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Massive Offshore Wind Turbines with Flashing Lights Would Be Major Features...
Recently, federal and state government officials and wind energy advocates tried to quell Brunswick County residents’ serious economic concerns about offshore wind turbines spoiling ocean views and...
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Massive Offshore Wind Turbines with Flashing Lights Would Be Major Features...
Turbines under discussion off the coast of Bald Head Island and other Brunswick County beaches would be very tall — 853 feet from base to blade tip, with towers and blade tips all flashing...
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Spoiled Beach Views from Massive Offshore Wind Turbine Arrays Would Cripple...
NC State researchers in 2016 found that 80 percent of North Carolina beachgoers would either not return to a beach rental if wind turbines were visible — or require an unreasonable discount for spoiled...
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Nuclear Is Obviously Clean Energy
A couple of years ago, I asked whether Gov. Roy Cooper could finally support nuclear power, since even Pres. Joe Biden was. Our existing nuclear power plants have pulled off a “rare feat in politics”:...
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Kitty Hawk Offshore Wind Area Red-Flagged by Pentagon
The Pentagon alerted the Biden administration that several offshore wind energy areas slated for development would severely conflict with military operations, facilities, and trainingAmong the worst...
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Offshore Wind Projects Off Brunswick County Beaches Also Imperil Military...
Wind projects off Brunswick County beaches would also interfere with military training and operations, including airspace used daily by the 169th Fighter Wing out of South CarolinaThe Wilmington East...
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Offshore Wind Turbines Severely Interfere with Marine Vessel Radar and...
In 2022 a major report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine warned that enormous wind turbines severely affect the marine vessel radar (MVR) used for navigating waterways...
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Outer Banks Residents Rightly Concerned about Spoiled Views from Offshore Wind
The Outer Banks Voice reported recently that construction will begin next year on the Kitty Hawk wind energy area. Outer Banks residents are properly concerned about spoiled views and other economic...
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The Initial Carbon Plan: What Are Its Mandates, and Do They Align with State...
Note: This post is a compilation of the five-part series of research briefs on the initial Carbon Plan. They discussed the plan’s mandates for nuclear power and coal (Part 1), natural gas (Part 2),...
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How MVP Permitting Approvals Can Help Bridge the Gap from Coal to...
The North Carolina Utilities Commission’s initial Carbon Plan would close over 9,000 MWs of coal-fired generation by 2035Since North Carolina’s only interstate natural gas pipeline is fully subscribed...
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How Much Does Offshore Wind Power Threaten Critically Endangered North...
Since 2017, the population of North Atlantic Right Whales has declined by 30 percentBy allowing offshore wind energy development off the North Carolina coast, the federal government has pushed aside...
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Costs Are Up 57% on Already Super Expensive Offshore Wind Projects
When government decides to buy something, cost increases are sure to follow. One reason is that people are generally less cost-conscious when they’re spending other people’s money. Government...
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Updated Duke Plan Would Add More Nuclear and Natural Gas and Keep Offshore...
Duke Energy Corporation has filed its update resource plan with the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC). This action follows the NCUC’s initial Carbon Plan and the U.S. Supreme Court’s action...
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What Is “China Carbon Time,” and What Does It Mean for States’ Efforts to...
While states consider enormously expensive plans to rework their entire electricity systems to cut CO2 emissions, energy-based emissions are still increasing across most of the world, especially...
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China Permits Two New Coal Plants Per Week
A key fact — and important graphic — in last week’s brief describing North Carolina’s China Carbon Time for 2023 has already been rendered obsolete. It’s even more bad news for those who think North...
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Virginia’s Power Provider Also Seeks More Natural Gas Plants
In August, Duke Energy filed an updated resource plan with the North Carolina Utilities Commission. The plan featured three possible portfolios, but Duke made it plain that the third portfolio (P3) was...
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Environmentalists Seek to Save the Whales from Offshore Wind Energy
From December through mid-August, 60 large whales have washed ashore East Coast beaches, coinciding with the issuance of several federal permits for whale “harassment” as a consequence of offshore wind...
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Governor’s Vetoes Would Harm Ratepayers and Reliable Electricity
Gov. Cooper vetoed bills that would define nuclear energy as clean energy and help a new natural gas pipeline get permittingCooper and certain environmentalists seem to think the vetoes would result in...
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Offshore Wind Costs Are Getting Worse
UPDATE: A press release sent out by Orsted on October 31, 2023, stated that “Following a decision by its Board of Directors, Ørsted will cease development of the Ocean Wind 1 and Ocean Wind 2 projects...
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Measuring the Reliability of North Carolina’s Different Electricity...
In determining the reliability of different electricity generation sources, a source’s “capacity factor” is a useful measure of how much it produces vs. how much it says it can produceA source is...
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