As STT followers are well aware, the mandatory Renewable Energy Target and the Renewable Energy Certificates issued to wind power generators under it amount to a Federal Tax on all Australian power consumers. The value of the REC Tax is then transferred to wind power outfits – like Union Super Fund backed, Pacific Hydro – … Continue reading Pac Hydro’s Wind Farm: How the Mandatory RET Destroyed Cape Bridgewater
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We are a group of citizens concerned about the rapid spread of industrial wind power generation installations across Australia.
Lunacy of Wind & Solar Power Policy: Political Incompetence or Conspiracy?
**** John Kutsch heads up the Thorium Energy Alliance an outfit that aims to see power generated using thorium enjoy a place at our reliable energy table. Thorium is an abundant silver-gray element named for the Norse god of thunder. It’s less radioactive than the uranium used to power conventional nuclear plants; it produces less … Continue reading Lunacy of Wind & Solar Power Policy: Political Incompetence or Conspiracy?
The Wind Industry: Rotten to the Core
**** We’ve reported on just how rotten the wind industry is – from top to bottom – and whether it’s bribery and fraud; vote rigging scandals; tax fraud; investor fraud or REC fraud – wind weasels set a uniform standard that would make most businessman blush. In previous posts we’ve looked at how the goons … Continue reading The Wind Industry: Rotten to the Core
Germans Blame “Missing Wind” for their Wind Power Debacle
**** Germany’s Debacle: 2/3 Of Wind Projects “Running Badly To Very Badly”… Case Of The “Missing Wind” NoTricksZone P Gosselin 20 September 2014 Germany-based European Institute for Climate and Energy (EIKE) here brings up a television report on the disappointing returns from wind parks, recently appearing on SWR South German public television. The days of … Continue reading Germans Blame “Missing Wind” for their Wind Power Debacle
US Wind Industry Under Siege: Congress Set to Cut Subsidies as Communities Boil Over
Wind power opponents seek repeal of tax credit The Seattle Times Hal Bernton and Erin Heffernan 21 September 2014 FOREST, Wisconsin — When wind-power developers prospected the rolling hills around this small dairy town, they found plenty of gusty sites for turbines. In 2011, they proposed a $250 million project with up to 44 turbines … Continue reading US Wind Industry Under Siege: Congress Set to Cut Subsidies as Communities Boil Over
Bird Carcass Count proves AGL’s Macarthur Wind Farm is an Avian Slaughterhouse
**** Wind farm turbines take toll on birds of prey The Australian Graham Lloyd 22 September 2014 EAGLES, falcons and other raptors make up to a third of the estimated 1500 birds killed each year at Australia’s biggest wind farm. The finding of an independent report for Macarthur Wind Farm operator AGL follows 12 monthly … Continue reading Bird Carcass Count proves AGL’s Macarthur Wind Farm is an Avian Slaughterhouse
Senator David Leyonhjelm on Australia’s Energy Future
Senator David Leyonhjelm is one of the 8 cross-benchers capable of turning Australia’s disastrous energy policy around during the life of this Parliament. He’s already come out swinging with a superbly crafted attack on the debacle that is the mandatory Renewable Energy Target which featured in The Australian a little while back (see our post … Continue reading Senator David Leyonhjelm on Australia’s Energy Future
Labor Out to Kill Australia’s Manufacturers & Mineral Processors
Back in December last year we looked at how South Australia went from economic zero to economic hero during the 1950s and 1960s – with the help of a pragmatic Adelaide Hills farmer, Sir Tom Playford (see our post here). Tom created a manufacturing and industrial investment paradise – principally by making cheap and reliable … Continue reading Labor Out to Kill Australia’s Manufacturers & Mineral Processors
Germany’s Offshore Wind Power Debacle
**** The Germans went into wind power harder and faster than anyone else – and the cost of doing so is catching up with a vengeance. The subsidies have been colossal, the impacts on the electricity market chaotic and – contrary to the purpose of the policy – CO2 emissions are rising fast (see our … Continue reading Germany’s Offshore Wind Power Debacle
It’s the Poor Who Suffer Most from the Great Wind Power Fraud
**** In a number of posts we've covered Bjørn Lomborg's critical analysis of how runaway renewables policies - and the spiralling power costs they cause - are having a devastating (and disproportionate) impact on the poorest in developed economies - and how they threaten to lock the poorest billion or so of our planet's inhabitants … Continue reading It’s the Poor Who Suffer Most from the Great Wind Power Fraud
