Embracing Realism: South Africa’s Coal Question, the Struggle for Power and Electricity
IOL covers a wide publisher network of South Africa’s most prominent newspapers including The Star, Pretoria News, Daily News, The Mercury, Cape Times, Cape Argus, Weekend Argus, Sunday Independent, Saturday Star, Independent on Saturday and Sunday Tribune. In the fear of quoting the whole article before you have the chance to read it at […]
Global cyclones: still no “human fingerprint” in global cyclone energy, or numbers
Prof Pielke recently updated his evaluation of global cyclone/hurricane activity (Cyclones = Pacific, Hurricanes = Atlantic) The update is worth the read “To date, the main drivers of rising losses have been economic growth and urbanisation. Climate change plays a relatively small role today,…”
Germany: McKinsey says: do less and save money
In January, McKinsey issued a new study on the German “Energiewende” Zukunftspfad Stromversorgung and presented it in Berlin earlier this week at a local energy conference. The study is in German, but the summary is below. McKinsey’s key outcome in Lars’ words… “GERMANY: PLEASE INSTALL 150 GW LESS SOLAR/WIND AND 50GW MORE GAS AND […]
Swiss Re: “Climate change plays a relatively small role today”
Swiss Re recently issued a rather alarming report on the changing climate, but when you read it carefully you notice, that the world-famous reinsurer acknowledges something very very important… that can also be verified in the last IPCC report. Swiss Re first paragraph of entire report: “To date, the main drivers of rising […]
Solar farms change the climate?
Yes they do Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, being dark-coloured, absorb significant heat compared to reflective desert sand. Despite converting a portion of energy into electricity, a considerable amount still contributes to panel heating. As these panels accumulate in large numbers, they collectively elevate the temperature of the surrounding area. Solar farms, as they expand, […]