Alternative Energy

Berlin Moves To Ban Autos From Inside The City. Widespread Chaos Looms

Berlin Moves To Ban Autos From Inside The City. Widespread Chaos Looms

Just 12 car trips person per year would be allowed! The Berlin Constitutional Court has declared the “Berlin car-free” referendum admissible, paving the way for a possible drastic reduction in car traffic. Hat-tip: Blackout News Cars may soon be banned in Berlin. Image generated by Grok 3 AI  The court found that the aim of […]

Safety Of German Wind Turbines Heightens After 70-Meter Rotor Blade Snaps Off

A 70-metre-long rotor blade of a V150 wind turbine fell from a height of 123 meters at the Lübbenow wind farm in Germany, heightening concerns about the safety of wind turbines.  Blackout News here AI generated symbol image. Hat-tip: Blackout News. The affected turbine had been put into operation only 6 years ago, in 2019. […]

Germany's Renewable Energy Overcapacity Is Pushing The Power Grid To The Limit

Germany’s Renewable Energy Overcapacity Is Pushing The Power Grid To The Limit

By Frank Bosse at Klimanachrichten (Translated, edited by P. Gosselin) “Too much electricity is also a danger.” With that headline, Germany’s “n-tv” surprised its readers on Pentecost Sunday. Attentive readers of “Klimanachrichten” already knew this beforehand: The past holiday weekend was a stress test for our electricity grid: The sun is very high, provides a […]

Swedish Northvolt Pulls Plug On E-Car Plant…But Germans Keep Denying E-Car Reality

Denial of failure in Germany…leaders insist e-car production plants are needed (even though cars aren’t selling). The Swedish Northvolt Drama By KlimaNachrichten This drama about the battery factory has entered the next round. NDR German public broadcasting reports on the closure of the main plant in Sweden. There is more bad news from battery manufacturer Northvolt: […]

Expert Assessment Warns Expansion Of Wind And Solar Energy Jeopardizing French Power Grid Stability

Expert Assessment Warns Expansion Of Wind And Solar Energy Jeopardizing French Power Grid Stability

The French are finding out that combining nuclear power with unstable wind and sun is not a good idea and is a risk to the power grid. Spain recently had to learn a similar lesson in a most painful manner. Symbol image generated by Grok AI.  In a recent EDF report on  nuclear safety, Rapport […]

Wake Physics: Large Wind Farms Are Making Downstream Turbines Unprofitable

A Wake-Up Call By Klimanachrichten A virtual wake-up call for the wind power industry. Two companies are sounding the alarm as they risk losing a lot of money. Although they are not making losses yet, they are earning less. It’s about the the wake effect on wind farms by other wind farms. Windmesse.de The expansion […]

Only Four Electric Car Manufacturers Worldwide Are Making A Profit!

Only Four Electric Car Manufacturers Worldwide Are Making A Profit!

Germany’s Blackout News here reports that only 4 electric car manufacturers world wide are managing to make a profit, three of which are Chinese: BYD, Li Auto and Seres. And all the rest “are struggling to survive.” Only four electric car manufacturers are managing to make a profit. Image generated by Grok AI.  “Chinese brands […]

Near Disaster: German Wind Turbine Sees Brake Failure, Impossible To Stop

Near Disaster: German Wind Turbine Sees Brake Failure, Impossible To Stop

Maintenance on the cheap. Poorly maintained turbines in Germany posing a hazard.  German online energy news site Blackout News reports on how an old wind turbine spun completely out of control near motorway at a wind farm near Großweitzschen in Central Saxony – and couldn’t be stopped! Image attempt by Grok AI.  “The approximately 30-year-old […]

Germany's First Offshore Wind Farm To Be Dismantled After Just 15 Years Of Operation

Germany’s First Offshore Wind Farm To Be Dismantled After Just 15 Years Of Operation

The Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm near German North Sea island of Borkum is set to be dismantled after being in operation for only 15 years. It has become too unprofitable to operate without massive subsidies. Symbol image, produced by Grok 3 AI.  Alpha Ventus is noted as being Germany’s first offshore wind farm. Construction […]

BMW Suspends Production Of Mini Models In Oxford..."Lower Than Expected Demand"

BMW Suspends Production Of Mini Models In Oxford…”Lower Than Expected Demand”

The original plan was BMW would start production of two all-electric Mini models in Oxford beginning 2026 and then to  produce only electric vehicles by 2030. Drivers are not enthused about electric cars . Image generated by Grok AI. But the latest report is that BMW is stopping production of the E-mini models at its Oxford […]

German Rail Operator Switches Back To Diesel Locomotives, Hopes Measure Will Be Temporary

German Rail Operator Switches Back To Diesel Locomotives, Hopes Measure Will Be Temporary

Germany’s Blackout News here reports the latest example of what happens when green energy fantasies clash with reality, in this case trains powered by hydrogen. Symbol image. Source: Alstom press release here.  According to the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV), the hydrogen trains on the Taunusbahn have been temporarily taken out of service and  diesel locomotives are being […]

Professor Stefan Rahmstorf And Thermodynamics

Professor Stefan Rahmstorf And Thermodynamics

By Frank Bosse Klimnachrichten here (Translated, edited by P. Gosselin) The scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) is an oceanologist and studied physics before his specialist training. He is therefore familiar with thermodynamics and its 2nd law, which states that with every change of state, the “disorder” increases, also known as […]

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