George Harvey, Author at CleanTechnica https://cleantechnica.com/author/geoharvey/ Clean Tech News & Views: EVs, Solar Energy, Batteries Fri, 15 Mar 2024 22:12:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://cleantechnica.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/download-150x150.png George Harvey, Author at CleanTechnica https://cleantechnica.com/author/geoharvey/ 32 32 13821326 Baseload Power Doesn’t Make Sense Anymore https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/15/baseload-power-doesnt-make-sense-any-more/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/15/baseload-power-doesnt-make-sense-any-more/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:18:55 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=327225 The compelling complaint about baseload power is that while it did save money in the past, it doesn’t any more. Sun and wind are cheaper than this "cheap" power source, AND backup battery power is cheaper than the backup plants needed for baseload power.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/15/baseload-power-doesnt-make-sense-any-more/feed/ 0 327225 We Need More Than Transmission Lines https://cleantechnica.com/2024/01/01/we-need-more-than-transmission-lines/ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/01/01/we-need-more-than-transmission-lines/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2024 17:12:32 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=319405 We recently got this from the NRDC, in an article, “We Can’t Let Aging Transmission Stall Clean Energy Progress,” published at CleanTechnica: “The good news is that there’s an abundance of clean energy waiting to get online. In fact, there are about 2,000 gigawatts of new resources — primarily renewables ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2024/01/01/we-need-more-than-transmission-lines/feed/ 5 319405 Why Good Inventions Get Lost https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/24/why-good-inventions-get-lost/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/24/why-good-inventions-get-lost/#comments Sat, 25 Nov 2023 04:40:47 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=314065 CleanTechnica’s authors write often about their experiences with electric vehicles. They detail experiences as they go off with spouses, children, friends, and even dogs. I wish I could do that, but I don’t have an EV — or any car at all. In fact, I don’t even drive. So, I ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/11/24/why-good-inventions-get-lost/feed/ 5 314065 How Conspiracy Theories About Direct Energy Weapons Taught Me Something About EV Battery Safety https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/24/how-conspiracy-theories-about-direct-energy-weapons-taught-me-something-about-ev-battery-safety/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/24/how-conspiracy-theories-about-direct-energy-weapons-taught-me-something-about-ev-battery-safety/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2023 18:45:22 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=303887 Lahaina was a town of immense historic value. It was the first capital of Hawaii, from 1820 to 1845. It was the place where the first constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii was signed. It had numerous historic buildings, including the old court house. A modest palace had been partly ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/24/how-conspiracy-theories-about-direct-energy-weapons-taught-me-something-about-ev-battery-safety/feed/ 0 303887 The Demented Gift American Politicians Handed To China https://cleantechnica.com/2022/10/29/the-demented-gift-american-politicians-handed-to-china/ https://cleantechnica.com/2022/10/29/the-demented-gift-american-politicians-handed-to-china/#respond Sun, 30 Oct 2022 03:43:59 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=280046 Once upon a time, America was great. It wasn’t that long ago, either. We had a political system that was the hope of the world. But we also had the best science, with the greatest researchers, finding the best ways to do things. We were a proud nation, almost completely ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2022/10/29/the-demented-gift-american-politicians-handed-to-china/feed/ 0 280046 Why Should We Pay Extra for Nuclear Power? https://cleantechnica.com/2022/10/04/why-should-we-pay-extra-for-nuclear-power/ https://cleantechnica.com/2022/10/04/why-should-we-pay-extra-for-nuclear-power/#respond Tue, 04 Oct 2022 17:45:39 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=278148 There were a couple of interesting developments in June in regards to electric power. One was that NextEra Energy issued its Investor Conference Report 2022 to its stockholders. Another was a paper from Stanford University, “Low-cost solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy insecurity for 145 countries,” (LCS study) by ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2022/10/04/why-should-we-pay-extra-for-nuclear-power/feed/ 0 278148 Why I Expect Putin To Lose, & Why That Scares The Hell Out Of Me https://cleantechnica.com/2022/08/15/why-i-expect-putin-to-lose-why-that-scares-the-hell-out-of-me/ https://cleantechnica.com/2022/08/15/why-i-expect-putin-to-lose-why-that-scares-the-hell-out-of-me/#respond Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:50:30 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=274279 Watch the videos on CNN, YouTube, wherever you like, and you are likely to see the same things I do. A Ukrainian soldier, who might have come into the field as a volunteer with minimal training, aims a shoulder-mounted system. Suddenly, a rocket is pushed out of it. The rocket ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2022/08/15/why-i-expect-putin-to-lose-why-that-scares-the-hell-out-of-me/feed/ 0 274279 We Can Have (Just About) Everything We Want For Energy & The Climate https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/04/we-can-have-just-about-everything-we-want-for-energy-the-climate/ https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/04/we-can-have-just-about-everything-we-want-for-energy-the-climate/#respond Mon, 04 Jul 2022 21:05:31 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=270823 The only things we have to give up are killing people and wrecking the environment. Okay, let’s start with a list of the things we would really like to have for energy and the climate in the year 2050. For many CleanTechnica readers, the list of things we want to ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/04/we-can-have-just-about-everything-we-want-for-energy-the-climate/feed/ 0 270823 We Don’t Need Base Load Power https://cleantechnica.com/2022/06/28/we-dont-need-base-load-power/ https://cleantechnica.com/2022/06/28/we-dont-need-base-load-power/#respond Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:35:22 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=270293 Rick Perry, the former Governor of Texas and former Secretary of the Department of Energy, told Fox News in an interview that we need base load power. He believes we need base load power because it is what we use when we turn a light on at 2:00 in the ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2022/06/28/we-dont-need-base-load-power/feed/ 0 270293 Weakness & Fear: How Will Russia Stay Relevant In A World Moving Away From Oil & Gas? https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/25/weakness-fear-how-will-russia-stay-relevant-in-a-world-moving-away-from-oil-gas/ https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/25/weakness-fear-how-will-russia-stay-relevant-in-a-world-moving-away-from-oil-gas/#respond Fri, 25 Feb 2022 21:45:31 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=260779 What is Russia’s invasion all about? Sorry, I think that is the wrong question. In my experience, bullies act out of weakness and fear. And it is clear to me that Putin is acting as a bully. So, I believe the real question is, “What is Putin afraid of?” If ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/25/weakness-fear-how-will-russia-stay-relevant-in-a-world-moving-away-from-oil-gas/feed/ 0 260779 Nuclear Power Won’t Save the World. It Won’t Even Help. https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/19/nuclear-power-wont-save-the-world-it-wont-even-help/ https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/19/nuclear-power-wont-save-the-world-it-wont-even-help/#respond Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:45:31 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=253700 Originally published at Green Energy Times. An Old Paradigm The electricity most of us use comes from a system that was designed mostly over a hundred years ago. It was built around concepts that benefited customers of that time. It started with baseload power plants with transmission lines carrying the ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2021/11/19/nuclear-power-wont-save-the-world-it-wont-even-help/feed/ 0 253700 Out Of A Million Headlines, This Is The One I Find Most Frightening https://cleantechnica.com/2021/06/25/out-of-a-million-headlines-this-is-the-one-i-find-most-frightening/ https://cleantechnica.com/2021/06/25/out-of-a-million-headlines-this-is-the-one-i-find-most-frightening/#respond Fri, 25 Jun 2021 18:05:59 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=241915 Originally published at Green Energy Times Yes, I meant “a million.” It was not hyperbole. Every day, I search the news for articles on energy and climate change. I gather news items, with links to the original articles, put them up in a daily post on my blog, geoharvey.com. I ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2021/06/25/out-of-a-million-headlines-this-is-the-one-i-find-most-frightening/feed/ 0 241915 The Other Bitcoin Problem https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/17/the-other-bitcoin-problem/ https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/17/the-other-bitcoin-problem/#respond Mon, 17 May 2021 19:05:47 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=238825 It is not just the carbon footprint. During the Civil War, a postage stamp to mail a letter cost 3¢. It was still 3¢ when I was a kid. There had been times of inflation, but the price of the stamp had not changed. In fact, during the Civil War, ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2021/05/17/the-other-bitcoin-problem/feed/ 0 238825 How To Get 5 Electric Vehicles Using The Same Amount Of Lithium Currently Used In One https://cleantechnica.com/2021/04/21/how-to-get-5-electric-vehicles-using-the-same-amount-of-lithium-currently-used-in-one/ https://cleantechnica.com/2021/04/21/how-to-get-5-electric-vehicles-using-the-same-amount-of-lithium-currently-used-in-one/#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 21:05:08 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=236682 Based on what I have seen, I think it is safe to say most people who visit the CleanTechnica website really want an energy transformation, ending the use of fossil fuels, replacing ICE monster polluters with EVs. But there is one real problem we have to address, and it comes ... [continued]

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2021/04/21/how-to-get-5-electric-vehicles-using-the-same-amount-of-lithium-currently-used-in-one/feed/ 0 236682 The Nuclear Industry’s Really Bad Safety Analysis https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/31/the-nuclear-industrys-really-bad-safety-analysis/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/31/the-nuclear-industrys-really-bad-safety-analysis/#respond Thu, 31 Dec 2020 18:05:10 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=228047 I have never seen the nuclear industry address the question of why their safety analysis calculations are off by an order of magnitude. Until they do, and I think it should include a gigantic mia culpa, my own choice would be not to allow any of their fantastical designs to be built.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/31/the-nuclear-industrys-really-bad-safety-analysis/feed/ 0 228047 My Dream Electric Car https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/23/my-dream-electric-car/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/23/my-dream-electric-car/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2020 19:15:00 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=227425 A lot of people are not able afford today’s EVs, even used. If we are to get rid of the old, polluting cars around us, we need a new class of car for them.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/23/my-dream-electric-car/feed/ 0 227425 This Is Where Things Can Get Dicey https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/14/this-is-where-things-can-get-dicey/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/14/this-is-where-things-can-get-dicey/#respond Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:45:26 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=226688 The end times of a cult are when things get dangerous. And the personality cult of Donald Trump senses the end is near. This is where things can get dicey.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/12/14/this-is-where-things-can-get-dicey/feed/ 0 226688 Look Out, Red States. Reality Is Starting To Hit You Hard https://cleantechnica.com/2020/11/10/look-out-red-states-reality-is-starting-to-hit-you-hard/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/11/10/look-out-red-states-reality-is-starting-to-hit-you-hard/#respond Tue, 10 Nov 2020 21:15:01 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=223997 Denial of reality is dangerous. When it is institutionalized, it becomes dangerous to large numbers of people, sometimes focusing most heavily on those who support it.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/11/10/look-out-red-states-reality-is-starting-to-hit-you-hard/feed/ 0 223997 Donald Trump & His Supposed Economic Success https://cleantechnica.com/2020/10/08/donald-trump-his-supposed-economic-success/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/10/08/donald-trump-his-supposed-economic-success/#respond Thu, 08 Oct 2020 16:25:40 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=221487 President Trump has claimed to be economically successful based on a rather small set of metrics. One is joblessness data. Another is the Dow Jones Industrial Index (DJI). There are people who believe in his success, based on those limited data. They should look deeper.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/10/08/donald-trump-his-supposed-economic-success/feed/ 0 221487 Is Nuclear Power As Safe As The BBC Claims? https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/28/is-nuclear-power-as-safe-as-the-bbc-claims/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/28/is-nuclear-power-as-safe-as-the-bbc-claims/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2020 21:05:58 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=220727 The nuclear industry has based much of its analysis on what I believe is demonstrably flawed thinking. I would classify numbers from the nuclear industry in three types. Some are predictably spot-on. Some are predictably off, with the true value turning out to be greater by a factor of two or more. And some are predictably, and sometimes demonstrably, off by at least an order of magnitude. Which number falls into which category seems to depend entirely on what it is to be used for.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/28/is-nuclear-power-as-safe-as-the-bbc-claims/feed/ 0 220727 Fires, Floods, And The Coming Of Zoltan https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/13/fires-floods-and-the-coming-of-zoltan/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/13/fires-floods-and-the-coming-of-zoltan/#respond Sun, 13 Sep 2020 17:45:18 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=219073 This morning, the first story I saw was one of Steve Hanley’s latest articles on CleanTechnica, “Should People Be Prevented From Living In Fire And Flood Prone Areas?” It seems a majority of people in the U.S. would support a ban on building in areas at risk from such natural disasters as flooding and fires. A majority would also support buying out people whose homes are at risk.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/09/13/fires-floods-and-the-coming-of-zoltan/feed/ 0 219073 Fossil Fuels Are So, So Screwed https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/17/fossil-fuels-are-so-so-screwed/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/17/fossil-fuels-are-so-so-screwed/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:02:19 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=216556 A quick glance at the current political situation in the United States would seem to give the fossil fuels sector a possibility of a clear path to the future, as there is a chance that the current regime will stay in power. But that may be a delusion, with or without a political change.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/17/fossil-fuels-are-so-so-screwed/feed/ 0 216556 The End Of Oil & Gas: A Different View https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/13/the-end-of-oil-gas-a-different-view/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/13/the-end-of-oil-gas-a-different-view/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2020 21:05:17 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=216179 I have come to believe that the end of oil & gas could look very different than what people expect. In ways it could appear even to defy the accepted law of supply and demand. If I am right, loss of demand in the face of continued availability of the resources could drive retail prices up instead of down. And once this process has begun, the consequences could quickly become disruptive.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/13/the-end-of-oil-gas-a-different-view/feed/ 0 216179 Watching The Baseload Paradigm Fail https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/03/watching-the-baseload-paradigm-fail/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/03/watching-the-baseload-paradigm-fail/#respond Mon, 03 Aug 2020 19:50:20 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=215130 Because of the nature of baseload power plants, only supplying enough to cover the base load, other plants have to be put online to cover any demand above the base load. These include load-following plants, which are more costly to run. In the old days, many of these ran on oil. Nowadays, the fuel of choice is natural gas, though the design of the plant is a different from that of a gas-fired baseload plant.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/03/watching-the-baseload-paradigm-fail/feed/ 0 215130 Suicide By A Thousand Cuts: Trump’s War On America https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/25/suicide-by-a-thousand-cuts-trumps-war-on-america/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/25/suicide-by-a-thousand-cuts-trumps-war-on-america/#respond Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:36:35 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=214454 There is a saying, “United we stand, divided we fall.” It comes in many forms, in many languages, including Abraham Lincoln’s "A house divided against itself, cannot stand," a fairly close restatement from the Bible.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/25/suicide-by-a-thousand-cuts-trumps-war-on-america/feed/ 0 214454 FERC Data Shows Fossil Fuels Are Failing https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/15/ferc-data-shows-fossil-fuels-are-failing/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/15/ferc-data-shows-fossil-fuels-are-failing/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:15:25 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=213573 For the first time, FERC is projecting a net decline of US fossil fuel capacity over the next three years.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/15/ferc-data-shows-fossil-fuels-are-failing/feed/ 0 213573 We’re All In This Together – We Need To Act Together https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/10/were-all-in-this-together-we-need-to-act-together/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/10/were-all-in-this-together-we-need-to-act-together/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2020 17:45:42 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=213207 While we are trying to find the recipients for the trillions of dollars aimed at reviving an economy bashed by Covid-19, and trying especially hard to make sure that none of it goes to the undeserving, we might consider a way to use that money to go way beyond stimulating the economy to saving the world.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/07/10/were-all-in-this-together-we-need-to-act-together/feed/ 0 213207 The Tide Is Turning (And Is It Ever!) https://cleantechnica.com/2020/06/18/the-tide-is-turning-and-is-it-ever/ https://cleantechnica.com/2020/06/18/the-tide-is-turning-and-is-it-ever/#respond Thu, 18 Jun 2020 16:57:13 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=211254 In the US, renewables are expected to see fifty times as much net capacity added in the next three years as nuclear and fossil fuels combined.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2020/06/18/the-tide-is-turning-and-is-it-ever/feed/ 0 211254 When Will Renewable Energy Prices Stop Dropping? https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/15/when-will-renewable-energy-prices-stop-dropping/ https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/15/when-will-renewable-energy-prices-stop-dropping/#respond Sat, 15 Jun 2019 11:00:49 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=181657 Some people have asked when the prices will stop falling. Their understanding is that the decline in price really is unpredictable, and they believe that no definitive answer can be made about what source of energy will be least expensive in the future. In some important ways, they are wrong. The declines are predictable, to a degree.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2019/06/15/when-will-renewable-energy-prices-stop-dropping/feed/ 0 181657 Nuclear Power Is Not Safe https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/13/nuclear-power-is-not-safe/ https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/13/nuclear-power-is-not-safe/#respond Mon, 13 May 2019 22:10:46 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=179362 One nuclear industry safety assessment figure claims risks are only one-tenth as great as the historic record shows they are. If the people in the industry know it, they are not admitting to a serious safety problem. If they don’t know it, they are simply ignorant of their industry’s record. Either way, I think it is clear that nuclear industry safety analyses should be regarded as untrustworthy.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2019/05/13/nuclear-power-is-not-safe/feed/ 0 179362 Coal Is On The Way Out — Natural Gas Is Next https://cleantechnica.com/2018/12/03/coal-is-on-the-way-out-natural-gas-is-next/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/12/03/coal-is-on-the-way-out-natural-gas-is-next/#respond Tue, 04 Dec 2018 04:20:49 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=165204 We are not talking about some day in the future here. Renewables are pushing gas out already.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/12/03/coal-is-on-the-way-out-natural-gas-is-next/feed/ 0 165204 Whoo-Hoo! Lazard’s Levelized Cost Of Energy Version 12.0 Is Here! https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/12/whoo-hoo-lazards-levelized-cost-of-energy-version-12-0-is-here/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/12/whoo-hoo-lazards-levelized-cost-of-energy-version-12-0-is-here/#respond Mon, 12 Nov 2018 22:45:23 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=163077 We have a reason to cheer! Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis – Version 12.0 has been released. There are times that I love numbers. And these are great numbers.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/12/whoo-hoo-lazards-levelized-cost-of-energy-version-12-0-is-here/feed/ 0 163077 Pity The Poor Republican Party https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/05/pity-the-poor-republican-party/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/05/pity-the-poor-republican-party/#respond Mon, 05 Nov 2018 22:40:02 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=162527 Miami is the home of almost half a million people. Its real estate has immense value. But Miami is built on porous sandstone, so even a seawall will not save it because the water flows right through the rock it is built on. To makes matters worse, Miami is just one of many communities in its area that are threatened. It is a problem across the whole southern end of Florida.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/11/05/pity-the-poor-republican-party/feed/ 0 162527 If Trump Rejects The IPCC Report, He Is Giving China A Powerful Weapon https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/10/if-trump-rejects-the-ipcc-report-he-is-giving-china-a-powerful-weapon/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/10/if-trump-rejects-the-ipcc-report-he-is-giving-china-a-powerful-weapon/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:30:32 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=160359 One thing Trump clearly does not understand is that trade wars are won by cutting off the competition from its suppliers and customers. This means isolating the enemy. It implies building alliances and cutting the enemy off from its friends. This is something that probably cannot be done by an isolationist country.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/10/if-trump-rejects-the-ipcc-report-he-is-giving-china-a-powerful-weapon/feed/ 0 160359 Wind Power Does Not Cause Global Warming — Is One Of The Best Solutions https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/06/wind-power-does-not-cause-global-warming-is-one-of-the-best-solutions/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/06/wind-power-does-not-cause-global-warming-is-one-of-the-best-solutions/#respond Sat, 06 Oct 2018 22:34:06 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=160072 I have seen many reports on this paper. Most of them do not refer to the the first sentence of the conclusion section. It is, “Wind beats fossil fuels under any reasonable measure of long-term environmental impacts per unit of energy generated.”

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/06/wind-power-does-not-cause-global-warming-is-one-of-the-best-solutions/feed/ 0 160072 Coal & Gas Are Too Variable To Be Worth Considering https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/01/coal-gas-are-too-variable-to-be-worth-considering/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/01/coal-gas-are-too-variable-to-be-worth-considering/#respond Mon, 01 Oct 2018 23:30:19 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=159357 Solar and wind power are absolutely predictable when it comes to variable costs. By contrast, coal and gas power are altogether too variable to be reliable.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/10/01/coal-gas-are-too-variable-to-be-worth-considering/feed/ 0 159357 Trump’s Trade War – Headed for Catastrophe https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/26/trumps-trade-war-headed-for-catastrophe/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/26/trumps-trade-war-headed-for-catastrophe/#respond Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:00:56 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=158824 When I wrote “Trump Is Already Losing The Trade War,” last March, I did not envision things going quite this badly for him quite this fast. Here it is just six months later, and I think it is possible to predict that Trump’s America can only suffer increasing losses as the catastrophe goes on.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/26/trumps-trade-war-headed-for-catastrophe/feed/ 0 158824 Maybe The Good News For Natural Gas Isn’t So Good https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/24/maybe-the-good-news-for-natural-gas-isnt-so-good/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/24/maybe-the-good-news-for-natural-gas-isnt-so-good/#respond Tue, 25 Sep 2018 01:07:10 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=158552 The natural gas industry is growing seemingly by leaps and bounds, and yet a number of people believe it is clear that something is very wrong with it.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/24/maybe-the-good-news-for-natural-gas-isnt-so-good/feed/ 0 158552 A Market Worth Billions Nobody Seems To Have Noticed (Yet) https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/14/a-market-worth-billions-nobody-seems-to-have-noticed-yet/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/14/a-market-worth-billions-nobody-seems-to-have-noticed-yet/#respond Fri, 14 Sep 2018 20:00:21 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=157864 Poor rural people, who have been without power and largely left out of economic calculations, are set to become a market force.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/14/a-market-worth-billions-nobody-seems-to-have-noticed-yet/feed/ 0 157864 Refurbishing Baseload Power Stations To Backup Renewables https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/04/refurbishing-baseload-power-stations-to-backup-renewables/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/04/refurbishing-baseload-power-stations-to-backup-renewables/#respond Tue, 04 Sep 2018 20:05:08 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=156989 A number of stories have popped up in the news recently about turning traditional hydroelectric stations, which generate power by using water captured from a flowing river, into pumped storage facilities, which cycle the water using more energy to do so than they produce.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/09/04/refurbishing-baseload-power-stations-to-backup-renewables/feed/ 0 156989 Where Are New Grid Tech Investments Going? https://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/25/where-are-new-tech-investments-going/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/25/where-are-new-tech-investments-going/#respond Wed, 25 Jul 2018 23:40:19 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=154009 On July 24, Mercom Capital Group (MCG) released its “Q2 2018 Battery Storage, Smart Grid and Efficiency Funding and M&A Report.” The report is available online, though it is a bit pricey at $299 to $499.

Mercom Capital Group is a highly regarded clean energy consulting firm with worldwide influence. Its new report provides a picture of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other funding that took place during the second quarter in the fields of battery storage, smart grid, and energy efficiency.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/25/where-are-new-tech-investments-going/feed/ 0 154009 Flaws In The Baker-Schultz Carbon Tax Plan https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/25/flaws-in-the-baker-schultz-carbon-tax-plan/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/25/flaws-in-the-baker-schultz-carbon-tax-plan/#respond Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:10:27 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=151220 Since it is being backed by oil industry lobbyists, one might ask, could a carbon tax actually be a benefit for the oil industry in some way? It is a question worth asking.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/25/flaws-in-the-baker-schultz-carbon-tax-plan/feed/ 0 151220 Trump Fiddles As Fossil Fuels Burn https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/04/trump-fiddles-as-fossil-fuels-burn/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/04/trump-fiddles-as-fossil-fuels-burn/#respond Mon, 04 Jun 2018 12:34:21 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=149744 Coal and nuclear power are both dying, falling victim to natural gas and renewable energy. Trump used to blame the Democrats, and especially “Obama’s war on coal.” He used to take the position that removing subsidies for renewable power would be sufficient to bring a renaissance to the coal industry. But despite his efforts, coal plants have just kept closing.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/04/trump-fiddles-as-fossil-fuels-burn/feed/ 0 149744 Elon Musk Harpooned Baseload Power https://cleantechnica.com/2018/05/15/elon-musk-harpooned-baseload-power/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/05/15/elon-musk-harpooned-baseload-power/#respond Wed, 16 May 2018 00:09:31 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=147994 With batteries like the Hornsdale Power Reserve, power from solar and wind power will be more valuable, because with battery backup their power can be used to supply an increasing share of baseload power. And that increase in value, which might not necessarily be reflected by an increase in price, makes their power all the more attractive.

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]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2018/05/15/elon-musk-harpooned-baseload-power/feed/ 0 147994 Power To Methane https://cleantechnica.com/2018/05/14/power-to-methane/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/05/14/power-to-methane/#respond Mon, 14 May 2018 15:30:04 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=147856 The idea behind power-to-gas has been around for a while. It uses electric power to produce gaseous fuel, usually hydrogen. The advantages are that it can be used to take up excess electric energy from renewable generation in a chemical form. Later, the fuel can be used as needed.

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