Arctic Sea Ice Extent – 940,000 sq km Higher Than 2012 – Day 238 – 2016
Day 238 in Arctic is 940,000 sq km Higher Than 2012.
And remember, in 2012 there was a massive cyclone that caused the low. Not melting.
https://sunshinehours.net/2012/09/18/great-arctic-cyclone-2012-caused-the-record-low/
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 237 – 2016
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 235 – 2016
UK Emergency Power Scheme Broken
Imagine the UK’s emergency scheme for when the power grid fails this winter….
Well … its empty
One of the flagship schemes for keeping Britain’s lights on this winter has been cancelled at the last moment due to a lack of demand, illustrating the difficulties policymakers are having in balancing the UK’s electricity supplies.
National Grid had promised to pay organisations that were willing to turn off or turn down equipment this winter if there was a spike in demand or a drop in supply. The scheme proved vital last year when several power plants unexpectedly shut down — heavy electricity users such as businesses, hospitals and factories took 40MW of demand off the system in response.
But this year National Grid has cancelled the scheme, known as the “demand-side balancing reserve”, after too few users said they were willing to put themselves on standby. The move could cost the grid millions of pounds, which it expected to receive from the energy regulator to implement the policy.
The grid’s decision, which was announced in a letter to the few organisations who did apply, shows how difficult the company is finding it to keep supply and demand balanced with large old power stations rapidly reaching the end of their lives.
National Grid has said it expects the margin between supply and demand at peak hours during this winter to be the lowest ever.
German Electricity August 2016 – Days and Days Without Much Wind
Sometimes the wind blows in Germany and then it stops for 5 days ….
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 234 – 2016
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 232 – 2016
Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 230 – 2016
Eagle Killers Want Body Count Kept Secret
They want the body count kept secret.
“A company that operates at least 13 wind-energy facilities across three states is suing in federal court to block the US government from releasing information to the Associated Press about how many birds are found dead at its facilities.
Pacificorp of Portland, Oregon, is seeking an injunction in US district court in Utah to prevent the Interior Department from releasing information it considers confidential. The Obama administration has said it planned to turn over the material to the Associated Press, which sought it from the Interior Department in March 2013 under the US Freedom of Information Act. The government concluded that the industry’s concerns were “insufficiently convincing” to keep the files secret.
The information the AP sought was part of its larger investigation into bird and eagle deaths at windfarms and the administration’s reluctance to prosecute the cases as it advocated the pollution-free energy source. The AP asked the US Fish and Wildlife Service for data collected under federal permits given to companies to collect the carcasses of protected bird species, including eagles and migratory birds, found dead at their facilities.
Using documents, emails and interviews with former wildlife officials, the AP in articles published last year documented more than four dozen eagle deaths in Wyoming since 2009, and dozens more in California, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington and Nevada. Corporate surveys submitted to the federal government and obtained by AP showed at least 20 eagles found dead in recent years on Pacificorp windfarms in Wyoming.”
Read more here.
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