German Wind Farm Backlash Builds: Bavaria Slams Brakes On Wind Turbine Roll-Out

**** Germany's rural vistas of rolling hills, cloaked in pine, spruce, beech and oak, verdant valleys and delightful gothic homes, that fall from the pages of the Brothers Grimm, have been over-run with more than 20,000 of these things. If there was still a market for Picture Postcards, then the State of Bavaria would be … Continue reading German Wind Farm Backlash Builds: Bavaria Slams Brakes On Wind Turbine Roll-Out

Falmouth Wind Farm Nuisance Injunction Upheld (Again)

*** Back in November 2013, we reported on the orders made by a Court in Falmouth, Massachusetts that pulled to a halt the operation of a couple of Vestas V82s that have been driving townspeople nuts, since they kicked into gear over 5 years ago (see our post here). We’ve also reported on Barry Funfar, … Continue reading Falmouth Wind Farm Nuisance Injunction Upheld (Again)

Australian Power Retailers Give Renewable Energy Target 3 Years to Live

In this little piece from The Australian, keep an eye out for some truly desperate characters, who are having real trouble coming to terms with the fact that Australia’s electricity retailers have given the LRET no more than three years to live. Investment stalemate puts renewable energy target at risk The Australian Andrew White 16 … Continue reading Australian Power Retailers Give Renewable Energy Target 3 Years to Live

Spanish Wind Power Outfit – Iberdola – Pockets $2.2 BILLION in Taxpayer Funded Corporate Welfare

Wind and solar power subsidies are not just huge, they're massive and they're designed to be endless. In Australia, its Federal Government drew up the economic suicide pact also known as the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target 15 years ago. Under the most colossal single industry subsidy scheme in the history of the Commonwealth, power consumers … Continue reading Spanish Wind Power Outfit – Iberdola – Pockets $2.2 BILLION in Taxpayer Funded Corporate Welfare

The Wind Industry’s Myth of Storing Mass Volumes of Power Busted (Again)

Desperation is a stinky cologne: and the wind industry is drenched in it. Having been rumbled over the fact that wind power depends on ... wait for it ... the WIND, the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers have resorted to wild claims about building giant batteries - that could soak up their product at … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s Myth of Storing Mass Volumes of Power Busted (Again)

German Greens Turn Against Wind Power Too

**** German opposition to these things grows by the day. And, just like everywhere else, criminals, shysters and chancers cloak themselves in groovy 'green' credentials and help themselves to $billions in subsidies filched from power consumers and/or taxpayers: all for the 'good of the planet' -  or, perhaps, not. Corruption, lies treachery and deceit are … Continue reading German Greens Turn Against Wind Power Too

As Germany’s Energiewende Implodes, China Plans to Export Affordable Power to Power-Starved Germans

Famously, in 1793 the Emperor Qianlong penned a letter for the benefit of the entourage led by English Ambassador, Lord George McCartney, informing him and his King, George III that “we possess all things. I set no value on objects strange or ingenious, and have no use for your country’s manufactures.” Things have moved on … Continue reading As Germany’s Energiewende Implodes, China Plans to Export Affordable Power to Power-Starved Germans

Want to Destroy Your Economy? Then Follow the World’s Wind Powered Leaders: Germany & South Australia

As any student of that dismal science will tell you: for businesses, input costs matter. While wind-cultists claim that their beloveds wouldn't hurt a fly, let alone wreck whole industries, the reality is a long way removed from eco-fascist fantasy. Jack up power prices and, all things equal, an energy hungry firm's profits must fall … Continue reading Want to Destroy Your Economy? Then Follow the World’s Wind Powered Leaders: Germany & South Australia

Ontario’s Wind Power Nightmare: Crippling Power Prices & Rising CO2 Emissions

Ontario is the place where the most bizarre energy policy in the world has seen thousands of these things speared into the backyards of homes – in the most agriculturally productive part of Canada. When we say “bizarre” we mean completely bonkers. Canada has one of the “cleanest” power generation mixes on the planet, with … Continue reading Ontario’s Wind Power Nightmare: Crippling Power Prices & Rising CO2 Emissions

Germany’s Wind Industry Doomed as New Policy Caps Wind Power Capacity

**** The wind industry, its parasites and spruikers, around the globe, hail Germany as THE wind power ‘Super Model’. Trouble is, in Germany – as elsewhere – the ‘gloss’ has well-and-truly worn off – and the ‘Model’ is looking more than just a little worse for wear. The Germans went into wind power harder and … Continue reading Germany’s Wind Industry Doomed as New Policy Caps Wind Power Capacity