Europe’s wind industry is in its death throes. Denmark’s Ørsted's share price plummeted 25% late last year, and after slashing dividends to shareholders was forced to write $billions off the projected value of its US offshore projects, and its share price is still heading south. Europe’s turbine manufacturers are bleeding cash and their shares will … Continue reading Europe’s Wind Industry Faces Total Oblivion & Slovakia Cans All Wind Projects
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Locals Ecstatic: French Court Orders Demolition of Noisy, Eagle Killing Wind Turbines
A French Court has ordered the wipeout of a fleet of wind turbines that have been wiping out golden eagles and which long ago wiped out the ability of locals to sleep peacefully in their own homes. The turbines in question have been slaughtering birds, including golden eagles, for years incensing conservation groups, as well … Continue reading Locals Ecstatic: French Court Orders Demolition of Noisy, Eagle Killing Wind Turbines
Holding Wind Power Outfits to Account Means Getting Your Own Noise Data
If you’re being driven nuts by thumping, grinding wind turbine noise don’t expect government authorities to help. Local governments, municipalities and so-called Environment Protection Authorities were co-opted by the wind industry, long ago. Although, sometimes, it’s more bungling incompetence than blatant corruption that does the damage. Everyone is entitled to sleep comfortably in their own … Continue reading Holding Wind Power Outfits to Account Means Getting Your Own Noise Data
Offshore Killing Fields: Wind Industry ‘Saves Planet’ By Slaughtering Whales, Dolphins & More
The US government granted the wind industry a license to kill whales, porpoises and dolphins and it’s doing so at an astonishing rate. Dozens of whale carcasses have washed-up along the Atlantic coast in the last few months, joining dozens of porpoises and dolphins that met the same fate. More than 500,000 Americans have united … Continue reading Offshore Killing Fields: Wind Industry ‘Saves Planet’ By Slaughtering Whales, Dolphins & More
Peace At Last: Neighbours Enjoy First Decent Sleep In Years After Wind Turbine Shutdown
There is no doubt that the thumping, grinding, mechanical cacophony generated by giant industrial wind turbines drives neighbours nuts. But trying to explain wind turbine noise to someone who has never had to live with it, is like trying to explain a migraine to someone who has never had a headache. A study from Flinders University … Continue reading Peace At Last: Neighbours Enjoy First Decent Sleep In Years After Wind Turbine Shutdown
Noise Torture Terminated: Wind Industry Panics After Supreme Court Orders Turbine Shutdown
Renewable energy rent-seekers are clearly rattled by the Supreme Court decision, that forced a wind farm operator to shut down all of its turbines at night-time and ordered substantial damages in favour of the plaintiffs for the pain and suffering, already caused to its victims. Being forced to limit the operation of wind turbines to … Continue reading Noise Torture Terminated: Wind Industry Panics After Supreme Court Orders Turbine Shutdown
Shut Down: Supreme Court Decision Destroys Wind Industry’s Entire Business Model
The Supreme Court’s decision, forcing a wind farm operator to shut down all of its turbines at night-time has wrecked the wind industry’s business model in Australia and elsewhere. Being forced to limit the operation of wind turbines to the daytime only, means forgoing every last nickel of income that might have been generated at … Continue reading Shut Down: Supreme Court Decision Destroys Wind Industry’s Entire Business Model
Supreme Court Exposes Wind Industry’s Appalling Treatment of Wind Farm Neighbours
The Supreme Court’s decision, forcing a wind farm operator to shut down all of its turbines at night-time, lifts the lid on a toxic culture, where the wind industry torments and ridicules its victims, as a matter of standard corporate practice. On 25 March 2022, Justice Melinda Richards of the Victorian Supreme Court slapped an … Continue reading Supreme Court Exposes Wind Industry’s Appalling Treatment of Wind Farm Neighbours
Landmark Decision Vindicates Victims: Supreme Court Orders Total Wind Farm Shutdown
In a world-first, neighbours tormented by wind turbine noise have won a landmark victory, forcing the operator to shut down all of its turbines at night-time. Yesterday, Justice Melinda Richards of the Victorian Supreme Court slapped an injunction on a wind farm because the noise it generates has been driving neighbours nuts for seven years, … Continue reading Landmark Decision Vindicates Victims: Supreme Court Orders Total Wind Farm Shutdown
RE-Volt: Greeks Sue Wind Developers for Nightly Wind Turbine Noise Torture
If you’re looking for litigious trouble, spear a few giant industrial wind turbines in someone’s backyard and you’ll soon find it. Americans have made suing wind developers for noise nuisance a national pastime. Now the Greeks are getting in on the act. Hélène Colliopoulou details the fury that’s led to locals lawyering up and suing … Continue reading RE-Volt: Greeks Sue Wind Developers for Nightly Wind Turbine Noise Torture