**** David Cameron won an election promising to scrap wind power subsidies; and plans to follow through - with terminal results for the wind industry in Britain. UK Pledges To Ax Green Energy Subsidies Daily Caller Andrew Follett 15 October 2015 The United Kingdom is pledging to end all green energy subsidies by the mid-2020s. “By … Continue reading David Cameron Terminates UK’s Wind Industry: Subsidies to be Completely Scrapped
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Europe’s ‘Colossal Energy Disaster’: €5.7 trillion ‘Completely Wasted’ on Wind Power ‘Wishes’
**** 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. The latter have seen economics hit back with a vengeance; wind power investment has thoroughly collapsed: Wind … Continue reading Europe’s ‘Colossal Energy Disaster’: €5.7 trillion ‘Completely Wasted’ on Wind Power ‘Wishes’
Wind Power Subsidies Crushing Families & Killing Thousands of Real Jobs
**** The wind industry’s fortunes are waning all over the globe. As politicians face the wrath of furious voters lumbered with the ludicrous costs of backing an entirely meaningless power generation source - subsidies are being slashed; investors are grabbing their money on the way out, before the whole Ponzi scheme inevitably collapses; and wind … Continue reading Wind Power Subsidies Crushing Families & Killing Thousands of Real Jobs
Liberal Senator – Chris Back – Demands Moratorium on New Wind Farms
**** Over bitter opposition from Labor and the Greens, and following almost 6 months of solid graft, 8 hearings in 4 States and the ACT, dozens of witnesses and almost 500 submissions, the Senate Inquiry into the great wind power fraud delivered its ‘doorstop’ final report, which runs to some 350 pages – available here: … Continue reading Liberal Senator – Chris Back – Demands Moratorium on New Wind Farms
European Wind Power Outfits Reduced to ‘Subsidy Beggars’
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we’ve said it before, and we’ll keep saying it – the wind industry exists – and ONLY exists – for one single purpose: to wallow in a massive subsidy stream that – in order to keep this monstrous Ponzi scheme alive – will need to outlast … Continue reading European Wind Power Outfits Reduced to ‘Subsidy Beggars’
UK’s Wind Power Debacle to Dish Up Another ‘Winter of Discontent’
*** Electricity network in 'uncharted territory' as blackouts loom The Telegraph Andrew Critchlow 5 September 2015 As Britain loses one more power station, experts argue the grid has been left too exposed. Picture a cold and dark wintery evening in November and millions of householders across the country are switching on their kettles at the … Continue reading UK’s Wind Power Debacle to Dish Up Another ‘Winter of Discontent’
US Wind Industry Wilts as Wind Welfare Gets Slashed
The wind industry exists - and ONLY exists - for one single purpose: to wallow in a massive subsidy stream that - in order to keep this monstrous Ponzi scheme alive - will need to outlast religion. In Australia, the - already overflowing - wind power subsidy trough is designed to be refilled with $3 … Continue reading US Wind Industry Wilts as Wind Welfare Gets Slashed
Wind Industry Still Wailing About ‘Uncertainty’ as Australian Retailers Continue to Reject Wind Power ‘Deals’
[Could it be something about the 'product', maybe?] Back in February this year, STT covered the unassailable fact that Australia’s Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) - then set at a colossal 41,000 GWh - was completely unsustainable on every level - economic, political and social: LRET “Stealth Tax” to Cost Australian Power Punters $30 BILLION … Continue reading Wind Industry Still Wailing About ‘Uncertainty’ as Australian Retailers Continue to Reject Wind Power ‘Deals’
‘Green’ Power Myths Busted: Wind ‘Powered’ Danes & Germans Pay Europe’s Highest Power Prices By Far
Green Mythology and the High Price of European Electricity Energy Matters Euan Mearns 17 August 2015 The price of residential electricity in the EU is correlated with the level of renewable energy installed on a per capita basis. The data shows that more renewables leads to higher electricity bills. The notion that renewable energy is cheap … Continue reading ‘Green’ Power Myths Busted: Wind ‘Powered’ Danes & Germans Pay Europe’s Highest Power Prices By Far
Wind Power Dreamers Put Australians on Highway to Energy ‘Hell’
*** When Electricity Bill Shorten came out to announce Labor’s 50% renewable energy target, a month back back, Tony Abbott quite rightly jumped on it as an economy destroying policy, that would drive power prices through the roof; energy intensive businesses offshore; and households into a dim, dark electricity free future. And fair enough: Adam … Continue reading Wind Power Dreamers Put Australians on Highway to Energy ‘Hell’