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Can solar and wind + batteries really provide 24/7/365 electricity?

Lars Schernikau 19. June 2026

Rethinking the cost of electricity

Lars Schernikau 25. April 2026

Coal keeps the lights on

Lars Schernikau 18. March 2026

Heat pumps for all…or maybe not?

Lars Schernikau 14. February 2026

“Carbon” Capture Utilization & Storage (CCUS)

Lars Schernikau 3. January 2026

The problem with the “Primary Energy Fallacy”

Lars Schernikau 30. November 2025

Greenwashing our future

Lars Schernikau 18. October 2025

Insuring Life and Energy

Lars Schernikau 13. September 2025

Pros and Cons of Utility-Scale Battery Storage

Lars Schernikau 25. July 2025

Energy investment out of balance – IEA review

Lars Schernikau 20. June 2025

Blackouts, what causes them?

Lars Schernikau 16. May 2025

How “Green” does Biomass make the World?

Lars Schernikau 27. April 2025

Cyber security and critical infrastructure

Lars Schernikau 22. March 2025

Where the wind blows

Lars Schernikau 21. February 2025

Electricity for Data Centers

Lars Schernikau 24. January 2025

The “Unpopular Truth” about Hydro Power

Lars Schernikau 21. December 2024

Are Wind and Solar up for the challenge?

Lars Schernikau 9. November 2024

Hydrogen… what more can we wish for?

Lars Schernikau 12. October 2024

Natural Gas or Coal

Lars Schernikau 14. September 2024

Electric vehicles part 2

Lars Schernikau 18. August 2024

Electric vehicles part 1

Lars Schernikau 4. August 2024

Nature’s influence on solar and wind power generation

Lars Schernikau 5. July 2024

The Dilemma of Pricing CO2

Lars Schernikau 7. June 2024

Why primary energy is still king

Lars Schernikau 24. May 2024

Coal’s importance for solar panel manufacturing

Lars Schernikau 9. May 2024

Energy Trilemma

Lars Schernikau 8. March 2024

Advantages of Nuclear Energy

Lars Schernikau 22. February 2024

South Africa Electricity

Lars Schernikau 7. February 2024

Bursting light bulb signifying the Energy Crisis in Germany

What now Germany?… How do we get electricity…?

Lars Schernikau 18. January 2024