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
Category: UK
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
Brits Being Fleeced for £billions by Offshore Wind Farm Outfits
Britain’s political betters have set it up for one enormous gamble. Britain is wagering its entire economic future on its – out of control – wind power boondoggle. Back in January, The Economist reported on the INSANE cost of delivering offshore wind power – where generators are guaranteed obscene returns – being able to charge … Continue reading Brits Being Fleeced for £billions by Offshore Wind Farm Outfits
Fighting the Great Wind Power Fraud? You’re Not Alone
Hard to think it's only been a Year since we took the fight to Canberra. On 18 June 2013, 364 pro-farming and pro-rural community representatives - from Tolga in Far North Queensland, Coopers Gap in Southern QLD; from all over the Tablelands of NSW; a big contingent of Victorians and South Australians; and a contingent … Continue reading Fighting the Great Wind Power Fraud? You’re Not Alone
Wind Power: the Real Threat to Energy Security
**** One of the pitches being tossed up by the wind industry and its parasites at the minute is that adding wind power to the energy “mix” improves “energy security”. The yarn is spun around something like a “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” argument. Ergo, we should put all of our eggs … Continue reading Wind Power: the Real Threat to Energy Security
Wind Farms & “Community Division”: Tales from Rye Park (NSW) & Northumberland (UK)
*** Naked greed, institutional corruption and State-sanctioned corporate bullying and thuggery are part and parcel of the wind industry, wherever you go. We recount below a tale from Northumberland that could have been written anywhere that giant fans have been slung up in the world. In tales like these the phrase “community division” often appears. … Continue reading Wind Farms & “Community Division”: Tales from Rye Park (NSW) & Northumberland (UK)
Wind Turbines: lucky to last 10 Years
Dr Gordon Hughes is a Professor of Economics at the University of Edinburgh and a while back produced this cracking study which destroyed yet another wind industry myth about the longevity of these things: windfarm peformance UK hughes.19.12.12. Instead of the much touted 25 years, the output from modern turbines starts to drop significantly after … Continue reading Wind Turbines: lucky to last 10 Years
UK’s “Green” Wind Power Policy Turns to “Gangrene”
**** Britain’s energy policy is clearly “other worldly” (see our post here) and/or the product of a “finer” kind of thinking (see our post here). When it comes to giant fans, the Brits’ political betters are yet to work out that they’ve been stung by the greatest economic and environmental fraud of all time. One … Continue reading UK’s “Green” Wind Power Policy Turns to “Gangrene”
UK Energy Policy: Complete Bedlam as the Lunatics take over the Asylum
Since the 14th Century, the term “Bedlam” has been a well-worn figure of speech used to signify a state of madness, chaos, and the often irrational nature of the world. As any good Brit knows, Bedlam was a notorious mental institution - dating back to the reign of Henry III. In modern times, the … Continue reading UK Energy Policy: Complete Bedlam as the Lunatics take over the Asylum
