**** Talk about "safe" setback distances for wind turbines is nonsense that only panders to the wind industry and its well-oiled and highly paid propaganda machine. There is NO place for giant wind turbines ANYWHERE. They are NOT fit for purpose ANYWHERE. Because wind power can’t be delivered “on-demand” (can’t be stored) and is only … Continue reading There’s NO place for Wind Farms: Even Where the Streets Have No Name
Category: USA
Massive Subsidies for Wind Power a Crony Capitalist “Gift”
Ex-Rep. Istook: Wind Energy a Crony Capitalist Gift Newsfront Sean Piccoli 23 October 2014 Wealthy investors in wind power are reaping profits from an expensive — and subsidized — form of green energy that is driving up the electricity bills of ordinary Americans, a former Oklahoma congressman told Newsmax TV on Thursday. Under the guise … Continue reading Massive Subsidies for Wind Power a Crony Capitalist “Gift”
Nebraska Shows Wind Farm Developer the Door: Wind Power Just Too Expensive
Nebraska says no to BigWind b/c it is too EXPENSIVE saveourskylineohio 1 November 2014 The key wording, below, is that the industrial wind site could ‘potentially’ lower customers’ rates. Bravo, Nebraska, for recognizing the truth. The wind may be free, but converting it to electricity is extremely expensive. You don’t believe us? Go to our … Continue reading Nebraska Shows Wind Farm Developer the Door: Wind Power Just Too Expensive
Abandoned Homes Help Understand Wind Turbine Annoyance
At the recent 168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, a session was dedicated to research papers related to wind turbine noise and noise standards. Here are the slides and notes from one of these presentations - made by William Palmer, a Professional Engineer based in Canada who listened to what people were saying and used their abandoned … Continue reading Abandoned Homes Help Understand Wind Turbine Annoyance
Wind Power Sending Power Prices Through the Roof
The wind industry in Australia is still reeling at the RET Review Panel's recommendation to prevent any more wind farms being built by closing off the ability of "new entrants" to participate in the Large-Scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) (see our post here). In response, the wind industry and its parasites have been frantically trying … Continue reading Wind Power Sending Power Prices Through the Roof
Board of Health Declares Wisconsin Wind Farm a “Human Health Hazard”
Talk about the ultimate king-hit to the wind industry and its parasites – especially the hack pseudo-scientists that peddle the derisory “nocebo” theory – said to explain ALL adverse health impacts from the incessant low-frequency noise and infrasound generated by industrial wind turbines, including sleep deprivation. The Brown County Board of Health has just declared … Continue reading Board of Health Declares Wisconsin Wind Farm a “Human Health Hazard”
The Wind Industry Pays “Green” Groups $millions to Chant for More Subsidies
A little while back, the good Senator from Victoria, John “Marshall” Madigan launched an Exocet missile at the seedy world of hard-green-left politics and the wind power outfits that fund the Australian Greens (see our post here). The Greens have been particularly coy about where the hundreds of thousands of dollars used to fund … Continue reading The Wind Industry Pays “Green” Groups $millions to Chant for More Subsidies
Texas Blames Wind Power Slump on (you guessed it) … the Wind
**** The wind industry is the Great Pretender: always claiming to be a real match for conventional power generation sources, but never capable of delivering when it really counts (see our posts here and here). In Germany, the wind industry is left howling about a weather driven conspiracy against it; as wind power output routinely … Continue reading Texas Blames Wind Power Slump on (you guessed it) … the Wind
Wind Power’s True & Hidden Costs: A Dirty Big Secret
Clean Energy’s Dirty Secret National Review Online Rupert Darwall 23 September 2014 Renewable energy has become a potent rallying cry uniting Hollywood and the Beltway. “We can move our economy town by town, state by state to renewable energy and a sustainable future,” Leonardo DiCaprio says in his eight-minute climate movie Carbon, released in August. … Continue reading Wind Power’s True & Hidden Costs: A Dirty Big Secret
US Wind Industry Under Siege: Congress Set to Cut Subsidies as Communities Boil Over
Wind power opponents seek repeal of tax credit The Seattle Times Hal Bernton and Erin Heffernan 21 September 2014 FOREST, Wisconsin — When wind-power developers prospected the rolling hills around this small dairy town, they found plenty of gusty sites for turbines. In 2011, they proposed a $250 million project with up to 44 turbines … Continue reading US Wind Industry Under Siege: Congress Set to Cut Subsidies as Communities Boil Over
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