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By P Gosselin on 16. March 2025
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 […]
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By P Gosselin on 11. March 2025
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 […]
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By P Gosselin on 12. February 2025
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 […]
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By P Gosselin on 5. February 2025
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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By P Gosselin on 12. January 2025
How’s the Green New Deal working out in Germany? Not very well at all. Firstly, Germany has been in recession for almost 2 years now – thanks mostly to the policies of Economics Minster Robert Habeck (Green Party), who incidentally has no education in economics, business or finance. The guy just doesn’t know what he’s […]
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By P Gosselin on 4. January 2025
Welcome to Germany’s green economic miracle. The year is 2025! Germany’s so-called Energiewende (transition to renewable energies) has had one unmistakable result: Germany now finds itself rapidly nearing the brink of a third world country where the power supply is no longer reliable and brownouts becoming more and more a daily routine. What’s happening is […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Follies |
By P Gosselin on 29. December 2024
Citing Bloomberg, Blackout News here reports that “the use of coal continues to rise sharply.” This suggests that the hundreds of billions invested annually in green energies are unable to satisfy the global demand for energy. Moreover, predictions of declining coal consumption are failing to materialize and show that green energy strategies are failing at […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, CO2 and GHG, Emissions |
By P Gosselin on 21. December 2024
Two brief periods of wind doldrums and Germany’s power supply reaches its limits … German Chemical Industry Association: “It’s desperate.” By Prof. Fritz Vahrenholt From November 2 to November 8 and from December 10 to December 13, Germany’s electricity supply from renewable energies collapsed as a typical winter weather situation with a lull in the […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Climate Politics |
By P Gosselin on 8. December 2024
All that glisters green is not gold… The electric car market is reeling in Europe…Germany’s electric car ambitions have taken another body blow as Swedish Northvolt declares bankruptcy in USA. The massively taxpayer-subsidized gigafactory now under construction in Heide is in jeopardy and becoming a huge embarrassment for Germany’s Socialist-Green government. Press image Northvolt Northvolt, […]
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By P Gosselin on 13. November 2024
Over-reliance on wind and sun… Citing montelnews, Blackout News here reports on the recent wind power slump experienced in Germany – due to stagnant weather conditions. This winter’s energy supply for Germany looks bleak as experts warn of windless, sunless days ahead. Image: P. Gosselin Wind power generation, dropped to its lowest level since 2014 […]
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By P Gosselin on 10. November 2024
At 5 p.m. last Wednesday, Germany’s 1602 offshore wind turbines in the North and Baltic Seas stood still…solar output was also near zero. Germany had to scramble to keep supply going. The enemy of green energy: the high pressure system By KlimaNachrichten In the words of Professor Claudia Kemfert: It is a myth to believe […]
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By P Gosselin on 26. October 2024
The hype about green energies being the future is quickly becoming a thing of the past as all the Utopian promises made are not coming true as they clash against reality. The green movement is turning out to be nothing but a silly wet-dream LSD fantasy. The city of Dortmund, Germany is finding out that […]
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