German households in 2000 paid just over 12 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity, according to the OECD. In 2012, they paid 33.9 cents—nearly three times as much s they did in the year 2000. Why the radical price spike? Because…
Category: Wind generation
IPCC, meet Johannes Kepler: like you, he faced dogma, peer pressure, and criticism. Here’s how he responded
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this week published the contribution of another Working Group to its Assessment Report 5. This WG, WG3 to be precise, reviewed literature on the “scientific, technological, environmental, economic and social aspects of…
Russian gas vs. European electricity: will the Third Electrification win the sanctions war?
“The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.” So, according to many, said Sigmund Freud. Let’s hope that the hurling of insults is the worst things get in the current tensions over…
The low price of reliable electricity
Power prices in Ontario are on a steady upward climb, and if you think they’re bad now just wait. You’ll soon look back at February 2014 as the good old days. Ontario continues to add wind farms to the grid—the…
Disbelief, disarray in Ontario anti-nuclear circles as pension fund announces intention to increase share in nuclear power plant
Less than a week ago, the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System (OMERS), a pension plan, announced it will increase its share in Bruce Power. Bruce Power is a partnership that runs the Bruce nuclear plant, the biggest clean energy producer…