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Wind energy has been subject to evolution. Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP) (Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images “Energy is everything” is a quote often attributed to Albert Einstein, but was said by someone else. It is as compelling today as ever, but as the nation moves into the age of electrification, it could be modified to “electricity is everything.” On Day One of President Trump’s second term, he declared an energy emergency. It has been followed by what amounts to a new energy policy, although it isn’t called that in a formal way. This policy has been pursued with brio for coal, gas and oil, and has been accompanied by an aggressive jettisoning of environmental regulation deemed to be punitive. Equally it has deemphasized renewables, and Trump and Energy Secretary Chris Wright have castigated renewables, especially wind. Trump called wind turbines “so pathetic and so bad.” Wright said they are “subsidized, indefensible, land hogs that drive energy prices up.” The electric utility industry doesn’t agree; and study after study show wind, even without subsidies, to be the cheapest new generation available, according to Bob Deans of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Deans delivered his remarks during a virtual press briefing, hosted by the United States Energy Association. Utility presidents like renewables and have found wind, even with intermittency, desirable as the cheapest power available. Improved batteries are making intermittency much less of a problem. Texas, home to so much oil and gas, also has the largest installed wind generation component in the United States, and is second in solar generation. Utilities In An Awkward Position Administration opposition to wind and solar has gone against a global trend, and has put many of the nation’s utilities in an awkward position. They neither wish to…

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