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By P Gosselin on 29. November 2025
Blackout News here reports on the underestmated risk to ecological systems: offshore windparks! Fig. 6c of study. Offshore wind farms (OWPs) are considered a cornerstone of Germany’s transition to renewable energies. We are told that they supply clean energy and slow down climate change. However, a recent study by Hyodae Seo sheds light on unexpected […]
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By P Gosselin on 23. November 2025
Bkackout News here reports that despite ambitious international climate targets and the promise of a rapid energy transition, we are witnessing a paradoxical development: Global demand for fossil fuels has not fallen, but continues to increase. Image generated by Grok The world economy’s growing hunger for energy directly clashes with political expectations, and the so-called […]
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By P Gosselin on 19. November 2025
BlackoutNews here reports that the German economy is currently battling massive turbulence as the latest figures on corporate insolvencies reached peaked in October 2025. The German middle class, in particular, is increasingly coming under pressure amid the ongoing slump. The wave of insolvencies is not hitting all sectors equally. Particularly hard hit: tranport, construction and […]
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By P Gosselin on 11. October 2025
German online Klimanachrichten (Climate News) presents the latest article by energy expert Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt. Germany is in the grips of an energy madness. Image generated by Grok AI Headed for crisis Vahrenholt warnsthat German energy policy is inexorably heading towards a supply crisis that is foreseeable as early as 2030. With every coal or […]
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By Kenneth Richard on 10. October 2025
The push to transition to “green” energy technologies threatens to further entrench the long history of global inequalities and Western domination and exploitation. Vast quantities of raw materials (such as cobalt, nickel, lithium) are required to supply the European Union’s demands for “green” energy – battery production and green hydrogen deployment – over the coming […]
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By P Gosselin on 5. October 2025
Blackout News here reports on the The hidden high price of “green energy”. Wind farms are often celebrated as the glowing symbol of the energy transition—clean, renewable, and future-proof. But behind this “green” lies an underestimated chain of destruction causing extensive, possibly irreversible damage to our ecosystems. Photo made at the North Sea coast: Copyright […]
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By P Gosselin on 17. September 2025
Germany’s Energy Crisis: A Look At What’s Ahead Symbol image created by Grok 3 AI The head of transmission system operator Amprion, Christoph Müller, warns that Germany’s energy supply is facing a challenging winter due to a lack of power plant capacity as the nuclear and planned coal continue to get phased out. The This […]
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By P Gosselin on 24. August 2025
Germany is not just falling behind – it risks collapsing. Germany’s energy woes, brought on by its failed attempt at transitioning to green energies, continue to mount. Blackout News here reports on how the expansion of AI data centers is facing a significant slowdown due to a global lack of sufficient power supply. In Frankfurt, […]
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By P Gosselin on 1. July 2025
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 […]
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By P Gosselin on 28. June 2025
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. […]
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By P Gosselin on 10. June 2025
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 […]
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By P Gosselin on 24. May 2025
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: […]
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