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Friday, May 24, 2013

Topics: Wind power

Carpe Diem

Rethinking wind: Harvard research suggests the generating capacity of wind farms at large scales has been overestimated

Mark J. Perry | February 26, 2013, 9:50 am

From a press release today from Harvard’s School of Engineering: “People have often thought there’s no upper bound for wind power—that it’s one of the most scalable power sources,” says Harvard applied physicist David Keith. After all, gusts and breezes don’t … read more >

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Economics, Energy and the Environment

Wind subsidies’ pernicious effect on conventional energy investment

Kenneth P. Green | September 19, 2012, 3:12 pm

In the Wall Street Journal, Republican Senator Lamar Alexander and Republican Congressman Mike Pompeo discuss a fascinating new study of wind power, and particularly, the unintended (and even perverse) consequences of wind power subsidies, which can create situations where wind … read more >

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Economics, Energy and the Environment

Wind and solar power: Destabilizing the German grid

Kenneth P. Green | August 21, 2012, 10:39 am

The problem is that wind and solar farms just don’t deliver the same amount of continuous electricity compared with nuclear and gas-fired power plants. read more >

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Economics, Energy and the Environment

Where’s the wind when you need it?

Kenneth P. Green | August 16, 2012, 2:34 pm

Besides being expensive and intermittent, and besides having little or no environmental benefit, we can now add another strike against wind- and solar-power: They’re not there when you need them the most. read more >

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Economics, Energy and the Environment

Wind power, solar power, and unintended consequences

Kenneth P. Green | June 5, 2012, 4:30 pm

Two studies are out that show how hasty movements into favored technological fixes for environmental problems can backfire. At Argonne National Laboratories, researchers were looking into claims that have been primarily anecdotal, namely, that wind power doesn’t really reduce emissions … read more >

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Economics, Energy and the Environment

The downsides of wind power

Kenneth P. Green | March 5, 2012, 1:34 pm

Matt Ridley has a great summary of the downsides of wind power in a Telegraph essay: To the nearest whole number, the percentage of the world’s energy that comes from wind turbines today is: zero. Despite the regressive subsidy (pushing … read more >

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Economics, Energy and the Environment

Energy Fact of the Week: Why Wind Power Blows

Steven F. Hayward | October 5, 2011, 10:17 am

Wind energy manufacturers and advocates must be enjoying the meltdown of solar power at the moment, as wind power has always been more competitive than solar with conventional fossil fuel electricity generation. Among other things, wind power doesn’t necessarily stop … read more >

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