Mandatory RET Just Another Form of Punishment for the Poor

**** The mandatory RET has seen around $9 billion worth of Renewable Energy Certificates issued to wind power outfits, so far; the cost of which has been added to retail power prices and recovered from all Australian power consumers. With a further $50 billion to be transferred from power consumers to wind power outfits via … Continue reading Mandatory RET Just Another Form of Punishment for the Poor

Farmers Tell Wind Farm Developer to Stick its Turbines Where the Sun Don’t Shine

**** The great wind power fraud depends on a few gullible land owners signing up to host turbines for charming wind power outfits like Thailand’s RATCH (see our posts here and here and here). No turbine hosts; no wind industry. Lured by annual licence fees of around $10,000 per turbine, farmers who do sign up … Continue reading Farmers Tell Wind Farm Developer to Stick its Turbines Where the Sun Don’t Shine

Pac Hydro Write-Down Proves Wind Farms Don’t Run on Wind, they Run on Subsidies

**** Remember all that huff and puff put out over the last few months by the Clean Energy Council and near-bankrupt wind power outfit, Infigen about wind power becoming so cheap as to be competitive with coal and gas fired generators? You know, the fantastic tales about wind power causing a reduction in Australian retail … Continue reading Pac Hydro Write-Down Proves Wind Farms Don’t Run on Wind, they Run on Subsidies

Crookwell Crooks: Goldwind Slammed for its “Rules are for Fools” Approach

The Gullen Range wind farm has been a disaster from the get go (see our post here) - with hundreds of homes lined up as sonic torture traps (see our post here). There are 32 non-involved residences within 1.5 km of the turbines; about 60 within 2 km; and 118 within 3 km. Within 5 … Continue reading Crookwell Crooks: Goldwind Slammed for its “Rules are for Fools” Approach

“Confused Bats” to Blame for “Unprecedented” Wind Farm Bat Slaughter

Wind farms are certified bird and bat slaughterhouses, where millions are clobbered, sliced and diced every year (see our post here). Now, apparently, it’s turned out to be all the bats’ fault. If only they’d undergone turbine recognition and awareness training they wouldn’t be belted to kingdom come, night after bloody night. You see, bats … Continue reading “Confused Bats” to Blame for “Unprecedented” Wind Farm Bat Slaughter

Texas Blames Wind Power Slump on (you guessed it) … the Wind

**** The wind industry is the Great Pretender: always claiming to be a real match for conventional power generation sources, but never capable of delivering when it really counts (see our posts here and here). In Germany, the wind industry is left howling about a weather driven conspiracy against it; as wind power output routinely … Continue reading Texas Blames Wind Power Slump on (you guessed it) … the Wind

The Fightin’ Irish Go to War Over Wind Farm Plans for Emerald Isle

There aren’t many guarantees in life – death and taxes spring to mind: to which can be added community opposition to giant fans. Wherever wind farms have appeared - or have been threatened - big numbers of locals take a set against the monsters being speared into their previously peaceful – and often idyllic – … Continue reading The Fightin’ Irish Go to War Over Wind Farm Plans for Emerald Isle

Bjørn Lomborg: Wind Power – The Rich Man’s Curse on the Poor

When it comes to assessing the costs, risks and benefits of environmental policy Bjørn Lomborg has always tried to provide balanced, detailed analysis supported by facts and evidence. The economic choices we make – about allocating scarce resources to unlimited wants – should – as Lomborg consistently points out – be made taking into account … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: Wind Power – The Rich Man’s Curse on the Poor

A Lesson in Journalism: Rebecca Thompson Exposes the Great Wind Power Fraud

Rebecca Thompson is the brilliant young journo behind the recent Sun News documentary, Down Wind - that tipped a bucket on the great wind power fraud in Canada (see our post here). Down Wind, which runs for 96 minutes, can be purchased as a file and downloaded or as a DVD for those in the … Continue reading A Lesson in Journalism: Rebecca Thompson Exposes the Great Wind Power Fraud

Brits Rumble Frightening Energy Fact: Wind Power Depends on the (ur, ahem) Wind …

**** Power from wind turbines slumps - due to lack of wind The Telegraph Emily Gosden 25 September 2014 Electricity output from UK wind farms falls by a fifth due to unusually low wind speeds Power produced by wind farms slumped by a fifth in the second quarter of this year, despite hundreds of new … Continue reading Brits Rumble Frightening Energy Fact: Wind Power Depends on the (ur, ahem) Wind …