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
Time to Kill the Mandatory RET & Bring Power Prices Back to Earth
Abbott must keep calm and cut power prices The Australian Gary Johns 15 July 2014 THE British government in 1939 created the phrase “Keep Calm and Carry On” to prepare Brits for German attacks during World War II. The Abbott government should adopt it, and take heart. Of course, the slogan belied the preparedness to … Continue reading Time to Kill the Mandatory RET & Bring Power Prices Back to Earth
Burchell Wilson: Sectors Should Join to Beat the RET
Burchell Wilson holds the chief economist role at the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He's been on the front foot for some time now, seeking the abolition of the mandatory RET - which he sees as "corporate welfare on a massive scale". Here's Burchell unloading in today's Australian. Sectors should join to beat … Continue reading Burchell Wilson: Sectors Should Join to Beat the RET
Mandatory RET Threatens Jobs & Australian Energy Security
The mandatory RET not only threatens thousands of real jobs, it's threatening Australia's energy security. The perverse market distortion created by the RET allows wind power outfits to dump electricity at prices approaching zero, on those occasions when the wind is blowing (see our post here). The result being that incumbent generators are precluded from … Continue reading Mandatory RET Threatens Jobs & Australian Energy Security
Curt Delvin: Wind Energy’s Fantasy in Green
“Being crazy isn’t enough”: Wind energy’s fantasy in green Curt Devlin 12 July, 2014 “Never let the facts get in the way of a good story,” cautioned Mark Twain. Miles Grant heeded Twain’s famous advice in his recent opinion about global climate change and wind opposition. Grant brims with evangelical fervor when he argues that … Continue reading Curt Delvin: Wind Energy’s Fantasy in Green
Jennifer Westacott: Time to End Poorly-Designed Energy Policy
Jennifer Westacott is the chief executive of the Business Council of Australia and has extensive policy experience in both the public and private sectors. She has occupied critical leadership positions in the New South Wales and Victorian governments. This weekend she wrote in The Australian about the devastating impact of poorly-designed energy policy on businesses and energy consumers - and the necessity … Continue reading Jennifer Westacott: Time to End Poorly-Designed Energy Policy
Bjørn Lomborg: Want to Save the Planet? It’s a Gas.
When it comes to assessing the costs, risks and benefits of environmental policy Bjørn Lomborg has always tried to provide balanced, detailed analysis supported by facts and evidence. The economic choices we make - about allocating scarce resources to unlimited wants – should – as Lomborg consistently points out - be made taking into account … Continue reading Bjørn Lomborg: Want to Save the Planet? It’s a Gas.
The Tangled Web: John Madigan Exposes the Greens as a Paid-Up Wind Industry Front
The good Senator from Victoria, John “Marshall” Madigan is on fire. Having skewered the former tobacco advertising guru - who claims to be an “expert” on well, just about everything (see our post here) - the Marshall has just launched an Exocet missile at the seedy world of hard-green-left politics and the big corporate interests … Continue reading The Tangled Web: John Madigan Exposes the Greens as a Paid-Up Wind Industry Front
Senator Chris Back: Time to Kill the Mandatory RET
**** WA Liberal Senator, Chris Back launched a stinging attack on the wind industry during a speech in the Federal Senate, yesterday. Responding to a cacophony of wind industry rent seeker bleating, Chris has smashed headlong into three of the wind industry’s greatest myths. The first is that any alteration to the mandatory Renewable Energy … Continue reading Senator Chris Back: Time to Kill the Mandatory RET
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
