**** True to form, Angus “the Enforcer” Taylor has gone on the front foot over the Power Purchase Agreement signed between Infigen and the ACT. Since then, it appears Thai wind scammers, RATCH have piled in on the deal too. When the deal was announced a few weeks back Angus came out swinging and hasn’t … Continue reading Angus Taylor: ACT Wind Power Plan Corporate Welfare on steroids
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Matthew Sinclair: Wind power is a job killer
Senator Ros Boswell called it - either you can have renewable energy or an industry sector - not both. You can remind yourself of his speech at our Wind Power Fraud Rally here - where he lists the demise of our industry sector, industry by industry, and breaks down the power bills of a Wyndham iceworks … Continue reading Matthew Sinclair: Wind power is a job killer
Bjørn Lomborg: Wind power is the path to poverty
**** Dr. Bjørn Lomborg is the Director of Copenhagen Consensus Center and Adjunct Professor at Copenhagen Business School and conducts research into the smartest ways to improve the environment and the world. According to the UK Guardian, he is one of the 50 people who could save the planet. Here he writes how the burden of ineffective 'green' technologies … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: Wind power is the path to poverty
Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET
Labor's Martin Ferguson bowed out of Parliament (gracefully) last year amid the brawl over the leadership between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd. His departure was lamented on both sides of the House as Canberra lost a seasoned policy advocate for mining, industry and enterprise. Martin has just come out swinging about the scale and market … Continue reading Labor’s Martin Ferguson: time to scale back RET
Europe turns tail on wind: cuts subsidies, taxes profits
Well it has started in Europe - the march away from subsidies for intermittent and unreliable power sources such as wind energy. We'll let Brady Yauch, an economist and Executive Director from the Consumer Policy Institute in Canada, explain. Governments rip up renewable contracts Brady Yauch 18 March 2014 Europe’s renewable energy investors are facing … Continue reading Europe turns tail on wind: cuts subsidies, taxes profits
The unpacking of the wind industry death warrant
**** Recently the Climate Speculator ran a story with the title, The report that could kill wind power penned by Dr Jenny Riesz. A catchy title, so we thought it warranted further investigation The 'report' was the Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) report Integrating Renewable Energy - Wind Integration studies, which is a rather lengthy (121 pages) piece … Continue reading The unpacking of the wind industry death warrant
Judith Sloan: Junking the RET is the right thing to do
Judith Sloan has already entered the STT Pantheon with an earlier piece on the insanity that is the RET (see our post here). Well, the lass with a head for numbers - and smarter than brain pie - is back at it with this sizzling piece from The Australian. Junking energy target is right The … Continue reading Judith Sloan: Junking the RET is the right thing to do
Kill the RET and Save the Poor
The REC Tax that comes with the RET is the most regressive tax of all. The impact on the poorest and most vulnerable is punishing and has led to the new phrase of our time – “energy poverty”. Germany has disconnected some 800,000 homes from its grid simply because they can no longer afford their … Continue reading Kill the RET and Save the Poor
Miners gang up on the RET
Australia’s miners have carried its economy along on a wave of investment and export growth over the last 20 years – so when they talk – governments listen (see our post here). Here’s a cracking piece by Minerals Council Chief, Brendon Pearson that appeared in The Australian. No end in sight to soaring electricity prices … Continue reading Miners gang up on the RET
The RET helped to kill Alcoa’s Port Henry Aluminium Smelter & 980 jobs
**** Proving Ron Boswell’s statement that: “Australia can have a carbon price and renewable energy targets or viable manufacturing. We can’t have both” – aluminium refiner, Alcoa has just announced that it will pull the plug on its Port Henry smelter near Geelong – with the loss of 980 jobs. Here’s The Australian on another … Continue reading The RET helped to kill Alcoa’s Port Henry Aluminium Smelter & 980 jobs
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