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Indian Coal Makes Electricity as Wind Farms Sit Idle

by Vijay Jayaraj

Amidst the clamor surrounding the intensive use of coal in China and India, one may not realize that these nations have some of the world’s largest renewable energy installations.In fact, I hail from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu which is often compared to Scandinavia for its large number of wind farms. Accounting for 25 percent of the country’s wind capacity, the state has the largest share of such generating assets in a nation of 1.3 billion people.Yet even Tamil Nadu relies heavily on coal … [Read more...]

Dated: June 14, 2022

Tagged With: Coal, India, wind power
Filed Under: Animal, Plant & Eco-System Rights, Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate & Energy, Climate Change and Insurance Industry, Climate Consensus, Climate Policy, Climate refugees, Developmental Economics, Economic Ethics, Economics, Poverty & Development, Energy Options, Energy Policy, Environmental Subjects, Global Warming Science

Wind Industry: Exploitation of the Weak by the Powerful

by E. Calvin Beisner

Tucker Carlson’s new documentary Blown Away: The People vs Wind Power, first aired October 22. It’s a devastating critique of the wind-power industry.The politics, the economics, the energy reliability, the health impacts—these and more figure into Carlson’s analysis. The conclusion: wind power is bad for the environment, bad for the economy, bad for ordinary people, and good only for its owners, who benefit from tax subsidies that make an otherwise unprofitable industry highly profitable. Major … [Read more...]

Dated: October 28, 2021

Tagged With: Tucker Carlson, wind power
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate Policy, Energy Policy, Featured

How the Wind Industry Gains by Losing

by E. Calvin Beisner

So you want to make a profit by selling what you produce. What do you do? Sell it for more than it costs you.But that's so old fashioned!Nowadays, you just get into the wind industry. You find state or local policymakers eager to virtue signal by supporting your renewable-, zero-carbon energy tech. And you get them to sign a contract that guarantees you get positive payment for your product even when its market price is negative.Rate- and taxpayers in Georgetown, TX, a small town outside the … [Read more...]

Dated: May 9, 2019

Tagged With: Chuck DeVore, Georgetown TX, Texas Public Policy Foundation, Wind Energy, wind power
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Energy Policy

Why Can’t Solar Provide Abundant, Affordable Electricity?

by E. Calvin Beisner

Nuclear engineer James H. Rust, over at the Heartland Institute, has just posted a clear, concise, factual piece refuting the claim that there's a "dirty war" to stop expansion of solar energy in the United States. I won't get into the stuff about the "dirty war"---which is entirely bogus, and Rust demonstrates just why---but thought it helpful to pass on just a little of the factual information about why solar has such difficulty competing with nuclear and fossil fuels. Rust writes: In the … [Read more...]

Dated: June 29, 2016

Tagged With: fossil fuel energy, Heartland Institute, James H. Rust, nuclear power, solar power, wind power
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Energy Options

How Economically Competitive is “Renewable Energy”?

by E. Calvin Beisner

Condemnation's always most credible when issued by a supporter. That's what the renewable energy sector got from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's U.S. Renewable Portfolio Standards 2016 Annual Status Report, which states right in its highlights: "More than half of all growth in renewable electricity (RE) generation (60%) and capacity (57%) since 2000 is associated with state RPS requirements." In short, non-hydro renewable energy---wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass---cannot … [Read more...]

Dated: April 28, 2016

Tagged With: Fossil Fuels, renewable energy, renewable portfolio standards, solar power, wind power
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Energy Policy

Getting Down to Nitty Gritty: Why Wind and Solar Threaten Electricity Grids and People’s Health and Safety

by E. Calvin Beisner

Rud Istvan has a very instructive article at Judith Curry's Climate Etc. blog about the challenges of bring wind and solar power into use through electricity grids. Bottom line: Their intermittency greatly increases the costs of electricity while reducing its reliability, bringing threats to people's health and safety wherever they begin to make up a significant percentage of total power supplied to the grid. The higher the renewable penetration, the greater this intermittency burden becomes. … [Read more...]

Dated: July 7, 2015

Tagged With: battery storage, chemical storage, distributed grid storage, electricity grid, electrochemical batteries, electrostatic storage, grid stability, intermittent energy, Judith Curry, kinetic energy storage, pumped hydro storage, Rud Istvan, solar power, wind power
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment

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Future Speaking Engagements

May 23, 2025 – Grand Rapids, MI

GR.Church, 4525 Stauffer Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI 49508

Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, Cornwall Alliance President, and Steve Goreham, Cornwall Alliance Board Member, will hold a symposium on Sustainable Energy, Climate Change, and the costs to YOUR life.  For tickets and more information, click HERE.

June 18-21, 2025–Dallas, TX

Cornwall Alliance will be a host of the Association of Classical Christian Schools’ (ACCS) annual Repairing the Ruins conference in Dallas, TX, and will have an exhibit booth.

Details and registration can be found HERE.

September 19-20–Arlington, VA

Dr Beisner will represent the Cornwall Alliance at the fall meeting of the Philadelphia Society and will have a literature table.

Attendance is for Society members and invited guests only. To inquire about an invitation, email Dr. Cal Beisner: Calvin@cornwallalliance.org.

September 26-27– Lynchburg, VA

Dr. Beisner will be speaking at the Christian Education Initiative Annual Summit, “Advancing Christ’s Kingdom Through Biblical Worldview Education.” 

Details and registration can be found HERE.

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