Wind power is a fickle critter: wind too slow (no power); wind too fast (no power); wind turbine frozen solid (again, no power). The habit of freezing up during cold spells is just another reason why wind power will never amount to a meaningful power source, not now, not ever. Sure, there are ‘solutions’ when … Continue reading Too Cool For School: Frozen Wind Turbines Being ‘Warmed’ Up Using Diesel Powered Generators
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British Taxpayers Paying Wind Power Outfits £500,000,000 Every Year To Produce NOTHING!
There’s never been a financial scam that comes anywhere near rivalling subsidised wind power for longevity and audacity. Stories of the gullible signing up to buy the London Bridge or the Eiffel Tower spring to mind, when it is borne in mind that wind power (which simply cannot be delivered on demand) has no commercial … Continue reading British Taxpayers Paying Wind Power Outfits £500,000,000 Every Year To Produce NOTHING!
Quality Fail: Wind Power Output During COP26 Embarrasses Climate Industrial Complex
The climate grifters who descended on Glasgow to tout the purported benefits of wind power were done in by the weather, as wind power output collapsed for weeks across Europe in the lead up to COP26. During most of September and into October, Europe’s wind farms were the victims of the Big Calm, when the … Continue reading Quality Fail: Wind Power Output During COP26 Embarrasses Climate Industrial Complex
Daylight Robbery: UK Wind Farms Paid £9.3million To Shut Down Their Turbines For A Single Day
In the history of commerce, there’s never been a financial scam that comes anywhere near rivalling subsidised wind power. In the past, sharp, entrepreneurial types have made plenty of easy money from ‘selling’ the London Bridge and the Eiffel Tower to unwitting dupes. But scamming fools with too good to be true offers is nothing … Continue reading Daylight Robbery: UK Wind Farms Paid £9.3million To Shut Down Their Turbines For A Single Day
Post Modern Power: Scots Face Whopping Bill For Government’s Wind Power Obsession
Scotland’s energy policy was hijacked by lunatics and the canny Scot, renowned for their parsimony, is paying a very heavy price, indeed. The subsidies paid to wind power outfits have been colossal; and all that state-mandated largess is being tacked onto Scottish power bills and/or picked up by taxpayers, south of the border. One of … Continue reading Post Modern Power: Scots Face Whopping Bill For Government’s Wind Power Obsession
Money For Nothing: Scotland’s Wind Farms Earn More Revenue When They’re Turned Off!!
The fact that Scotland’s wind farms have pocketed £650m for not generating power has attracted more than just a little attention. STT has run several stories over the last few months about wind power outfits being paid very handsomely to NOT generate electricity. Perhaps it’s the sense of outrage that comes with knowing a group … Continue reading Money For Nothing: Scotland’s Wind Farms Earn More Revenue When They’re Turned Off!!
Scottish Scandal: Government Squanders £600 Million on ‘Constraint Payments’ to Wind Power Outfits for Discarded Power
Electricity that can’t be delivered as and when it’s needed has no commercial value. Indeed, when the gales rip across the Scottish Highlands and there’s a surfeit of wind power generated, that electricity can’t even be given away. Instead, taxpayers become the ‘buyers’ of last resort; not that they could never be called willing purchasers, … Continue reading Scottish Scandal: Government Squanders £600 Million on ‘Constraint Payments’ to Wind Power Outfits for Discarded Power
Scotland’s Wind Power Lunancy Escalates: Scots Forced to Pay £90m a Year to Wind Farms that Will Never Deliver Power
*** If Scots thought that their energy 'policy' couldn't get any more bizarre, Nicola Sturgeon's utterly bonkers decision to pay £90m a year to wind farms that will never deliver a single watt, has taken them on a trip with Alice down the rabbit hole. Sturgeon's wind turbines cost UK £90m a year - to stay … Continue reading Scotland’s Wind Power Lunancy Escalates: Scots Forced to Pay £90m a Year to Wind Farms that Will Never Deliver Power
Britain’s Wind Power Debacle: Wind Power Outfits Paid £200 Million a Year for Producing NO Power at All
**** Pinning its hopes to a wholly weather dependent power source - that requires 100% of its capacity to be backed up 100% of the time by conventional generation sources - Britain's energy 'policy' was never going to end well. Already faced with an unstable grid and rocketing power prices thanks to its gamble on … Continue reading Britain’s Wind Power Debacle: Wind Power Outfits Paid £200 Million a Year for Producing NO Power at All
UK Wind Farms Get to Pocket £Millions Without Producing a Single Spark
**** Britain’s wind power disaster is a debacle, to be sure. However, paying wind power outfits for electricity that’s never produced is nothing short of criminal. This Daily Express piece, which uncovers the scandal in Scotland, is a little confused on its facts, but we’ll sort that out below. Wind farms get £5million handout because … Continue reading UK Wind Farms Get to Pocket £Millions Without Producing a Single Spark
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