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Largest US power grid PJM escalates emergency actions to avoid blackouts

July 4, 2026 Clark Savage95

The largest U.S. regional transmission organization, PJM Interconnection, escalated emergency measures on July 3, 2026, issuing a federal alert to cut electricity consumption across its vast territory amid generator outages, overloaded high-voltage transmission lines, and surging air-conditioning demand from a prolonged heatwave. PJM, which manages the electric grid for approximately 67 million people, activated demand-response […]

US is looking to ban Chinese inverters on Green Energy

July 3, 2026 Erick Parel131

The Trump administration is drafting restrictions that would effectively ban imports of new foreign-made energy inverters used in solar projects and battery storage systems, citing risks that China could use the devices to disrupt U.S. power supplies. According to an exclusive Reuters report published June 30, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is leading the […]

Remove the crude oil, and you do not merely dim the lights. You dismantle society!

June 29, 2026 Clark Savage114

ENB Pub Note: This article is from America Outloud and Ronald Stein. We recommend signing up for notices from Ronald on the link below. Can a zero-emissions world survive without crude oil? That is the wrong question. The zero-emissions debate asks when we can stop burning crude oil. The harder question — one that remains […]

Wind Farm Near Highmore, South Dakota, has critical damage Highmore, SD

June 29, 2026July 2, 2026 Clark Savage1297

A powerful thunderstorm packing extreme straight-line winds slammed into central South Dakota this morning, leaving critical damage at a wind farm near Highmore in Hyde County. Storm chaser Jakob McMillin documented the scene in a widely shared post on X (formerly Twitter), showing multiple wind turbine towers collapsed or heavily damaged, with blades and structural […]

European Heat Wave, and the EU leaders Shut off AC to Workers, but not themselves

June 28, 2026 Clark Savage256

As much of Europe sweltered under a recent heatwave with record temperatures in parts of Belgium and surrounding countries, staff at the European Commission’s iconic Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels faced a stark reminder of hierarchy. On Friday, June 27, 2026 (or the relevant recent date matching reports), employees on floors 1 through 7 received an […]

Debunking the Myth of Expensive Coal Plants: Energy Bad Boys Bring The Receipts

June 27, 2026 Clark Savage226

Coal-fired power plants have long been portrayed as outdated, expensive burdens on the American grid — relics that must be retired to make way for “cheaper” renewables. But the data tells a very different story. Energy Bad Boys (analysts Mitch Rolling and Isaac Orr) have delivered the receipts with a rigorous analysis of real-world operating […]

Politicians have broken America’s grids – And Consumers pay the price – Through the nose

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 Clark Savage153

ENB Pub Note: This is a great post on LinkedIn from Doug Sheridan, and we highly recommend following him. The FT reports that NY is confronting a tightening electricity supply just as demand begins to rise after a decade of stagnation. For years, NY expected electricity demand to remain flat, helped by efficiency gains. Regulators […]

Chinese Grid Operators Resist Plans To Boost Renewables To Power AI

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 Clark Savage395

China’s aggressive push to power its rapidly expanding AI data centers with renewables is running into practical resistance from grid operators, who warn that the sector’s inflexible power demands could increase reliability risks and complicate grid planning. Industry analysts and officials told Reuters that Beijing’s strategic goal of having renewables supply the majority of electricity […]

Solar Claims to be the Cheapest Power In History, and States are Running from it

June 20, 2026 Clark Savage330

There is a difference between Red and Blue States The headline from a June 19, 2026, OilPrice.com article captures a striking tension in U.S. energy policy: solar is repeatedly called “the cheapest power in human history” by sources like the IEA, yet multiple states—particularly blue ones—are dialing back aggressive renewable targets amid rising costs, reliability concerns, […]

Maintaining grid stability in a wind and solar world

June 17, 2026 Clark Savage162

ENB Pub Note: This is from the Great Kathryn Poter, at Watt-Logic, and it is on point. Here is a transcript of a speech on grid stability that I gave to the International Energy Credit Association in Valencia on 16 June 2026… …………………………… Good morning, and thank you for inviting me to speak here today. […]

Category: Renewables Not Sustainable

Largest US power grid PJM escalates emergency actions to avoid blackouts

US is looking to ban Chinese inverters on Green Energy

Remove the crude oil, and you do not merely dim the lights. You dismantle society!

Wind Farm Near Highmore, South Dakota, has critical damage Highmore, SD

European Heat Wave, and the EU leaders Shut off AC to Workers, but not themselves

Debunking the Myth of Expensive Coal Plants: Energy Bad Boys Bring The Receipts

Politicians have broken America’s grids – And Consumers pay the price – Through the nose

Chinese Grid Operators Resist Plans To Boost Renewables To Power AI

Solar Claims to be the Cheapest Power In History, and States are Running from it

Maintaining grid stability in a wind and solar world

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