Saturday, January 10, 2026

Important read!!-----Watt, Me Worry? Record-Setting "Capacity" Can't Keep the Lights On

One of the clearest signs that the Energy Transition is failing miserably - Mitch Rolling and Isaac Orr
“If a wind turbine is installed on the North Dakota prairie, but it isn’t spinning, does it even exist?”- Anonymous
The prevailing narrative surrounding the power sector is that America’s grid is short of watts, and that we need to vastly increase our power generation capacity to avoid rolling blackouts and meet surging demand for data centers and reindustrialization.
  • Given the state of the discourse, it may be hard to believe that America has more installed electricity capacity on its grid than ever before. But it’s true.
The problem is, so much of this capacity is from unreliable wind and solar facilities that provide almost no reliability value to the grid...
  • First, let’s set the stage...


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