Blowing in the wind

[blustnmtn]

wattsupwiththat.com/2023/01/31/feds-push-ignorance-defense-for-whale-killing-by-offshore-wind-development/


"The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the NOAA Fisheries agency have both put out what amount to “arguments from ignorance” claiming that offshore wind development has nothing to do with the recent whale deaths. “We know nothing about it so it must not be happening” is a ridiculous defense to the charge of offshore wind development causing the death of a lot of whales. But this is exactly what the Feds are now saying."

[birder]

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/dozens-scottish-power-wind-turbines-29135763?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
Scottish wind turbines need diesel power to run.

[code]

Wind Power Fails On Every Count": Oxford Scientist Explains The Math

www.theepochtimes.com/wind-power-fails-on-every-count-oxford-scientist-explains-the-math_5151290.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&src_src=partner&src_cmp=ZeroHedge

[ratty]

Without nuclear energy, the only way to Net Zero is by "creative" accounting, carbon credits and additional levels of bureaucracy. Net Zero is a catchphrase, nothing else .... totally unachievable.

LINK: Nuclear Energy is the Only Way to Net Zero

[missouriboy]

Apr 13, 2023 7:19:04 GMT ratty said:

Without nuclear energy, the only way to Net Zero is by "creative" accounting, carbon credits and additional levels of bureaucracy. Net Zero is a catchphrase, nothing else .... totally unachievable.

LINK: Nuclear Energy is the Only Way to Net Zero

We've got Biden and the Demoncrats.  Our mental State is already at net zero.  Net negative on its way.

[ratty]

Apr 13, 2023 10:16:10 GMT missouriboy said:

Apr 13, 2023 7:19:04 GMT ratty said:

Without nuclear energy, the only way to Net Zero is by "creative" accounting, carbon credits and additional levels of bureaucracy. Net Zero is a catchphrase, nothing else .... totally unachievable.

LINK: Nuclear Energy is the Only Way to Net Zero

We've got Biden and the Demoncrats.  Our mental State is already at net zero.  Net negative on its way.

Like the oil price a while back?

[ratty]

Short video:

Wind Turbines Scotland Hooked up to Diesel Generators

[ratty]

The Potential Pitfalls of an Overly Ambitious Energy Transition: Lessons from Britain’s Green Energy Endeavors

Author Dr Capell Aris PhD who has spent his career in the electricity generation sector. He is a former Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology

[blustnmtn]

www.theblaze.com/news/sweden-ditches-100-renewable-target-and-bets-big-on-nuclear-power

[missouriboy]

Jun 26, 2023 20:24:43 GMT blustnmtn said:

www.theblaze.com/news/sweden-ditches-100-renewable-target-and-bets-big-on-nuclear-power

The worm continues to turn in countries that aren't brain dead.

[ratty]

Jun 26, 2023 20:24:43 GMT blustnmtn said:

www.theblaze.com/news/sweden-ditches-100-renewable-target-and-bets-big-on-nuclear-power

Now we need the greenwashed politicians elsewhere to take note and act to end the foolishness.

[blustnmtn]

Jun 27, 2023 9:38:23 GMT ratty said:

Jun 26, 2023 20:24:43 GMT blustnmtn said:

www.theblaze.com/news/sweden-ditches-100-renewable-target-and-bets-big-on-nuclear-power

Now we need the greenwashed politicians elsewhere to take note and act to end the foolishness.

I would send it to the idiots running NY but I don't intentionally waste my time.

[ratty]

Wind turbines: Inefficient, expensive, unreliable and ugly ....

Had the money spent on 'renewables' been applied to geothermal R&D, we would now be discussing other things.

Siemens Energy's shares tumble as wind turbine troubles deepen

FRANKFURT/BERLIN, June 23 (Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) warned quality problems at its wind turbine unit would take years to fix, wiping a third off its market value and dealing a heavy blow to one of the biggest suppliers to the world's expanding renewables business.

[ratty]

Here Are Details of Quality Issues Affecting Siemens Gamesa’s Wind Turbines

WHAT’S AT STAKE FINANCIALLY?

Potentially billions.

Siemens Energy has said fixing the problems is expected to cost at least 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion), adding this was an initial assessment of an ongoing review and included estimates for repairwork.

Quality issues had already caused a charge of nearly half a billion euros at Siemens Gamesa earlier this year.

Bernstein reckons that this translates into the risk that nearly a third of Siemens Gamesa’s service orderbook could yield no margins for the “rest of its life.”

Analysts at Jefferies expect costs of 2 billion euros in their calculation, 1.75 billion for onshore and 250 million for offshore.

“In our valuation, as well as rectification costs, we assume that investors price in potential litigation, general execution risk and corporate uncertainty to take (Siemens Gamesa) to negative value of -5.6 billion euros,” they wrote.

Siemens Energy’s cost estimate does not include any mitigation measures, which could include damages the company may seek from component suppliers.

WHO ARE THE SUPPLIERS?

Siemens Energy declined to comment on its supplier structure for bearings and turbines, but said suppliers would be made part of the review.

The world’s top wind turbine bearings makers include China’s Dalian Metallurgical Bearing Group, NTN Corp. and NSK Ltd. in Japan, Switzerland’s Liebherr-International AG, and Germany’s Thyssenkrupp, IMO and Schaeffler.

[missouriboy]

Jun 28, 2023 0:02:04 GMT ratty said:

Wind turbines: Inefficient, expensive, unreliable and ugly ....

Had the money spent on 'renewables' been applied to geothermal R&D, we would now be discussing other things.

Siemens Energy's shares tumble as wind turbine troubles deepen

FRANKFURT/BERLIN, June 23 (Reuters) - Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) warned quality problems at its wind turbine unit would take years to fix, wiping a third off its market value and dealing a heavy blow to one of the biggest suppliers to the world's expanding renewables business.

Geothermal has intrigued me.  So much so that I dabbled some fed energy credits in a small high-pressure vertically-drilled system that seemed appropriate for smaller urban lots.  Bottom line:  winter worked great ... summer heat dispersal "into" the bedrock was a problem.  Rock becomes saturated and system shuts down.  Horizontal ground system requires more space than your average urban lot.