Carbon Tax Rebate

[chuckChuck]

Any farmer worth his salt and witnessed a prairie hailstorm or plow wind would be the last person to put up a solar array.

Sounds like these renewable farmers are in BC.

But you have windows in your house, vulnerable crops in your fields and hail doesn't affect them too? LOL

Solar panels are tougher than most windows. And if the worst happens there is insurance.

Jazz your arguments are lame.

[jazz]

But you have windows in your house, vulnerable crops in your fields and hail doesn't affect them too? LOL

Solar panels are tougher than most windows. And if the worst happens there is insurance.

Jazz your arguments are lame.

My arguments are lame? Hell you are the one thinking solar and wind can power our society when every stat shows it’s not possible.

Quoting Reuters or Bloomberg isn’t science.

The Europeans are finding that out right now. Starting old coal plants. Your EV climate fairy take will die. It’s caused rampant inflation and hurt people now and that will be its down fall.

All the esg companies are quietly buying oil stocks.

[chuckChuck]

I never said wind and solar are going to replace all the fossil sources of energy.

But renewables already provide a lot of electricity in many countries.

"In 2021, about 4,116 billion kilowatthours (kWh) (or about 4.12 trillion kWh) of electricity were generated at utility-scale electricity generation facilities in the United States.1 About 61% of this electricity generation was from fossil fuels—coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases. About 19% was from nuclear energy, and about 20% was from renewable energy sources.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that an additional 49 billion kWh of electricity generation was from small-scale solar photovoltaic systems in 2021."

https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3

And I stand by my statement that many of your arguments are lame!

Did you board up your windows and give up farming because of the hail risk just like you said solar wasn't viable because of hail? LOL

[chuckChuck]

https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/energy-explained/how-much-uks-energy-renewable

Breaking records: The UK’s renewable energy in numbers

2020 was the UK’s highest year on record for renewable generation so far, and we’ve been breaking records for renewables ever since.

Zero-carbon power in Britain’s electricity mix has grown from less than 20% in 2010 to nearly 50% in 2021. In contrast, power provided from fossil fuels was down to roughly 35% in 2021 compared with over 75% in 2010.

In 2020 renewables accounted for more than 43.1% of the UK's total electricity generated, at 312 terawatt hours (TWh). This outstripped fossil fuels over the course of a year, for the first time in the nation’s history.

2020 also saw UK have its longest run of coal-free power, with a total of 68 days between 10 April and 16 June. This is the longest coal-free period since the industrial revolution, which began in the mid-1700s!

Zero-carbon generation overtook fossil fuel consumption in 11 months of the year in 2021.

2021 was the second highest year for renewable generation on record, after 2020.

On 5 April 2021, the UK achieved its lowest ever carbon intensity at 39 grams of CO2 per kWh, due to reduced use of fossil fuels for electricity generation. This was made possible by a 60% increase in the rate of renewable capacity installed in 2021 (compared to 2020).

25 May 2022 holds the record for the maximum amount of wind power generation, at 19.9 GW.

[furrowtickler]

They need something to reliably run the grid for people to charge their EV’s lol

[Guest]

https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/energy-explained/how-much-uks-energy-renewable

Breaking records: The UK’s renewable energy in numbers

2020 was the UK’s highest year on record for renewable generation so far, and we’ve been breaking records for renewables ever since.

Zero-carbon power in Britain’s electricity mix has grown from less than 20% in 2010 to nearly 50% in 2021. In contrast, power provided from fossil fuels was down to roughly 35% in 2021 compared with over 75% in 2010.

In 2020 renewables accounted for more than 43.1% of the UK's total electricity generated, at 312 terawatt hours (TWh). This outstripped fossil fuels over the course of a year, for the first time in the nation’s history.

2020 also saw UK have its longest run of coal-free power, with a total of 68 days between 10 April and 16 June. This is the longest coal-free period since the industrial revolution, which began in the mid-1700s!

Zero-carbon generation overtook fossil fuel consumption in 11 months of the year in 2021.

2021 was the second highest year for renewable generation on record, after 2020.

On 5 April 2021, the UK achieved its lowest ever carbon intensity at 39 grams of CO2 per kWh, due to reduced use of fossil fuels for electricity generation. This was made possible by a 60% increase in the rate of renewable capacity installed in 2021 (compared to 2020).

25 May 2022 holds the record for the maximum amount of wind power generation, at 19.9 GW.

you need to change channels and WTF up

[AlbertaFarmer5]

https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/energy-explained/how-much-uks-energy-renewable

Breaking records: The UK’s renewable energy in numbers

2020 was the UK’s highest year on record for renewable generation so far, and we’ve been breaking records for renewables ever since.

Zero-carbon power in Britain’s electricity mix has grown from less than 20% in 2010 to nearly 50% in 2021. In contrast, power provided from fossil fuels was down to roughly 35% in 2021 compared with over 75% in 2010.

In 2020 renewables accounted for more than 43.1% of the UK's total electricity generated, at 312 terawatt hours (TWh). This outstripped fossil fuels over the course of a year, for the first time in the nation’s history.

2020 also saw UK have its longest run of coal-free power, with a total of 68 days between 10 April and 16 June. This is the longest coal-free period since the industrial revolution, which began in the mid-1700s!

Zero-carbon generation overtook fossil fuel consumption in 11 months of the year in 2021.

2021 was the second highest year for renewable generation on record, after 2020.

On 5 April 2021, the UK achieved its lowest ever carbon intensity at 39 grams of CO2 per kWh, due to reduced use of fossil fuels for electricity generation. This was made possible by a 60% increase in the rate of renewable capacity installed in 2021 (compared to 2020).

25 May 2022 holds the record for the maximum amount of wind power generation, at 19.9 GW.

And they accomplished all that, at the same time as their electric bills went up by many many multiples, and a once stable grid now regularly has black outs and restrictions and imports. Probably just coincidence, after all, Chuck keeps posting how wind and solar are now by far the cheapest generation sources.

How could all that free energy possibly cause such high energy bills? 1 in 3 households now in energy poverty.

Energy bills are set to soar weeks later when a price cap is raised by more than 60%, taking the increase this year to about 150%.

For many, it will be too much to handle, leaving them unable to power, or heat, their homes. According to charity National Energy Action, one in three households — more than 8 million — are expected to be pushed into fuel poverty.

[Hamloc]

Simple question Chuck2, if renewable energy is so cheap to generate why is it so expensive to buy?!

[chuckChuck]

Generation costs are only a portion of the costs to deliver electricity through the grid.

And Solar and wind generation costs are some of the cheapest sources of electricity generation in many parts of the world.

There are some additional costs for adding intermittent renewables into the grid system.

And costs for all the other things that are needed to deliver electricity to millions of customers continue to rise.

Fossil fuel generation costs are rising also because fossil fuel prices are high.

[chuckChuck]

https://irena.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2022/Jul/Renewable-Power-Remains-Cost-Competitive-amid-Fossil-Fuel-Crisis

Renewable Power Remains Cost-Competitive amid Fossil Fuel Crisis

13 July 2022| Press Release

New IRENA report shows almost two-thirds of renewable power added in 2021 had lower costs than the cheapest coal-fired options in G20 countries.

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 13 July 2022 – Costs for renewables continued to fall in 2021 as supply chain challenges and rising commodity prices have yet to show their full impact on project costs. The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15%, offshore wind by 13% and solar PV by 13% compared to 2020.

Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2021, published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today, shows that almost two-thirds or 163 gigawatts (GW) of newly installed renewable power in 2021 had lower costs than the world’s cheapest coal-fired option in the G20. IRENA estimates that, given the current high fossil fuel prices, the renewable power added in 2021 saves around USD 55 billion from global energy generation costs in 2022.

IRENA’s new report confirms the critical role that cost-competitive renewables play in addressing today’s energy and climate emergencies by accelerating the transition in line with the 1.5°C warming limit and the Paris Agreement goals. Solar and wind energy, with their relatively short project lead times, represent vital planks in countries’ efforts to swiftly reduce, and eventually phase out, fossil fuels and limit the macroeconomic damages they cause in pursuit of net zero.

“Renewables are by far the cheapest form of power today,” Francesco La Camera, Director-General of IRENA said. “2022 is a stark example of just how economically viable new renewable power generation has become. Renewable power frees economies from volatile fossil fuel prices and imports, curbs energy costs and enhances market resilience – even more so if today’s energy crunch continues.”

“While a temporary crisis response might be necessary in the current situation, excuses to soften climate goals will not hold mid-to-long-term. Today’s situation is a devastating reminder that renewables and energy saving are the future. With the COP27 in Egypt and COP28 in the UAE ahead, renewables provide governments with affordable energy to align with net zero and turn their climate promises into concrete action with real benefits for people on the ground,” he added.

Investments in renewables continue to pay huge dividends in 2022, as highlighted by IRENA’s costs data. In non-OECD countries, the 109 GW of renewable energy additions in 2021 that cost less than the cheapest new fossil fuel-fired option will reduce costs by at least USD 5.7 billion annually for the next 25-30 years.

High coal and fossil gas prices in 2021 and 2022 will also profoundly deteriorate the competitiveness of fossil fuels and make solar and wind even more attractive. With an unprecedented surge in European fossil gas prices for example, new fossil gas generation in Europe will increasingly become uneconomic over its lifetime, increasing the risk of stranded assets.

The European example shows that fuel and CO2 costs for existing gas plants might average four to six times more in 2022 than the lifetime cost of new solar PV and onshore wind commissioned in 2021. Between January and May 2022, the generation of solar and wind power may have saved Europe fossil fuel imports in the magnitude of no less than USD 50 billion, predominantly fossil gas.

As to supply chains, IRENA’s data suggests that not all materials cost increases have been passed through into equipment prices and project costs yet. If material costs remain elevated, the price pressures in 2022 will be more pronounced. Increases might however be dwarfed by the overall gains of cost-competitive renewables in comparison to higher fossil fuel prices.

Read the full report Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2021.

[Guest]

there is no hope

[furrowtickler]

The actual intent of “reducing” fossil fuel use is having adverse effects. Iran says thank you …

[Partners]

[fjlip]

GRRR, must resist the EVIL from the East!

[chuckChuck]

Flipper you should stick to "explaining" the various bizarre causes of homosexuality. that seems to be your strength since you posted that it's caused by parasites. LOL