The Paiton Power Station is a 4,700-megawatt coal-fired power plant in East Java, Indonesia. It is the 10th largest coal-fired power plant in the world.

The Use of Coal

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United States Billion-Dollar Disaster Events 1980-2023 graph

2023 Record Year for Weather Disasters. Expect More in the Future.

“For millions of Americans impacted by a seemingly endless onslaught of…


outage map shown of the USA

More Outages to Come

More Outages to Come. Get Prepared. The graphic shows outage locations and…


snow storm in a US town covering the ground, buildings, traffic light, and a car

No LNG for New England

Christmas Future could be deadly. I just got a photo of my Sister-in-Law, who…


A giant container ship newly designed by a Chinese shipyard

More Chinese Energy Leadership

“Chinese shipyard unveils plans for world’s first nuclear container powered by…


data levelised cost of value adjusted lcoe valcoe for solar pv and coal fired power plants in India in the new policies scenario

Stop cherry picking data! It’s lying.

If you have been following our posts, we have been very critical of LCOE…


Rectangular red sign written with the words NO WAY long duration storage

The fallacy of long duration storage

Every day I hear the hype about batteries and how they are the key to a 100%…


cartoon duck curve

The duck curve is getting worse.

“The duck curve presents two challenges related to increasing solar energy…


Governments are planning much more fossil fuel extraction than aligned with climate goals

Fossil is here to stay

Prepare for increasing extreme weather and power outages. “According to the…


A blackout city with no lights on

Energy Droughts

Solar and Wind Energy Droughts can last a week. "The paper, Standardized…