*** Infigen (aka Babcock and Brown) are DESPERATE to flog their wind farm interests in Australia and head back home to the US. They have a stack of planned and approved wind farms in Victoria and NSW, but haven't got a snowball's chance in hell of building any of them without a Power Purchase Agreement … Continue reading Angus Taylor: Infigen’s backdoor deal with ACT will triple power prices in Canberra
Category: Big wind industry
South Africa: Wind turbines are a rubbish idea
Engineers are a breed of their own. Unable to apply anything but logic and masters with facts and figures, the engineer is usually first to identify the nature and scope of any human problem. Well, P Sker is an engineer who had applied those skills to unravelling the greatest economic and environmental fraud of all … Continue reading South Africa: Wind turbines are a rubbish idea
Is Big wind the new Big Tobacco?
You will remember a year ago we brought you the story of the Ballarat sleep Specialist who warned that the wind industry was behaving like the tobacco industry in the 1950s (see our post here). And more recently we shared the neurophysiology tests that can be used to detect impaired brain function as a result of … Continue reading Is Big wind the new Big Tobacco?
With wind energy, your goose is cooked
Birds and bats cop it pretty rough when it comes to wind turbines entering their environment. But some animals are migratory, so when the low frequency noise and infrasound starts being emitted, that can take to the air and find somewhere else to call home. But what happens to animals when they can't escape? It … Continue reading With wind energy, your goose is cooked
Windfall: a documentary about the facade of wind energy
Snagfilms has made available online the 2010 documentary, Windfall, a story familiar to many around the world. It shows the devious ways that wind weasels infiltrate a quiet rural community and the suffering that results, as one by one, the lies spun by the developers are realised. For some reason, it is not available … Continue reading Windfall: a documentary about the facade of wind energy
Rats leaving the sinking ship
It was Bruce who pointed out that if you have a mouse plague, the way to deal with it is to remove the food source. Well it is the same with the wind industry. Wind farm plans in tatters after subsidy rethink Robert Mendick March 2 2014 Plans to build wind farms in England and … Continue reading Rats leaving the sinking ship
The FACTS exposed – Vestas knew all about the annoyance
This is a story about facts - and how they are getting in the way of stories being spun by Vestas. They have been caught out before (see our post here) and ignored the real experiences of annoyance from rural folk unfortunate enough to be turbine neighbours (see our Experience page here). So now we … Continue reading The FACTS exposed – Vestas knew all about the annoyance
Judith Sloan: Junking the RET is the right thing to do
Judith Sloan has already entered the STT Pantheon with an earlier piece on the insanity that is the RET (see our post here). Well, the lass with a head for numbers - and smarter than brain pie - is back at it with this sizzling piece from The Australian. Junking energy target is right The … Continue reading Judith Sloan: Junking the RET is the right thing to do
US Judge Orders Noisy Turbines to be Shut Down
Court Orders Utility To Address Wind Turbine Noise Problems Michigan Capital Confidential By Jack Spencer February 7 2014 Residents near Consumers Energy wind farm complain of health issues A judge has ordered Consumers Energy to come up with a plan to rid its Lake Winds Energy Plant of excessive noise levels. Last month, Consumers Energy asked … Continue reading US Judge Orders Noisy Turbines to be Shut Down
Kill the RET and Save the Poor
The REC Tax that comes with the RET is the most regressive tax of all. The impact on the poorest and most vulnerable is punishing and has led to the new phrase of our time – “energy poverty”. Germany has disconnected some 800,000 homes from its grid simply because they can no longer afford their … Continue reading Kill the RET and Save the Poor
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