Germans have woken up to the horrendous fact that their renewables rush has left them with an electricity grid on the brink of collapse, soaring power prices and that it was all for nothing. Instead of reducing CO2 emissions, the Germans have spent €billions subsidising thousands of giant fans and - despite the grandest of … Continue reading Wind Power: All Pain & NO Gain
Category: Germany
German Wind Power does what the Dambusters couldn’t do
**** On the night of 16/17 May 1943, RAF No. 617 Squadron aka the “Dambusters” set out in 19 Avro Lancaster MKIII bombers armed with Barnes Wallis’s revolutionary bouncing bomb - in what was called Operation Chastise. The purpose of the famous raid was to attack 3 major dams on the Ruhr in Germany: the … Continue reading German Wind Power does what the Dambusters couldn’t do
Wind Power: Germany’s Fatal Attraction
All lies and promises – the wind industry has finally been rumbled in Germany and is about to be shown the door in Australia. Wind weasels and their parasites have been guilty of more than just a little hubris. Claiming to be able to deliver cheap, reliable sparks was always going to be their undoing. … Continue reading Wind Power: Germany’s Fatal Attraction
German Offshore Fan Plan almost Kaput
The bigger they come, the harder they fall. And none will fall harder than the German wind weasel. Germans have woken up to the obscene costs of supporting a power generation system based on perverse ideology – rather than economic (or even common) sense. Here’s Der Spiegel on how the scam is grinding to a … Continue reading German Offshore Fan Plan almost Kaput
German Fairytale under threat from Giant Fans
As STT readers know, the wind weasel knows no bounds. Morals like honesty, integrity, fairness and respect don’t feature heavily in the wind scammers playbook. Ask Frank Bestic. Germans have learned through bitter experience just how low down and dirty these boys can go. German wind scammers are quite ready to ride roughshod over German … Continue reading German Fairytale under threat from Giant Fans
Janet Albrechtsen joins the queue lining up to kill the RET
A little while back in our post The Breakout we predicted that there would soon be a rush of mainstream press hammering the great wind scam, as journos everywhere start waking up to the greatest environmental and economic fraud of all time. At the minute, these boys and girls are having trouble forming an orderly … Continue reading Janet Albrechtsen joins the queue lining up to kill the RET
“Macca” & “Ronno” should watch & learn from Europe
In Australia the battle to kill off the Renewable Energy Target has well and truly begun. In response, wind industry goons have been seen crawling all over the Big House on the Hill in Canberra; trying to schmooze and booze their way into the hearts - and pockets - of a few Coalition members. **** … Continue reading “Macca” & “Ronno” should watch & learn from Europe
Wind Power spells “Doom” for European Economies
European Economic Stability Threatened By Renewable Energy Subsidies Forbes James Conca 20 October 2013 The stability of Europe’s electricity generation is at risk from the warped market structure caused by skyrocketing renewable energy subsidies that have swarmed across the continent over the last decade. This sentiment was echoed a week ago by the CEOs of … Continue reading Wind Power spells “Doom” for European Economies
Europe: back to the Dark Ages?
**** Energy Bosses Call for End to Subsidies for Wind, Solar Power Group Includes CEOs From Eni, GDF Suez and E.ON The Wall Street Journal Géraldine Amiel 11 October 2013 BRUSSELS - Top executives of companies that provide half of Europe’s electricity production capacity on Friday called on politicians to end “distorting” subsidies for wind … Continue reading Europe: back to the Dark Ages?
Germans on the brink of power price precipice
Soaring renewable energy costs set to stoke German energy debate Financial Times Chris Bryant (in Frankfurt) 15 October 2013 The cumulative total that German consumers have spent subsidising green energy is set to pass €100bn next year, a symbolic mark that could fuel further political debate about the country’s costly energy transition to renewables. The … Continue reading Germans on the brink of power price precipice