**** Last week saw some of the most bizarre "fun and games" ever seen before the Australian Senate, as the wind industry's "friendlies" in the employ of the Government or its Agencies - such as the Clean Energy Regulator (CER), Clean Energy Finance Coporation (CEFC) and the NHMRC - were grilled over a range of … Continue reading Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator Doles Out $Billions in Subsidies to Non-Compliant Wind Farms
Category: Big wind politics
Rearranging Deckchairs on the Titanic: or Ian Macfarlane’s Futile Efforts to Save the LRET & his mates at Infigen
**** For more than just a little while, STT has been pointing out that the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) is simply unsustainable - be that as a matter of simple economics; or as a cold, hard political fact. A couple of weeks back, we provided a very detailed analysis as to just why the … Continue reading Rearranging Deckchairs on the Titanic: or Ian Macfarlane’s Futile Efforts to Save the LRET & his mates at Infigen
Turbine Hosts Line Up to Tip a Bucket on Wind Power Outfits, as Senate Submissions Deadline Extended to 4 May 2015
**** The Australian Senate is about to rip into the greatest fraud of all time, with a Select Committee Inquiry into wind farms. Chaired by Victorian Senator, John Madigan, and set to kick off in March, it will operate under wide-ranging terms of reference, as its brief says: (1) That a select committee, to be … Continue reading Turbine Hosts Line Up to Tip a Bucket on Wind Power Outfits, as Senate Submissions Deadline Extended to 4 May 2015
The Wind Industry’s Latest “Killing Fields”: Africans Just “Dying” to “Save the Planet”
**** Wind power firm regrets shooting to death of teen Daily Nation Macharia Mwangi 26 February 2015 The company putting up a wind-power plant in Nyandarua has expressed its regrets over the death of a teenager following protests over the implementation of the Sh13 billion project. In Summary Mr Wakaba dispelled fears that the project … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s Latest “Killing Fields”: Africans Just “Dying” to “Save the Planet”
ABC’s “Ministry of Truth” – Media Watch – Cops Both Barrels from Graham Lloyd
**** In response to the Media Watch report about The Australian’s coverage of wind farms The Australian Graham Lloyd 23 February 2015 THE Media Watch report of February 16 (“Turbine torture: do wind farms make you sick?”) is littered with mistakes, omissions and misrepresentations from the opening scenes. The program represents blatant advocacy for commercial … Continue reading ABC’s “Ministry of Truth” – Media Watch – Cops Both Barrels from Graham Lloyd
Victoria’s Wind Rush sees 34,000 Households Chopped from the Power Grid
It took a while for Victoria to catch up with Australia’s wind power capital, South Australia when it comes to the roll-out of giant fans. Now, just like SA – the cost of doing so is hitting home – or rather tens of thousands of Victorian homes - with a vengeance. Soaring power costs leads … Continue reading Victoria’s Wind Rush sees 34,000 Households Chopped from the Power Grid
Scots MP – John Lamont – Calls for Just Compensation for Wind Farm Victims
**** There is something about an industry that believes it can deprive people of the use and benefit of their homes with complete impunity. The idea that wind power outfits can run their operations around the clock, depriving people of their right to sleep so as to drive them mad if they are forced (by … Continue reading Scots MP – John Lamont – Calls for Just Compensation for Wind Farm Victims
Pacific Hydro’s Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm Public Relations Disaster: Video of a Corporate Calamity Unfolding
**** In the month since Steven Cooper’s groundbreaking study into the adverse effects from turbine generated low-frequency noise and infrasound on wind farm neighbours at Cape Bridgewater hit the press, the wind industry and its parasites have reacted in a form of panic that can only be described as hysterical. None more so, than that … Continue reading Pacific Hydro’s Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm Public Relations Disaster: Video of a Corporate Calamity Unfolding
For Pacific Hydro’s Liability to its Wind Farm Victims it’s “Too Late She Cried: the Horse Has Already Bolted”
**** In the month since Steven Cooper’s groundbreaking study into the adverse effects from turbine generated low-frequency noise and infrasound on wind farm neighbours at Cape Bridgewater hit the press, the wind industry and its parasites have reacted in a form of panic that can only be described as hysterical. None more so, than that … Continue reading For Pacific Hydro’s Liability to its Wind Farm Victims it’s “Too Late She Cried: the Horse Has Already Bolted”
Three Decades of Wind Industry Deception: A Chronology of a Global Conspiracy of Silence and Subterfuge
A little while back, a Scottish pen-smith posed a little rhetorical on the subtle art of skulduggery: Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive! There have been few industries that have had more practice, and as much success, in that subtle art, as the wind industry. STT has popped … Continue reading Three Decades of Wind Industry Deception: A Chronology of a Global Conspiracy of Silence and Subterfuge