports claiming gains can be made that will combat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wind Integration Realities: The Netherlands Study (Part II)
[Editor's note: This is the second part in a four-part series on two new studies examining the negation of windpower emissions savings from fossil-fuel firming. The Netherlands study below, which is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wind Integration Realities: The Bentek Study for Colorado (Part III)
[Editor's note: This is the third of four posts on (elevated) fossil-fuel emissions associated with firming otherwise intermittent wind power. Part I introduced the issues. Part II showed negated...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wind Integration Realities: The Bentek Study for Texas (Part IV)
[Editor's note: This is the final post in the series reviewing studies for the Netherlands, Colorado and Texas on (elevated) fossil-fuel emissions associated with firming otherwise intermittent wind...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wind Consequences (Part IV – Subsidies and Emissions)
This post is part of a five-part series on the adverse consequences of imposing industrial-scale wind plants on electricity systems. The series shows that there is no valid reason to pursue the policy...
View ArticlePOWER’s Peltier: Show Your CO2 Hand or Fold, Windpower
“Forgotten by many proponents is the justification for the PTC in the first place: to reduce CO2 emissions…. [Yet] … many utilities with large amounts of wind generation steadfastly refuse to release...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where Wind Studies Go Wrong: Cullen in AEJ (Part I)
“The nature of the short-term operation of an electricity system is more like that of a machine than a market.” A paper published by Joseph Cullen in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Where Wind Studies Go Wrong: Cullen in AEJ (Part II)
“The level of emissions savings provided by wind plants has never been conclusively determined, taking into account all the factors.” Part I yesterday questioned the analysis and robustness of Joseph...
View Article
