#baseload power

By MDBayNews Staff A recent post by J.B. Jennings has reignited a debate Maryland lawmakers have largely tried to avoid: what happens when aggressive energy policy collides with real-world reliability and rising electric bills. Jennings shared a photo of the Chalk Point Power Plant in Southern Maryland, noting that the facility—once a coal-powered plant—was forced offline in 2021 following…

By Michael Phillips Maryland Governor Wes Moore has spent the better part of his term basking in the glow of progressive praise for his “green energy” policies — touting wind farms, electrification mandates, and climate justice talking points as if they alone could power a state. But when the heat rises — literally — the illusion melts fast. Enter Pennsylvania, the reluctant hero. As a brutal…

The Next JSF Question: Upgrade or Buy New?

Morning Coffee is a robust blend of links to news around the Internet concerning the Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community. The opinions expressed here do not reflect opinions of the Leader’s owners or staff. Aviation Week reports on DoD’s dilemma, faced with a set of F-35s too limited to fly in combat, weighing whether to upgrade or buy new ones. Production of the fighter jets is…

Renewables as baseload power? Yes.

Some specifications of Chile’s upcoming Copiapo 24/7 solar power plant. As pointed out in the article itself, some environmentalists and clean energy advocates remain skeptical that a nuclear-free, carbon-free energy system is attainable; and we’ve had a few strong and interesting responses to my recent post The archaic nature of baseload power–or why electricity will become like long-distance. …

UBS: Solar will be the default technology, and will replace nukes and coal

Global solar growth as projected by UBS. Solar has barely even begun its growth spurt… A key factor in our belief that a nuclear-free, carbon-free energy system is not only inevitable but will be here sooner than nearly everyone currently believes, is not just the factual evidence of its mind-boggling, rocketing growth. Renewables are growing from a very small percentage of generating capacity–it…

Clean energy vs nuclear: the battle intensifies

Former top Obama aide Rahm Emanuel is now Mayor of Chicago. And he’s joined forces with clean energy advocates who have a different vision of the state’s energy future than Exelon. Photo from Wikipedia.

In theory, the “all of the above” energy policy has a certain amount of appeal: why should government pick winners and losers? Why not–since no one knowsthe future–as a matter of policy pursue all…