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IEA Underreporting Solar & Wind Energy 3–4x Compared To Fossil Fuels

September 6, 2017 by Alan Stainer

IEA Underreporting Solar & Wind Energy 3–4x Compared To Fossil Fuels

Whenever anyone quotes statistics at me, I always ask myself whether the statistics can be trusted. It may not be intentional, as people do make mistakes.

Well it turns out there is a pretty big mistake in the way wind and solar energy has been reported for over a decade. This needs to be fixed and fast.

h/t Renaud Janson

https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/05/iea-underreporting-solar-wind-3-4x-compared-fossil-fuels/

https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/05/iea-underreporting-solar-wind-3-4x-compared-fossil-fuels/

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  1. Enigma XD says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:34 am

    Until solar & wind by itself can power a city of 100,000 – 200,000 people with no issues IT IS WORTHLESS!!! Not to mention if solar is sooo great and sooo efficient, why are solar panels not standard on homes and businesses??? They pay for themselves right??? I love logical thinking! XD

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  2. Enigma XD says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:34 am

    Until solar & wind by itself can power a city of 100,000 – 200,000 people with no issues IT IS WORTHLESS!!! Not to mention if solar is sooo great and sooo efficient, why are solar panels not standard on homes and businesses??? They pay for themselves right??? I love logical thinking! XD

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  3. Enigma XD says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:34 am

    Until solar & wind by itself can power a city of 100,000 – 200,000 people with no issues IT IS WORTHLESS!!! Not to mention if solar is sooo great and sooo efficient, why are solar panels not standard on homes and businesses??? They pay for themselves right??? I love logical thinking! XD

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  4. Enigma XD says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:34 am

    Until solar & wind by itself can power a city of 100,000 – 200,000 people with no issues IT IS WORTHLESS!!! Not to mention if solar is sooo great and sooo efficient, why are solar panels not standard on homes and businesses??? They pay for themselves right??? I love logical thinking! XD

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  5. Enigma XD says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:34 am

    Until solar & wind by itself can power a city of 100,000 – 200,000 people with no issues IT IS WORTHLESS!!! Not to mention if solar is sooo great and sooo efficient, why are solar panels not standard on homes and businesses??? They pay for themselves right??? I love logical thinking! XD

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  6. Alan Stainer says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:43 am

    Enigma XD I honestly do not see how you can claim it is worthless.

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  7. Alan Stainer says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:43 am

    Enigma XD I honestly do not see how you can claim it is worthless.

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  8. Alan Stainer says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:43 am

    Enigma XD I honestly do not see how you can claim it is worthless.

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  9. Alan Stainer says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:43 am

    Enigma XD I honestly do not see how you can claim it is worthless.

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  10. Alan Stainer says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:43 am

    Enigma XD I honestly do not see how you can claim it is worthless.

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  11. Julian Bond says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:57 am

    TL;DR. And confusing as hell. One way out is to simply compare MWHr output. But that doesn’t account for the energy cost of inputs.

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  12. Julian Bond says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:57 am

    TL;DR. And confusing as hell. One way out is to simply compare MWHr output. But that doesn’t account for the energy cost of inputs.

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  13. Julian Bond says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:57 am

    TL;DR. And confusing as hell. One way out is to simply compare MWHr output. But that doesn’t account for the energy cost of inputs.

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  14. Julian Bond says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:57 am

    TL;DR. And confusing as hell. One way out is to simply compare MWHr output. But that doesn’t account for the energy cost of inputs.

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  15. Julian Bond says

    September 6, 2017 at 11:57 am

    TL;DR. And confusing as hell. One way out is to simply compare MWHr output. But that doesn’t account for the energy cost of inputs.

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  21. Timothy Hall says

    September 6, 2017 at 3:02 pm

    If you were to take into account all the secondary beneficial effects of processing crude oil you also would end up with a different picture. Furthermore the ability of fossil fuels to throttle according to need is not accounted for.

    It will always be black gold.

    The one thing that will change the game somewhat is if storage technologies mature enough to take the edge away that fossil sources have.

    There is some value to solar and wind, but at best, it is marginal.

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  22. Timothy Hall says

    September 6, 2017 at 3:02 pm

    If you were to take into account all the secondary beneficial effects of processing crude oil you also would end up with a different picture. Furthermore the ability of fossil fuels to throttle according to need is not accounted for.

    It will always be black gold.

    The one thing that will change the game somewhat is if storage technologies mature enough to take the edge away that fossil sources have.

    There is some value to solar and wind, but at best, it is marginal.

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  23. Timothy Hall says

    September 6, 2017 at 3:02 pm

    If you were to take into account all the secondary beneficial effects of processing crude oil you also would end up with a different picture. Furthermore the ability of fossil fuels to throttle according to need is not accounted for.

    It will always be black gold.

    The one thing that will change the game somewhat is if storage technologies mature enough to take the edge away that fossil sources have.

    There is some value to solar and wind, but at best, it is marginal.

    Loading...
  24. Timothy Hall says

    September 6, 2017 at 3:02 pm

    If you were to take into account all the secondary beneficial effects of processing crude oil you also would end up with a different picture. Furthermore the ability of fossil fuels to throttle according to need is not accounted for.

    It will always be black gold.

    The one thing that will change the game somewhat is if storage technologies mature enough to take the edge away that fossil sources have.

    There is some value to solar and wind, but at best, it is marginal.

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  25. Timothy Hall says

    September 6, 2017 at 3:02 pm

    If you were to take into account all the secondary beneficial effects of processing crude oil you also would end up with a different picture. Furthermore the ability of fossil fuels to throttle according to need is not accounted for.

    It will always be black gold.

    The one thing that will change the game somewhat is if storage technologies mature enough to take the edge away that fossil sources have.

    There is some value to solar and wind, but at best, it is marginal.

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  29. Takaphan Jaruhungsin says

    December 18, 2017 at 1:16 pm

    We need development for all green energy power, for people safety healthy and saving cost of money pay for , and reduced the nature of balanced mass and of earth

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  30. Takaphan Jaruhungsin says

    December 18, 2017 at 1:16 pm

    We need development for all green energy power, for people safety healthy and saving cost of money pay for , and reduced the nature of balanced mass and of earth

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