EnergyCommentary
Rising Electricity Prices and ‘Green Energy’
Prior to the Biden-Harris administration, electricity prices had been flat for a decade at around 13 cents per kilowatt-hour. They’re now at 18 cents per… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Destructive Environmentalists
People eagerly give money to rich environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council has $463 million in assets. The NRDC claims it uses law “to… Read More
EnergyNews
Biden Celebrates Offshore Wind ‘Progress’ Despite Industry’s Major Struggles, Cancellations
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Joe Biden touted offshore wind’s “progress” on his watch on Thursday despite the fact that the industry has struggled considerably with… Read More
EnergyCommentary
GREEN GRIFT: Renewable Energy’s Inefficiencies, Subsidies for Rich
“We’re building a clean energy future,” says President Joe Biden. Who is “we”? Well, you pay for it. He and his “green” cronies do most… Read More
Energy Analysis
Why China Wants You to Drive an EV
China’s economy is struggling: Many young people can’t find jobs, the nation’s real estate market is in trouble after two major property development companies failed,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Associated Press Gets It Wrong: Wind Farm Contractors Acknowledge Turbines Harm Dolphins, Whales
When wind turbine companies seek permission to harm sea life, reporters for The Associated Press blame The Heritage Foundation (where I work) and The Heartland… Read More
EnergyNews
Biden Poised to Bail Out Wind Energy Industry, Experts Predict
A bailout package for the struggling offshore wind industry may be imminent if the industry’s struggles do not abate soon, energy industry and policy experts… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Reasons for Texas Blackouts and How Best to Avoid Them Going Forward
As millions of Texans suffer from a lack of electric power, heat, and water, the “never let a crisis go to waste” crowd is in… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Green Energy Leaves Americans Out in the Cold in More Ways Than One
February gave Texas the cold shoulder this weekend as an extreme winter storm pounded the entire state. As of this morning, power had not been restored… Read More
EnergyCommentary
What Sweeping Power Outages in Texas Tell Us (and Don’t Tell Us) About Its Electricity Market
Snow, ice, and negative temperatures in the Lone Star State—what in the world is happening in Texas? And for that matter, in the greater Southeast?… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Millions in Africa Being Sacrificed to Extreme Poverty, Premature Death on Altar of ‘Green Energy’
Obama-era policies that favor so-called green energy over coal-fired electricity are dooming millions of Africans to lives of extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and increased risk… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Blackouts and Fires Caused by California’s Ineffective Green Policies
In the soft warmth of spring the swallows famously return to Capistrano, but in recent years they are followed by what seems inevitable summer power outages and fires…. Read More
EnergyNews
Ocasio-Cortez Deletes Tweet Hailing Oil Price Crash That Risks Big Job Losses
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., tweeted—and then quickly deleted—comments that appeared to show adulation over the price of oil dipping below $0 a barrel, which will… Read More
EnergyNews
Consequences of Cuomo’s Climate Agenda Hit Close to Home. His Home.
The unintended consequences of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s global warming crusade are hitting close to home—literally. The utility Consolidated Edison put a moratorium on… Read More
EnergyNews
Schumer’s Green Energy Subsidies Cost Much More Than Trump’s Wall
The government is shut down over border wall funding, but only a month ago Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asked President Donald Trump to support… Read More
EnergyNews
First US Offshore Wind Plant Costs $17,600 Per Home Powered
America’s first offshore wind power plant will cost about $17,600 dollars to build per home it will power. Three miles off the coast of Block… Read More
EnergyNews
What the Defeat of a Wind Energy Project Means for Harry Reid’s Hometown
Grassroots conservationists and property rights activists in Nevada stand poised to secure an unprecedented legal victory over government-backed wind energy proponents that could reverberate across… Read More
EnergyCommentary
End Wind Welfare
Unnecessary government subsidies promote inefficiency, limit competition, and cost taxpayers more than they get in return. A prime example is the wind energy Production Tax… Read More
EnergyNews
Lankford Introduces Bill to Eliminate Wind Tax Credits
The winds could soon be changing on Capitol Hill. Today Senator James Lankford, R-Okla., introduced legislation that would gradually eliminate federal energy tax credits for… Read More
EnergyNews
‘Not in My Backyard’: Green Energy Mogul Who Opposed Wind Farm Adopts a Different Approach Away From Home
A green energy mogul who protested an offshore wind farm near his summer home on Martha’s Vineyard is criticizing Vermonters who oppose his company’s four-megawatt combined… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Why Wind Energy Is Not Going to Meet All Our Energy Needs
The Department of Energy released its annual Wind Technologies Market Report last week, and the headline is roughly the same as years past: wind is… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Time to End the Production Tax Credit Once and For All
If we want to build a healthier American economy, Congress must stop supporting special interests at the expense of our nation’s economic potential. The Production… Read More
EnergyNews
With Potential Collapse of Major Project, Offshore Wind Projects Still Offline
The potential collapse of a controversial project off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., is blowing some doubt around the future of offshore wind energy… Read More
EnergyNews
California Has 15 Years to Hit a 50% Renewable Energy Goal. Will It Happen?
California Gov. Jerry Brown has set an ambitious new energy goal: getting the most populous state in the nation to derive 50 percent of its… Read More
EnergyNews
Blowback! Minnesota Wind Developer Takes on Opponents’ ‘Vendetta’
CORNISH TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Developers of a proposed 10-turbine wind farm that has come under fire from dozens of residents have denied alleged permit violations and… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Why Is the Federal Government Doling Out Billions to the Wind Industry?
A generous taxpayer-funded handout for the wind industry expired at the end of 2013—but it’s not going to the grave quietly. Congress could give the… Read More
News
Lawmakers, Lobbyists Eye ‘Green’ Energy Subsidies in Lame-Duck Congress
As the lame-duck Congress limps to the finish line, billions of dollars in federal energy subsidies could be up for grabs. The perennial procrastination has solar… Read More
EnergyNews
Minnesota Wind-Solar Mandate Would Mean Costly Grid Upgrade
A new report released by the Minnesota Commerce Department lays the technical groundwork for ramping up one of the nation’s highest state renewable energy mandates… Read More
EnergyNews
Citizens Want State to Revoke Permit for Wind Project
CORNISH TOWNSHIP, Minn.—How long is too long? About six years and counting, in the view of dozens of rural residents fighting a proposed 1,600-acre, 10-turbine… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Wind Industry Admits It Needs Handout to Compete
One of the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturers let loose a bit of truth and self-admission to the Financial Times: We still need help, and… Read More
