Europe’s Energy Crisis Poses Warning for the U.S. Breitbart Terry Jarret 14 April 2016 Europe has a problem that may soon become ours. Countries including Germany, Spain, and England are finding that their recent “green energy” experiments are proving too costly to continue. Between 2005—when the European Union adopted its emissions trading scheme—and 2014, residential … Continue reading Desperate Salvage Mission: Europeans Slash Wind & Solar Subsidy Schemes
Category: Big wind politics
Wind Power: Dangerous, Expensive, Pointless, Bird, Bat & Community Killer
Producing power with NO commercial value (save the massive taxpayer/power consumer subsidies it attracts); at a cost 3-4 times that of the reliable and secure stuff; spontaneously bursting into flame, throwing 10 tonne blades to the four winds or crashing to Earth in fits of vertical surrender, and along the way prematurely taking more than … Continue reading Wind Power: Dangerous, Expensive, Pointless, Bird, Bat & Community Killer
Wind Power in Germany: the Perfect Example of an Energy Fiasco
**** STT followers may wonder at our recent focus on Germany. The reason we pick on Deutschland is simply that - in making any point - it's best done with examples. Readily identifiable examples. But that doesn't mean the scenario in question is one worth following. Oh no. There are plenty of bad examples, used … Continue reading Wind Power in Germany: the Perfect Example of an Energy Fiasco
Bad Blood: Fatal Brawl Follows Pacific Hydro’s Desecration of Aboriginal Sacred Burial Site at Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm
**** Nothing divides a community like a wind farm. And that inviolable rule applies with equal force to Australia’s Aboriginal communities. To say that Australia’s Aboriginal history is both long and proud is mastery in understatement. Scientific estimates vary, but there have been Aboriginal footprints on this continent for somewhere between 40,000 and 60,000 years. … Continue reading Bad Blood: Fatal Brawl Follows Pacific Hydro’s Desecration of Aboriginal Sacred Burial Site at Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm
Denmark Slashes Wind Power Subsidies to Curb Runaway Power Costs
When the wind industry and its worshippers start chanting their mantras about the ‘wonders’ of wind, it isn’t long before they start preaching about the examples purportedly set by the Europeans; and, in particular, the Nordic nations. That the great wind power fraud was driven by Denmark’s struggling turbine maker, Vestas probably has a fair … Continue reading Denmark Slashes Wind Power Subsidies to Curb Runaway Power Costs
Subsidy Sam & his Wind Farm Scam
Subsidy Sam was big, one of the biggest turbines you could get. He had spent the last year, since being built, dominating the village and bearing down on the local school, its pupils and staff. Sometimes you could even see him flailing his arms about but a lot of the time he didn’t. He was … Continue reading Subsidy Sam & his Wind Farm Scam
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