KEY ELEMENTS OF PRESIDENT BIDEN’S PLAN FOR A CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION

[The Biden Administration]

Now that the election is over and Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States, the speculation can begin on what his presidency means for the renewable energy industry in general and the solar industry in particular.

We’ve all watched the changes at the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy over the past four years with ever-increasing dismay.

Under the Trump Administration, regulations on greenhouse gases have been dismantled, and regulations on fossil-fuel energy production have been rolled back.

During the campaign, President-elect Biden spent lots of time talking about the threat posed by climate change and his intent to leave the Earth in a better position to defend itself against climate-change deniers and the destruction of its environment.

To that end, I believe he will appoint an EPA administrator (CNN reports that it could be Washington Governor Jay Inslee, a fierce environmental champion and renewable energy supporter) and a Secretary of Energy whose goals will be to undo the worst of the damage done by the previous administration.

As a result, renewable energy—and specifically the solar industry—will once again take their rightful places at the center of the discussion of energy production in this country.

They won’t need to fix it all without the legislative branch’s support, of course.

They can reset the regulatory environment to level the playing field and give solar and other renewables a chance to compete on their own merits without the fossil fuel industry putting its thumb on the scales against them.

For years, the fossil-fuel industries have insisted that renewable energy industries be forced to compete on a level playing field.

President-elect Biden has pledged to eliminate fossil-fuel subsidies, finally giving solar and other renewable energy sources an opportunity to challenge the hegemony of the oil, gas and coal industries.

Renewable energy advocates have argued for years (with strong evidence to back it up) that in a truly free market, renewable energy sources are not only competitive with fossil fuels but beat them on price.

One of the Trump Administration’s most frustrating decisions was to impose additional tariffs on solar modules and inverters that the industry imports from China.

The price for high-efficiency PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) modules in the United States is nearly double the price the rest of the world pays for such modules as they leave factories in China.

In multi-megawatt quantities, such modules are now 32 cents to 35 cents per watt in the United States while they are only 17 to 19 cents per watt when manufactured. With shipping costs of 1.5 cents to 2 cents per watt, the overwhelming portion of this price differential is the tariffs.

One of the first things President-elect Biden will do is order the International Trade Commission to evaluate these tariffs and decide if they are still appropriate, given the damage they have done to the downstream solar industry in this country.

Reducing or eliminating the tariffs on solar modules and inverters will have tremendous positive effects on solar development.

Direct investments would help create well-paying union jobs in industries like solar, wind, geothermal and other renewable energy sources.

They would also encourage companies to invest in their employees and regain some of the job losses that came under the destructive policies of the past four years.

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/11/...ect-joe-biden/

[moon]

You can wear a hair shirt if you want, Jock McMoonshi'ite. We need a few volunteers to take one for the team, what is your preferred method of death?

Like Trump, Sprung maggot, you are an obsfuscating retreat monkey. Every week brings the death of your ecocidal doctrine closer.




Haw, haw...............................haw.

[moon]

They are too fucking scared of being called racist.

You're certainly not that, Sprung maggot.




Haw, haw.......................................haw.

[T. A. Gardner]

Now that the election is over and Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States, the speculation can begin on what his presidency means for the renewable energy industry in general and the solar industry in particular.

We’ve all watched the changes at the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy over the past four years with ever-increasing dismay.

Under the Trump Administration, regulations on greenhouse gases have been dismantled, and regulations on fossil-fuel energy production have been rolled back.

During the campaign, President-elect Biden spent lots of time talking about the threat posed by climate change and his intent to leave the Earth in a better position to defend itself against climate-change deniers and the destruction of its environment.

To that end, I believe he will appoint an EPA administrator (CNN reports that it could be Washington Governor Jay Inslee, a fierce environmental champion and renewable energy supporter) and a Secretary of Energy whose goals will be to undo the worst of the damage done by the previous administration.

As a result, renewable energy—and specifically the solar industry—will once again take their rightful places at the center of the discussion of energy production in this country.

They won’t need to fix it all without the legislative branch’s support, of course.

They can reset the regulatory environment to level the playing field and give solar and other renewables a chance to compete on their own merits without the fossil fuel industry putting its thumb on the scales against them.

For years, the fossil-fuel industries have insisted that renewable energy industries be forced to compete on a level playing field.

President-elect Biden has pledged to eliminate fossil-fuel subsidies, finally giving solar and other renewable energy sources an opportunity to challenge the hegemony of the oil, gas and coal industries.

Renewable energy advocates have argued for years (with strong evidence to back it up) that in a truly free market, renewable energy sources are not only competitive with fossil fuels but beat them on price.

One of the Trump Administration’s most frustrating decisions was to impose additional tariffs on solar modules and inverters that the industry imports from China.

The price for high-efficiency PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) modules in the United States is nearly double the price the rest of the world pays for such modules as they leave factories in China.

In multi-megawatt quantities, such modules are now 32 cents to 35 cents per watt in the United States while they are only 17 to 19 cents per watt when manufactured. With shipping costs of 1.5 cents to 2 cents per watt, the overwhelming portion of this price differential is the tariffs.

One of the first things President-elect Biden will do is order the International Trade Commission to evaluate these tariffs and decide if they are still appropriate, given the damage they have done to the downstream solar industry in this country.

Reducing or eliminating the tariffs on solar modules and inverters will have tremendous positive effects on solar development.

Direct investments would help create well-paying union jobs in industries like solar, wind, geothermal and other renewable energy sources.

They would also encourage companies to invest in their employees and regain some of the job losses that came under the destructive policies of the past four years.

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/11/...ect-joe-biden/

Solar is a complete failure. It takes takes a solar array 50,500 square miles ( roughly a 225 x 225 mile area) to match the output of one conventional coal fired power plant in America. for daily output. On top of that it takes roughly $10 billion in battery storage in addition. The operating life of a high quality PV solar panel is about 20 years. If the panels were free solar would still be more expensive to build and maintain.

Engineering and science have spoken. The Left, like BTT, who claim to "follow the science" are studiously ignoring it in the case of energy policy and Gorebal Warming.

[BartenderElite]

Solar is a complete failure. It takes takes a solar array 50,500 square miles ( roughly a 225 x 225 mile area) to match the output of one conventional coal fired power plant in America. for daily output. On top of that it takes roughly $10 billion in battery storage in addition. The operating life of a high quality PV solar panel is about 20 years. If the panels were free solar would still be more expensive to build and maintain.

Engineering and science have spoken. The Left, like BTT, who claim to "follow the science" are studiously ignoring it in the case of energy policy and Gorebal Warming.

A computer once took up 2 rooms of a building.

The science hadn't "spoken" at that point. It still hasn't spoken today, though computers are everywhere, and most carry one in their pocket.

Science will find ways of harnessing and storing solar that even the best in the field likely can't even imagine today.

[moon]

Solar is a complete failure. .

So go join the troglodytes.

[The Biden Administration]

Eager to advance their agenda under supportive new leadership in Washington, renewable energy groups have released policy wish lists, confident that President-elect Joe Biden's administration can strengthen renewable energy tax credits, invest in new transmission and establish a national renewable energy portfolio standard.

For 2021, President-elect Biden has proposed a $2 trillion climate plan.

President-elect Biden will shift national energy policy through executive orders.

Such orders will reverse the Trump administration's regulatory rollbacks on environmental protections, set federal procurement guidelines for renewable energy and encourage renewable energy development.

The National Oceanic Industries Association, or NOIA, in a policy document called on the U.S. Interior Department to grant a permit for the proposed 800-MW Vineyard Offshore Wind Project, in development by Avangrid Inc. subsidiary Avangrid Renewables LLC in partnership with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners K/S. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has again pushed back a deadline for making a decision to Jan. 15.

"While the Department has moved forward in this process, delays have been substantial and to the detriment of domestic energy," NOIA said.

NOIA also called for a renewable energy permitting czar in the White House who can help hasten the permitting process under the National Environmental Policy Act.

The American Wind Energy Association's 100-day plan is counting on President-elect Biden to make good on his campaign promise to set a national 100% renewable energy standard.

"Setting a standard, setting a target, is really important for giving people a north star" that will guide resource planning for state governments and businesses, said Tom Kiernan, CEO of the AWEA, in an interview.

According to the Solar Energy Industries Association's policy agenda, "The transformation to a clean energy economy will not be limited to increasing electricity generation from clean sources, it will require a holistic approach to infrastructure, transmission, transportation, and many other areas."

"The solar investment tax credit (ITC) is the single most effective current policy available to encourage clean energy deployment," the SEIA said.

A central theme for all the renewable energy trade groups is jobs. With the Trump pandemic still hammering the economy, the renewable energy sector can help jump start a recovery, they said.


https://www.spglobal.com/marketintel...ation-61385180

[T. A. Gardner]

A computer once took up 2 rooms of a building.

The science hadn't "spoken" at that point. It still hasn't spoken today, though computers are everywhere, and most carry one in their pocket.

Science will find ways of harnessing and storing solar that even the best in the field likely can't even imagine today.

Your analogy doesn't hold. The limiting factors for solar are the watt density of sunlight striking the Earth at about 1.3 to 1.4 KW per yd^2 or m^2 and the efficiency of PV conversion which is about 20% at best. You cannot increase the watt density of sunlight--PERIOD!. That is a fixed value. You cannot change the periodic table of elements and PV solar conversion works by the dielectric difference in potential between two elements making it up.

Solar power principles have been known for well over a century and fully established as science for well over half a century. It isn't going to get more efficient than it is.

[T. A. Gardner]

So go join the troglodytes.

Why would I want to join the bunch you hang out with?

[Grokmaster]

[Bulletbob]

Trump has spent his presidency ignoring the experts and scientists, reversing the Obama-Biden Administration’s efforts to address climate change, abandoning communities and workers, and blocking states and cities trying to lead— going backwards, all while we should have been doing even more.

On the first day of President Biden’s Administration, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, there will only be 9 years left to stop the worst consequences of climate change. Biden will act on climate immediately and ambitiously, because there’s no time to waste.

Teere are 9 key elements of Joe Biden’s plan for a Clean Energy Revolution and Environmental Justice.


https://joebiden.com/9-key-elements-...y-revolution/#

You know nothing about clean energy I see just like Joe.

[Cinnabar]

You know nothing about clean energy I see just like Joe.

You mean like your abundance of knowledge? Have you ever read your own posts? At least post some fact checkable articles to back up your parroted talking points.

And btw...I'm no Joe Biden fan but I bet he knows that windmills don't cause cancer.

[cancel2 2022]

You mean like your abundance of knowledge? Have you ever read your own posts? At least post some fact checkable articles to back up your parroted talking points.

And btw...I'm no Joe Biden fan but I bet he knows that windmills don't cause cancer.

He shouldn't have used the word cause, otherwise he was right, shit for brains.

“…The extensive and longstanding peer reviewed published clinical research detail[s] the known interconnections and associations betweenchronic sleep deprivation, … [and] immune suppression resulting in increased …malignancies (cancers)…. [Observation of these] health problems worsening with exposure to wind turbine noise is not surprising to clinicians …when they understand the way infrasound and low frequency noise ….are known to affect health….” Testimony to the Appeals Tribunal of the State of Victoria, Australia by Dr. Sarah Laurie, MD.

Getting enough sleep is important for overall health and may be related to cancer risk:

“From a biological perspective, there are a lot of good reasons for us to suspect that insufficient sleep, chronic sleep debt or short sleep duration could have an impact on the development of cancer….” Amanda Phipps, an epidemiologist and researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle quoted in U.S. News and World Report.


https://www.americanexperiment.org/2...azy-maybe-not/

[Hawkeye10]

He shouldn't have used the word cause, otherwise he was right, shit for brains.

“…The extensive and longstanding peer reviewed published clinical research detail[s] the known interconnections and associations betweenchronic sleep deprivation, … [and] immune suppression resulting in increased …malignancies (cancers)…. [Observation of these] health problems worsening with exposure to wind turbine noise is not surprising to clinicians …when they understand the way infrasound and low frequency noise ….are known to affect health….” Testimony to the Appeals Tribunal of the State of Victoria, Australia by Dr. Sarah Laurie, MD.

Getting enough sleep is important for overall health and may be related to cancer risk:

“From a biological perspective, there are a lot of good reasons for us to suspect that insufficient sleep, chronic sleep debt or short sleep duration could have an impact on the development of cancer….” Amanda Phipps, an epidemiologist and researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle quoted in U.S. News and World Report.


https://www.americanexperiment.org/2...azy-maybe-not/

There is an argument in there that the Go Go Go tech world is bad for us.

Maybe this is why so many people behave as if they are insane now.

[cancel2 2022]

A computer once took up 2 rooms of a building.

The science hadn't "spoken" at that point. It still hasn't spoken today, though computers are everywhere, and most carry one in their pocket.

Science will find ways of harnessing and storing solar that even the best in the field likely can't even imagine today.

Fuck me this bullshit again, if Moore's Law applied to wind turbines then they'd be 3 foot tall, sit on a table and produce 2 MW by now. Why are you so stupid?