The collapse of Germany's solar and wind industry!!

[Old Rocks]

better aqueducts, better roads, and better windmills, along with more well regulated militia; can make wing energy happen, anywhere it may be windy.

Wind Energy has already failed where it is the windiest, it will never work, it has failed for the last 40 years in California, how many more years and how many more billions do you think it will take to fix the problems.

Dumb fuck Ms. Elektra;

Wind energy technology booms, increases role in Texas electricity power

The Texas wind industry continues its boom and is showing its impact on the state’s electricity generation.

Texas joined 11 other U.S. states that generated 10 percent or more of their in-state electricity from wind in 2015.

Texas came in at 10 percent, which is the first time for the state, according to the American Wind Energy Association.

Local and state officials in the wind industry said the renewable clean energy source is here to stay and can be expected to grow substantially in years to come, due to a boom in technology in wind turbines and a multiyear extension of the wind energy production tax credit.

“It’s amazing that from a technology that didn’t really exist in Texas 20 years ago, we’re now where it’s 10 percent of the power,” Jeff Clark, executive director of the Wind Coalition, said. “What’s happening is the technology has really matured and there has been a boom of development that has gone on. In Texas, right now, we’re looking at over $30 billion invested in wind farms.”



Texas wind energy is forecasted to supply 37 percent of the in-state electricity generation by 2030, according to the wind association.

“I think it is going to continue to grow slowly and steadily,” Clark said. “I think that you’re going to see a steady rise of wind generation and gas generation and what I call homegrown Texas power.”

That “homegrown” power continues to increase due to research and technological innovations that are being developed across the state, and in Lubbock.

 

[Old Rocks]

better aqueducts, better roads, and better windmills, along with more well regulated militia; can make wing energy happen, anywhere it may be windy.

Wind Energy has already failed where it is the windiest, it will never work, it has failed for the last 40 years in California, how many more years and how many more billions do you think it will take to fix the problems.

U.S. number one in the world in wind energy production

U.S. number one in the world in wind energy production
Wind supplied Iowa with over 31 percent of its electricity last year
February 29, 2016

Washington, D.C. — The United States continues to lead the world in wind energy production according to recently released data by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Over 31 percent of Iowa’s in-state electricity generation came from wind last year – marking another major milestone. This is the first time wind has supplied a state with more than 30 percent of its annual electricity. Iowa, Kansas and South Dakota all generated more than 20 percent of their electricity from wind in 2015.

“The U.S. is blessed with world-class wind resources,” said Tom Kiernan, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association. “We’re tapping into this homegrown resource more than ever thanks to American innovation and U.S. workers building some of the most productive wind turbines in the world. Now more than ever, low-cost, stably-priced, zero-emission wind energy is keeping our air clean and cutting costs for consumers. American wind power is well on its way to supplying 20 percent of U.S. electricity by 2030.”

“We are proud of Iowa’s leadership in wind energy," said Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, who also serves as Chairman of the Governor’s Wind and Solar Energy Coalition. “We’ve seen exponential growth in wind energy and the data released today reinforces what we’ve been seeing in every corner of our state. With potential to jump above 40 percent in the next five years, we are committed to building an even greener Iowa future that will provide our Iowa families with cleaner, renewable energy and job opportunities.”

Wind produced over 190 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in the U.S. last year, enough electricity for about 17.5 million typical U.S. homes. China is close behind the U.S. at 185.1 million MWh and followed by third-place Germany at 84.6 MWh. Although China has nearly double the installed wind power capacity as the U.S., strong wind resources and production-based U.S. policy have helped build some of the most productive wind farms in the world. Upgraded transmission infrastructure in the U.S. also helps relieve congestion and bring more low-cost wind energy to the most densely populated parts of the country.

That is a real nice failure, Elektra, old gal. LOL

 

[Old Rocks]

Why do you believe it has failed?

Because it is very weak, very expensive, and reliant upon fossil fuels to be built, maintained, and replaced. Because it requires us to work for others, it requires me to pay for others electricity. Because it kills millions of birds, bats. Because it destroys miles of land, ridgelines. Because they are 300 foot tall monstrosities industrializing the rural country. Because they leak oil.

World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind

World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind
Emerging markets are leapfrogging the developed world thanks to cheap panels.
by
Tom Randall
December 14, 2016, 10:00 PM PST December 14, 2016, 10:04 PM PST
A transformation is happening in global energy markets that’s worth noting as 2016 comes to an end: Solar power, for the first time, is becoming the cheapest form of new electricity.

This has happened in isolated projects in the past: an especially competitive auction in the Middle East, for example, resulting in record-cheap solar costs. But now unsubsidized solar is beginning to outcompete coal and natural gas on a larger scale, and notably, new solar projects in emerging markets are costing less to build than wind projects, according to fresh data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

The chart below shows the average cost of new wind and solar from 58 emerging-market economies, including China, India, and Brazil. While solar was bound to fall below wind eventually, given its steeper price declines, few predicted it would happen this soon.1

Disclosed capex for onshore wind and PV projects in 58 non-OECD countries
Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance
“Solar investment has gone from nothing—literally nothing—like five years ago to quite a lot,” said Ethan Zindler, head of U.S. policy analysis at BNEF. “A huge part of this story is China, which has been rapidly deploying solar” and helping other countries finance their own projects.

Half the Price of Coal
This year has seen a remarkable run for solar power. Auctions, where private companies compete for massive contracts to provide electricity, established record after record for cheap solar power. It started with a contract in January to produce electricity for $64 per megawatt-hour in India; then a deal in August pegging $29.10 per megawatt hour in Chile. That’s record-cheap electricity—roughly half the price of competing coal power.

Wind and solar, both half the price of dirty coal. And neither pollutes as does coal.

 

[Old Rocks]

California imports more power every year, from out of state. California imports power from Coal burning plants in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. Solar has failed in California. Wind in California is the same story, not one original Wind Power company exists, they all went bankrupt, sold the assets, then the next company went bankrupt, sold the assets. Then the wind turbines start to break down, the costs rise rapidly, and the company goes bankrupt. Over and over, and over. The solution is always more money, more wind mills and solar panels, to build more, faster and bigger. All that building creates pollution, toxic waste, and CO2, which the idiots never ever mention. It is as if they really believe they pick Wind Turbines and Solar Panels off an Apple tree. The idiocy is beyond compare. The only thing to do is to call them morons.

I believe we should be advancing fusion (an energy with a future), anyway.

Fission is here, now. It is not like we can not make power, electricity, cheaply and safely, forever, with current technology.

Very expensive power, and if the genie gets out of the bottle, a real horror, as we learned at Fukashima.

 

[danielpalos]

Why do you believe it has failed?

Because it is very weak, very expensive, and reliant upon fossil fuels to be built, maintained, and replaced. Because it requires us to work for others, it requires me to pay for others electricity. Because it kills millions of birds, bats. Because it destroys miles of land, ridgelines. Because they are 300 foot tall monstrosities industrializing the rural country. Because they leak oil.

wind energy is only one part of any balanced portfolio.

 

[danielpalos]

Ill wind: Farmers find problems with wind power generators

More than a dozen grain and livestock producers who purchased wind turbines to cut energy costs and help the environment have had nothing but problems. The company that sold the turbines --- Earth Linked Energy Solutions of Story City --- is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Customers say the turbines cost far more than they've saved.

Attempts to reach Earth Linked owners Laura Royal and Nate Ante were unsuccessful.

The windmills, according to some owners, are beset with mechanical problems and often sit idle --- sometimes for months at a time. Other Earth Linked customers say turbines aren't as productive as company officials led them to believe. One producer said Earth Linked promised government aid to help pay for the project that never materialized.

I believe the fusion (an energy with a future) sector has the right idea; miniaturization.
twelve or one hundred and twenty, one volt turbines would have much less impact on our wildlife and ecosystems.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Old Fraud posting up lies again, no matter how many times he is proved wrong.... Name plate potential is not realized output.. who in their right mind would build something with less than 17% output and 100% total unreliability?

US wind companies are receiving 32 cents per Kwh in subsidies to offset their 39 cents per Kwh cost, which doesn't include the cost of idling fossil fuel plants who must take the load when they fail... any one with a brain can see this deception..

 

[danielpalos]

Old Fraud posting up lies again, no matter how many times he is proved wrong.... Name plate potential is not realized output.. who in their right mind would build something with less than 17% output and 100% total unreliability?

US wind companies are receiving 32 cents per Kwh in subsidies to offset their 39 cents per Kwh cost, which doesn't include the cost of idling fossil fuel plants who must take the load when they fail... any one with a brain can see this deception..

technology is improving all the time.

 

[Mr Natural]

Clean energy is for pussies.

 

[skookerasbil]

Wind and Solar are still pronounced fringe energy sources.......combined contribute less than 5% of our electricity. Will be less than 10% still in 2040!!

They can post up 4 billion charts on explosive growth of renewables. But when they are compared to fossil fuels in overall power production, its like having a boob contest between Keira Knightly and Kim Kardasian.

 

[danielpalos]

I believe we should be advancing, fusion (an energy with a future).

 

[skookerasbil]

Analogy........fossil fuels vs renewables................

Kim Kardashian suffers from VPL as she stocks up on lingerie

Keira Knightley

 

[danielpalos]

the point is, with a better grid; wind energy can help simply because, it Must be windy somewhere within any given nation-State.

 

[skookerasbil]

Clean energy is for pussies.

Been a green fantasy for 20 years and is still a total fantasy. Look at any pie chart over the last 20 years and projections moving forward to 2050. It barely reaches what can be considered a "sliver" of the pie. Calling it a "sliver" is actually very, very generous.

 

[SSDD]

better aqueducts, better roads, and better windmills, along with more well regulated militia; can make wing energy happen, anywhere it may be windy.

Wind Energy has already failed where it is the windiest, it will never work, it has failed for the last 40 years in California, how many more years and how many more billions do you think it will take to fix the problems.

The wind industry failed a very long time ago....that is why windmills went out of fashion back in the 1800's...

 

[danielpalos]

better aqueducts, better roads, and better windmills, along with more well regulated militia; can make wing energy happen, anywhere it may be windy.

Wind Energy has already failed where it is the windiest, it will never work, it has failed for the last 40 years in California, how many more years and how many more billions do you think it will take to fix the problems.

The wind industry failed a very long time ago....that is why windmills went out of fashion back in the 1800's...

we simply need a better grid. we should be able to simply, "plug and play" wind turbine technology anywhere within California State jurisdiction, and connect it to the grid.

wind Must blow somewhere at some time, in the State of California.

 

[danielpalos]

smaller turbines means less blade damage to wildlife. smaller turbines could also be placed where birds are a nuisance or a hazard; due to a lack of more, underground infrastructure; to "reclaim" that space from those birds.

 

[elektra]

we simply need a better grid. we should be able to simply, "plug and play" wind turbine technology anywhere within California State jurisdiction, and connect it to the grid.

wind Must blow somewhere at some time, in the State of California.

That is a great sentiment, but making me and the rest of the USA pay for your idea is tyranny.

 

[elektra]

smaller turbines means less blade damage to wildlife. smaller turbines could also be placed where birds are a nuisance or a hazard; due to a lack of more, underground infrastructure; to "reclaim" that space from those birds.

They started with smaller turbine blades, and had the same result, lots of wildlife killed. You really have zero understanding of this, do you? Look up the Altamont Pass.

 

[elektra]

I believe the fusion (an energy with a future) sector has the right idea; miniaturization.
twelve or one hundred and twenty, one volt turbines would have much less impact on our wildlife and ecosystems.

?????? Believing in something is fine, but? 1 volt? What does 1 volt power?