UK’s Wind Power Debacle Threatens to Leave Brits in the Dark

**** Scrap the Climate Change Act to keep the lights on, says Owen Paterson The Telegraph Christopher Hope 11 October 2014 The Climate Change Act 2008, which ties Britain into stringent environmental measures, should be suspended - and then scrapped - if other countries refuse to agree legally binding targets, says Owen Paterson MP Britain … Continue reading UK’s Wind Power Debacle Threatens to Leave Brits in the Dark

Brits Rumble Frightening Energy Fact: Wind Power Depends on the (ur, ahem) Wind …

**** Power from wind turbines slumps - due to lack of wind The Telegraph Emily Gosden 25 September 2014 Electricity output from UK wind farms falls by a fifth due to unusually low wind speeds Power produced by wind farms slumped by a fifth in the second quarter of this year, despite hundreds of new … Continue reading Brits Rumble Frightening Energy Fact: Wind Power Depends on the (ur, ahem) Wind …

New Wave of Turbine Terror: Brits Brace as Giant Fans Keep Collapsing

A while back we covered what the wind industry and its parasites call “component liberation” in our post – Life in the “throw zone” which included video of a Vestas’ turbine “liberating” its components. That led to a retort from an employee from AGL’s Macarthur wind farm disaster – calling himself “Prowind” – about the … Continue reading New Wave of Turbine Terror: Brits Brace as Giant Fans Keep Collapsing

Reliance on Wind Power: Playing a Lethal Game

A power generation system that can’t produce power on demand is no system at all. Wind power – entirely dependent on the weather – has consistently proven itself incapable of supplying meaningful power - requiring 100% of its capacity to be backed up by fossil fuel generation sources 100% of the time, both here (see … Continue reading Reliance on Wind Power: Playing a Lethal Game

The Wind Industry is based on a Central, Endlessly Repeated Lie

*** Lunacy on sea: As Ministers agree to the world’s biggest wind farm off Brighton, has Britain ever succumbed to a more catastrophic folly? The Daily Mail Christopher Booker 2 August 2014 What should be our reaction to daft stories like the one recently reported in the Daily Mail about the 60ft wind turbine put … Continue reading The Wind Industry is based on a Central, Endlessly Repeated Lie

Wind Power: Not Even Enough for a Cuppa

Giant wind farm will cost millions and ruin Brighton view Christopher Booker The Telegraph 19 July 2014 What good will come from the colossal wind turbines to be put up off the Sussex coast? Over the next four years, visitors to Brighton and the Sussex coast are in for a shock. Visible all the way … Continue reading Wind Power: Not Even Enough for a Cuppa

UK’s Environment Minister (Owen Patterson): Taking on the Great ‘Green’ Blob

Writing for The Telegraph, the former environment secretary, Owen Paterson, says he is proud of standing up to the green lobby, Owen Paterson: I’m proud of standing up to the green lobby Owen Patterson The Telegraph 20 July 2014 Every prime minister has the right to choose his team to take Britain into the general … Continue reading UK’s Environment Minister (Owen Patterson): Taking on the Great ‘Green’ Blob

Wind turbine fires ‘ten times more common than thought’, experts warn

Wind turbine fires 'ten times more common than thought', experts warn Emily Gosden The Telegraph 17 July 2014 Study backed by Imperial College finds wind turbines prone to "catastrophic" fires but the true scale of the problem is unknown Wind turbines may catch on fire ten times more often than is publicly reported, putting nearby … Continue reading Wind turbine fires ‘ten times more common than thought’, experts warn

The Battle for Britain: Wind Farm Wins Mount

**** It’s always delightful to report on wind farm developers being seen off by the hard work of dedicated locals. This time we’ve got twice the reason for jubilation: a High Court judge has dismissed an appeal by a developer hoping to despoil Burnham-On-Sea; while another developer seeing the writing on the wall has pulled … Continue reading The Battle for Britain: Wind Farm Wins Mount

UK’s Wind Industry Buys British Medical Association; Aims to Silence Medicos

In an all too familiar tale, the British Medical Association has been co-opted by the wind industry and is now just another advocate for the great wind power fraud. The same has happened in Australia with the: Australian Medical Association (see our posts here and here and here and here); Public Health Association; (see our … Continue reading UK’s Wind Industry Buys British Medical Association; Aims to Silence Medicos