For something that the wind industry keeps telling us is as rare as hen's teeth, the unshackling of 10 tonne blades (euphemistically called 'component liberation'), the total collapse of 200-300 tonne turbines and the spontaneous combustion of turbine generators (and the 1,000 litres of highly toxic gear and hydraulic oil that slosh around inside the … Continue reading More Wind Turbine Self-Incinerations & 10 Tonne Blade Throws
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What’s Not to Like about Wind Power? – Wind Turbine Pyrotechnics & Fatal Flops
Wind power is, as we're repeatedly told, 'clean', 'green' and 'free'. But, ever keen to rain on the wind industry's parade, here's a couple of pieces that point out one or more inconvenient truths. As with the picture above, of a turbine self-immolating in Texas (see our post here) - the first concerns the habit … Continue reading What’s Not to Like about Wind Power? – Wind Turbine Pyrotechnics & Fatal Flops
What’s Wrong with Wind Power? Everything is Wrong with Wind Power
Much to the horror of the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers - and the dismay of the clowns that pretend to govern us - slowly, but surely, the facts are getting out: these things don't work; on any level. Piecing it together, in fine and erudite style, this time it's Sherri Lange from the North … Continue reading What’s Wrong with Wind Power? Everything is Wrong with Wind Power
Wind Power Investors Fleeced: Teenage Turbines Falling Apart in Donegal
**** Wind power outfits still make wild claims about these things running on the smell of an oily rag and lasting for 25 years or more, needing little more than a hug from time to time. However, the operations and maintenance cost of these things is around $25 per MWh - hardly the zero marginal … Continue reading Wind Power Investors Fleeced: Teenage Turbines Falling Apart in Donegal
Texan Pyrotechnic Turbine Terror: Wind Power Setting the World on Fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0lc8YpXe8 **** Utterly pointless, on every level; and insanely dangerous to man and beast, one of the more exciting features of these things is their ability to spontaneously combust. Above is a video, and below is the story and pics, of a recent piece of 'green' energy pyrotechnics on the Prairie. Watch it burn: Multiple … Continue reading Texan Pyrotechnic Turbine Terror: Wind Power Setting the World on Fire
Wind Turbine Terror: Collapses & Spontaneous Combustion
**** The number of cases involving collapsing turbines and flying blades (aka “component liberation”) has become so common that, if we were a tad cynical, we would go so far to suggest the possibility of some kind of pattern, along the lines proffered by Mr Bond’s nemesis, Goldfinger: “Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three … Continue reading Wind Turbine Terror: Collapses & Spontaneous Combustion
Today Tonight Reports on South Australia’s Wind Power Policy Disaster
**** South Australia is where the Australian wind industry meets its 'Waterloo' - which is fitting in its way: one of SA's worst public health disasters began at Waterloo in 2010 - when 37 Vesta's V90s (3MW monsters) spun into gear. From then on, the incessant turbine generated low-frequency noise and infrasound these things cast … Continue reading Today Tonight Reports on South Australia’s Wind Power Policy Disaster
Victorian Country Fire Authority’s Claim that Wind Turbines Not Combustible Scorched
**** During the Senate Inquiry's first hearing into the great wind power fraud, the Committee had to listen to a number of wind industry backed patsies and stooges. Among them were a pair from Victoria's Country Fire Authority (CFA): Craig Brownlie (Operations Officer, Specialist Response) and Andrew Andreou (Executive Manager, Community Infrastructure). When the pair were quizzed … Continue reading Victorian Country Fire Authority’s Claim that Wind Turbines Not Combustible Scorched
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