**** STT has - once or twice - pointed out the bald meteorological FACT that the wind can be safely relied on for one thing only - that, at some point, it will inevitably stop blowing. Just when, and for how long, is the fundamental and insoluble problem with wind power. We've reported on the … Continue reading If the Wind’s not Blowing – the Fans aren’t Going
Category: power prices
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?
RET hits “critically endangered” list
**** When lefty business rag, the Australian Financial Review joins the growing chorus of those ready to scrap the RET and start again, wind weasels must know they’re in BIG trouble. STT placed Australia’s unsustainable Renewable Energy Target on the endangered list from the moment we started. But with the Coalition’s RET review about to … Continue reading RET hits “critically endangered” list
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
Angus “The Enforcer” Taylor reloads and takes aim
Having beaten off a concerted wind weasel effort to keep him out of office, Angus "The Enforcer" Taylor bagged over 60% of the Vote and it looks like he'll hold the Federal seat of Hume for as long as he wants it. STT hears he was less than happy with the dirt and skulduggery pulled … Continue reading Angus “The Enforcer” Taylor reloads and takes aim
Brits overrun by their own Armada of Giant Fans
In 1588, the Spaniards set out to overrun Britain by sea with an enormous Armada. The Brits saw them off with the help of a plucky lad called Francis and some lucky wind changes. Not only did they cop a right Royal Navy flogging, but the cost of building Spain’s giant fleet eventually helped to … Continue reading Brits overrun by their own Armada of Giant Fans
Call to empty European renewable subsidy trough
Energy CEOs call for end to renewable subsidies EurActiv.com with Reuters Published: 11 October 2013 The CEOs of 10 utilities companies, which together own half of Europe's electricity generating capacity, are calling for an end to subsidies for wind and solar energy, which they say add too much power to a market already struggling with … Continue reading Call to empty European renewable subsidy trough
Show me the money! SHOW ME THE MONEY!
Study: Wind Power Costs Taxpayers Billions of Dollars Townhall.com Katie Pavlich 15 October 2013 According to a new study conducted by Texas Tech University Professor Dr. Michael Giberson for the Institute for Energy Research, the government and wind lobby aren’t telling taxpayers the whole truth about how much wind energy really costs. The study comes … Continue reading Show me the money! SHOW ME THE MONEY!
Brits finally rumble the size of the wind scam trough
Wind farm subsidies generate £900m for Britain's big six energy suppliers Robert Mendick The Telegraph 12 Oct 2013 The full extent of the subsidies for wind farms received by the “big six” energy companies can be disclosed today. An analysis of the industry’s figures shows that Britain’s largest energy firms received almost £900 million last … Continue reading Brits finally rumble the size of the wind scam trough
Britain’s Winter of Discontent
In our recent post Miliband off with the pixies as Brits brace for Winter of Discontent we predicted that Brits are ready for another Winter of Discontent as renewable driven power prices leave them freezing in the dark. **** Well, it seems we weren’t far off the mark. Peaking power piranhas are piling in to … Continue reading Britain’s Winter of Discontent
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