Solar & Wind made up just 13.9% of the world’s electricity in 2023 – Despite trillions in subsidies, mandates, UN climate summits, net zero & restrictions on fossil fuels

https://www.climateaction.org/news/clean-electricity-breaks-new-records-with-renewables-on-track-for-another-s 27 August 2024 Research from BloombergNEF highlights that more than 40% of the world’s electricity came from zero-carbon sources for the first time in 2023; 14% from wind and solar. According to a pair of new reports by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF), for the first time ever, zero-carbon sources made up over 40% of […]

Transition hell: Solar plants sit idle for 4 years in Australia because of fears they’d make the grid too unstable

https://joannenova.com.au/2024/08/solar-plants-sit-idle-for-4-years-in-nt-because-the-grid-wasnt-ready/ By Jo Nova The Northern Territory is a test case for renewable energy and it’s a bonfire In 2016, the new Labor Government waved a magic wand and commanded they would be 50% renewable by 2030. The experts said it was doable and would save $30 million a year. They gave out the permits for large solar […]

Over 50 organizations tell Congress: Selective repeal of IRA ‘green’ provisions will not suffice. Legislators need to dismantle all of the subsidies

There’s nothing to celebrate on the 2nd anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act. Over 50 conservative organizations told Congress: Selective repeal of IRA “green” provisions will not suffice. Legislators need to dismantle all of the subsidies.https://t.co/Cf9NwayyeO — Daren Bakst (@darenbakst) August 16, 2024   https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/conservative-groups-call-on-congress-to-roll-back-climate-law Conservative Groups Call on Congress to Roll Back Climate Law […]

Report: Solar panels installed in Europe vulnerable to cyber attacks

Communist China is setting us up for solar panel-based disaster: “Solar panels that make the electricity suitable for the power grid and which are usually connected to the web, can be “easily hacked, remotely disabled or used for DDoS [Distributed Denial of Service] attacks.”… pic.twitter.com/SEydADTUXh — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) August 16, 2024 An ethical hack […]

Coming Clean on Clean Energy: It’s a Dirty Business

https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/08/06/coming_clean_on_clean_energy_its_a_dirty_business_1049839.html By Kristen Walker Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably aware of the massive push to transition to green energy. The goal is to have wind and solar replace coal and natural gas; the electric vehicle (EV) will supposedly replace internal combustion engines. Directives are coming from the highest office in the […]

Solar company goes dark, leaving residents on the hook for thousands: Left ‘solar panels sitting on their land but not hooked up to the grid’

https://www.ktiv.com/2024/08/02/solar-company-goes-dark-leaving-residents-hook-thousands/ By Matt Hoffmann QUIMBY, Iowa (KTIV) – Hundreds of people across the Midwest are complaining about a solar company that’s gone dark, leaving some with solar panels sitting on their land but not hooked up to the grid. Even on sunny days like Friday, Quimby, IA resident Aaron Bailey said his assembled panels don’t do […]

Europe’s solar manufacturers are in a crisis as solar boom has busted: In the last six months Europe’s solar manufacturing has collapsed by half

https://joannenova.com.au/2024/07/the-solar-boom-has-busted-in-the-last-six-months-europes-solar-manufacturing-has-collapsed-by-half/ By Jo Nova Europe’s solar manufacturers are in a crisis Forty year old German solar panel producers are closing factories they only opened three years ago. The world now has the capacity to make 1,600 GW of solar panels annually, but demand has unexpectedly flat-lined — staying at barely 500GW. In a world awash […]

Italy BANS solar panels on farm land & Prioritizing the food supply before Net Zero agenda

https://petersweden.substack.com/p/huge-italy-bans-solar-panels-on-farm By PETER IMANUELSEN In order to protect farming, the right-wing government in Italy has now banned the installation of ground mounted solar panels in agricultural areas. Prime Minister Georgia Meloni has said that the rollout of solar panels on farmland is a ”threat to our food sovereignty”. Climate fanatics are not happy with this […]