Renewable energy advocates often talk about wind and solar as “clean” energy resources, and talk about “dirty” fossil fuels, but how accurate is their assessment that renewables are actually clean?…
According the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, wind turbines have operational lifetimes of 20 years, but it appears Xcel Energy’s Nobles wind project, the third-largest wind farm in Minnesota, is losing…
Gov. Walz’s 100 percent carbon free energy proposal is a government-mandated wealth transfer from Minnesota families to the monopoly utilities that helped write the legislation. This is crony capitalism at…
As you probably know by now, American Experiment has released a new study entitled Doubling Down on Failure, How a 50 percent by 2030 Renewable Energy Standard Would Cost Minnesota $80.2…
It's good to see President Trump calling out wind and solar for what they truly are, unreliable, expensive, and unnecessary.
Renewable-energy advocates often cite increasing demand for steel, copper, nickel, and cobalt as a reason why Minnesotans on the Iron Range should support more renewable-energy mandates. There is no doubt…
Minnesota currently has a law mandating that 25 percent of the state’s electricity come from renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, by 2025. Some lawmakers have proposed doubling the…
Minnesota has spent well over $15 billion on wind, solar, transmission lines, and the profits utility companies make by putting these things in the ground, but we have no batteries…
Hello! In this edition of the In the Tank podcast, Donny, Isaac, and Justin discuss American Experiment’s newly-released report Doubling Down on Failure, How a 50 Percent Renewable Energy Mandate Would Cost $80.2…
Kids around the country are skipping school to draw attention to climate change, but why don’t these kids demand real solutions to a problem they find so severe they must…
Xcel Energy made headlines by announcing they would be the first electric utility to derive 100 percent of their electricity from sources that don't emit carbon dioxide by 2050. Earlier…
American Experiment is pleased to announce we are releasing a groundbreaking new study detailing the high cost renewable energy mandates in Minnesota. On the 2018 campaign trail, many DFL candidates,…
EIA: "Onshore wind looks to be competitive in only a few regions before the legislated phase-out of the production tax credit (PTC)." Is anyone really surprised?
Last week I was on WCCO’s program with Paul and Jordana, and we had a very spirited discussion. I’d highly encourage you to listen to the 12 minute interview if…
Hello! This week’s episode of In the Tank is a doozy. We talk about the exodus from the Land of Lincoln as they propose to make it even more expensive to live…
The Governor's lip-service to nuclear power appears to be a bait-and-switch. Nuclear is ok, just not existing nuclear or new nuclear.
DFL Governor Tim Walz is making Mark Dayton look downright moderate. Just this morning the newly-elected governor held a press conference stating his goals for making Minnesota's electricity sector 100 percent…
The following article was written by Michael Schellenberger, an environmentalist and advocate for nuclear power: When I was a boy, my parents would sometimes take my sister and me camping…
The story below from the Star Tribune summarizes a meeting held yesterday at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC), which was held to determine how well Minnesota’s utility companies weathered…
The energy world is buzzing today after the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator (MISO) released a report stating the wind didn’t show up to work during the polar vortex that swept…
Well, folks. The results of the Energy Information Administration’s autopsy of the January 2019 polar vortex are in and wind fared very poorly, mainly because wind plants were turned off…
The following article originally appeared in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. There have been many recent articles in The Daily Sentinel on Xcel’s new Colorado Energy Plan related to climate…
Hello! In this edition of the In the Tank podcast, Donny interviews Jonathan Williams from ALEC about his organization’s latest installment of the Rich States Poor States book. Minnesota does not fair…
Renewable energy advocates' fixation on bills relative to the national average rather than prices, is a disingenuous slight of hand that allows them to make it seem like Minnesotans are…