In recent weeks the greentard blogs have been overcome with grief as they moan about the almost inevitable consequences of the Coalition’s RET review, the future of the CEFC and now the ARENA fund - yet another taxpayer backed renewable slush fund that faces the chop. Their wailing and gnashing of teeth undermines their specious … Continue reading Kill the subsidies and the wind industry dies
Category: Big wind industry
Henry Ergas: the CEFC Labor/Green folly in the extreme
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is the brainchild of the Green-Labor alliance that left the Australian taxpayer as the unwilling underwriters of highly speculative wind power ventures that conventional banks won't touch with a barge pole. The CEFC is an outfit living on borrowed time - the Coalition have sworn that it'll be scrapped … Continue reading Henry Ergas: the CEFC Labor/Green folly in the extreme
Gullen Range: Time for an official inquiry
We predicted last year that the Gullen Range wind farm in NSW was a disaster waiting to happen (see our post here) and it seems that we were on the money. The Gullen Range wind farm has been a planning fiasco from the get go. The locations of 69 of the 73 turbines have been changed from those authorised … Continue reading Gullen Range: Time for an official inquiry
Matthew Sinclair: Wind power is a job killer
Senator Ros Boswell called it - either you can have renewable energy or an industry sector - not both. You can remind yourself of his speech at our Wind Power Fraud Rally here - where he lists the demise of our industry sector, industry by industry, and breaks down the power bills of a Wyndham iceworks … Continue reading Matthew Sinclair: Wind power is a job killer
Annie strikes again
Annie and Gus Gardner are hard working rural folk who have shared their battles with the AGL wind factory us at our Wind Power Fraud Rally last year and in letters covered in our posts here, here, here, here, here and here. The outrage that stemmed from the Gardner's reading of the AMA position paper on wind farms … Continue reading Annie strikes again
Bjørn Lomborg: Wind power is the path to poverty
**** Dr. Bjørn Lomborg is the Director of Copenhagen Consensus Center and Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School and conducts research into the smartest ways to improve the environment and the world. According to the UK Guardian, he is one of the 50 people who could save the planet. Here he writes how the burden of ineffective 'green' technologies … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: Wind power is the path to poverty
Senator Chris Back Unloads
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset that any country can have - Winston Churchill This was cited by Liberal Senator Chris Back at our Wind Power Fraud Rally in June 2013 (see our post here). This time we have Chris unloading in the Senate on Infigen, the AMA and the NH&MRC. Occasionally, there are speeches … Continue reading Senator Chris Back Unloads
Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET
Labor's Martin Ferguson bowed out of Parliament (gracefully) last year amid the brawl over the leadership between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. His departure was lamented on both sides of the House as Canberra lost a seasoned policy advocate for mining, industry and enterprise. Martin has just come out swinging about the scale and market … Continue reading Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET
More facts about Wind turbines and rare earths
**** You will remember our earlier stories on the use of rare earths in wind turbines (here and here), and how the demand for these materials is causing environmental havoc in China. **** Your 'too-friendly' neighbourhood wind developer has probably said that there are no rare earths used in wind turbines - well now you can … Continue reading More facts about Wind turbines and rare earths
The unpacking of the wind industry death warrant
**** Recently the Climate Speculator ran a story with the title, The report that could kill wind power penned by Dr Jenny Riesz. A catchy title, so we thought it warranted further investigation The 'report' was the Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) report Integrating Renewable Energy - Wind Integration studies, which is a rather lengthy (121 pages) piece … Continue reading The unpacking of the wind industry death warrant
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