James Schlesinger and Robert L. Hirsch - Getting Real on Wind and Solar - washingtonpost.com

The United States will need an array of electric power production options to meet its needs in the years ahead. Solar and wind will have their places, as will other renewables. Realistically, however, solar and wind will probably only provide a modest percentage of future U.S. power. Some serious realism in energy planning is needed, preferably from analysts who are not backing one horse or another.
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James R. Schlesinger was the first secretary of energy and established the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Robert L. Hirsch is senior energy adviser at Management Information Services Inc. Previously he managed the federal renewables program at the Energy Research and Development Administration, the predecessor to the Energy Department.

Asche has doubts on wind power - Columbus, Nebraska's Community Newspaper

“This is a great idea for economic development,” Asche said. “But the challenges of reliability and transmission immediately come to mind when you may have contracts to meet and you’re depending on an uncertain and intermittent generation source to generate power to fulfill those contracts.”

Asche said the questions don’t stop there. He told the directors that at this point there is no way to even estimate what the out-of-state market for wind energy may be. In addition he said the size and location of potential wind farms is going to be key to planning for transmission of the power generated.

Spring puts on brakes as record highs turn into blizzard | greatfallstribune.com | Great Falls Tribune

Wednesday's record-high 80-degree temperature seemed a world away as northcentral Montana was slammed with several inches of snow and a 50-plus-degree drop Thursday.