“Apoplexy”: informal, extreme anger: the decision has aroused apoplexy among greentard bloggers. In the week just gone, greentard bloggers, wind weasels and their parasites have gone into meltdown over the Head Boy’s decision to appoint 4 business and energy market experts to head up the long awaited RET review. In charge will be Dick Warburton … Continue reading Planets Align as Dick Warburton – RET Slayer – appointed to head RET Review
Category: Big wind industry
US Renewable Guru commits heresy – once the facts are known support for fans plummets
Many STT readers will be aware that both the Australian government (where are you Greg Hunt) and the Clean Energy Regulator have been conspicuously silent amid allegations of fraudulent payments running to hundreds of millions of dollars relating to RECs - aka Large-scale Generation Certificates (LGCs) - created by non-compliant wind factories such as Waubra, … Continue reading US Renewable Guru commits heresy – once the facts are known support for fans plummets
Ben Acheson – Wind Energy: Chalk it Up As a Loss
Ben Acheson writes for the Huffington Post. He's also the Energy and Environment Policy Adviser and Parliamentary Assistant to Struan Stevenson MEP at the European Parliament in Brussels. In addition to his expertise on Energy and Environment issues, he has an in-depth knowledge of regional security in Central Asia, animal welfare within the European Union … Continue reading Ben Acheson – Wind Energy: Chalk it Up As a Loss
Nick Xenophon slams “reckless” CERES Project as an “economic kick in the guts” for SA
**** SA’s favourite Greek, Senator Nick Xenophon has teamed up with Frontier Economics’ Danny Price to absolutely hammer the ludicrous plan to spear 197 giant fans into SA’s agricultural Heartland on Yorke Peninsula. While we noted yesterday that the chances that the Ceres project will ever be built are slimmer than a German supermodel – … Continue reading Nick Xenophon slams “reckless” CERES Project as an “economic kick in the guts” for SA
Nick Xenophon says: Time to Can the Fans
*** South Australia’s favourite Greek, Senator Nick Xenophon is on an all out assault on the wind industry – and fair enough. During the last election he was the target of a pernicious attack launched by the Greens and paid for by Vestas & Co – Nick was less than impressed with the lies and … Continue reading Nick Xenophon says: Time to Can the Fans
Greens live in a state of constant denial
**** With the race on to kill the Renewable Energy Target stone dead - Australia's so-called "Greens" are working overtime to save it and their wind industry clients. The Greens have become a fully paid up front for the wind industry - struggling Danish fan maker, Vestas has poured $millions into Green coffers and is … Continue reading Greens live in a state of constant denial
Stanwell Corp says the RET must GO
**** STT hears the queue outside Environment Minister, Greg Hunt’s office is becoming rowdier and larger by the day. Real power generators are keener than ever to get rid of the mandatory Renewable Energy Target – and see the potential for the Coalition’s Direct Action policy to do just that. Operatives from Queensland’s biggest power … Continue reading Stanwell Corp says the RET must GO
Energy Policy Institute of Australia: no “ifs”, no “buts” – the RET must go NOW
With the RET review about to kick off shortly, anyone that’s anyone is lining up to make sure the most ridiculous energy policy ever cooked up and endorsed by an Australian Coalition government gets the axe. The Energy Policy Institute of Australia has just joined the queue - and for very good reason. We’ll let … Continue reading Energy Policy Institute of Australia: no “ifs”, no “buts” – the RET must go NOW
Prof Colin Hansen hammers SA EPA’s Waterloo Noise-Wash
**** Long-suffering Waterloo residents waited years to get South Australia’s rotten little EPA to even consider taking seriously their complaints about incessant low-frequency noise and infra-sound generated by Truenergy’s (aka Energy Australia) fleet of 37 giant fans. STT Champion, Mary Morris led the charge with a cracking letter pointing out the EPA’s legal responsibility to … Continue reading Prof Colin Hansen hammers SA EPA’s Waterloo Noise-Wash
Geothermal: a REAL Renewable Alternative
**** STT is a huge fan of renewable energy - provided it can be delivered on demand (see our posts here and here). Wind power - through the efforts of crooks and hucksters, like Enron and Babcock & Brown aka Infigen – who set the up the RET rort in the first place - stole … Continue reading Geothermal: a REAL Renewable Alternative
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