Availability Quote by John Constable

Sunlight and wind are inherently unreliable and energy-dilute. As such, adding solar panels and wind turbines to the grid in large quantities increases the…

— Michael Shellenberger

Intermittency [in availability for wind and solar] changes the economics, particularly this requirement that the power company at all times be able to require…

— Bill Gates

Variable but forecastable renewables (wind and solar cells) are very reliable when integrated with each other, existing supplies and demand. For example, three German…

— Amory Lovins

Wind and solar power are land-intensive, a green sin, but not energy-dense, and affordable only when heavily subsidized. And wind power must be supplemented…

— Mark McKinnon

You might say, well, aren't people saying that about wind and solar today? Not really. Only in the super-narrow sense that the capital costs…

— Bill Gates

Rely on renewable energy flows that are always there whether we use them or not, such as, sun, wind and vegetation: on energy income,…

— Amory Lovins

There are 80,000 jobs in the wind energy industry right now. And you can quadruple that number, if you have the right policy in…

— Van Jones

Even if you accept the theory of man-made climate change, wind turbines are a rotten way to reduce CO2 emissions, or to improve energy…

— Roger Helmer

[Wind energy] takes a very large footprint on the land, five to 10 times what you'd use for nuclear, and typically to get one…

— Stewart Brand

A utility can handle up to 20% of production from solar and that helps the grid because it produces electricity when needed. Solar power…

— Elon Musk

Wind energy can and will play one of the most important roles in saving the world of tomorrow, today.

— Tulsi Tanti

Renewable energy, including from offshore wind, is crucial to the effort to avoid some of the worst effects of climate change, according to environmentalists…

— Tatiana Schlossberg