Like a bride jilted at the altar, the wind and solar ‘industries’ are moaning about what could have been. Plenty of RE zealots managed to convince themselves that these so-called ‘industries’ were actually sustainable; that the subsidies that created them would ultimately prove unnecessary, or if not, taxpayers and power consumers would merrily pay … Continue reading Renewables ‘Transition’ Terminated: With Their Subsidies Slashed, the Honeymoon for Wind & Solar is Over
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Germany’s €Trillion Euro Disaster: Wind Power ‘Transition’ Destroys its Industrial Heartland
STT has a ‘thing’ for the English language. In the hands of adept practitioners, our mother tongue is capable of conveying all manner of complex concepts and ideas, and doing so with verve and wit. However, in the hands of the well-paid spin doctors and useful political idiots that run with, and run cover for, … Continue reading Germany’s €Trillion Euro Disaster: Wind Power ‘Transition’ Destroys its Industrial Heartland
Germany’s Wind Powered Transition: a Policy in Chaos
It’s not easy being green: Even with new reforms, doubts remain about Germany’s energy transition The Economist 13 August 2016 Brandenburg used to be called the sandbox of the Holy Roman Empire for its poor soil and marginal geography. Today a more appropriate moniker might be “the wind farm of the European Union” for all … Continue reading Germany’s Wind Powered Transition: a Policy in Chaos
Rocketing Power Prices see Subsidies Slashed, Bringing Europe’s Wind Industry to its Knees
**** The Australian wind industry is copping a belting from all sides at the moment. With the Senate Inquiry about to release its final report on the great wind power fraud; retailers flatly refusing to enter long-term Power Purchase Agreements - essential to obtain finance for new wind farms; and with an increasing number of … Continue reading Rocketing Power Prices see Subsidies Slashed, Bringing Europe’s Wind Industry to its Knees
Germany’s Wind Power ‘Dream’ Becomes a Living Nightmare
**** The wind industry, its parasites and spruikers, around the globe, hail Germany as THE wind power ‘Super Model’. Trouble is, in Germany - as elsewhere - the ‘gloss’ has well-and-truly worn off - and the 'Model' is looking more than just a little worse for wear. The Germans went into wind power harder and … Continue reading Germany’s Wind Power ‘Dream’ Becomes a Living Nightmare
German’s Top Daily – Bild – says Time to Chop Massive Subsidies for Wind Power
**** The Germans went into wind power harder and faster than anyone else – and the cost of doing so is catching up with a vengeance. The subsidies have been colossal, the impacts on the electricity market chaotic and – contrary to the environmental purpose of the policy – CO2 emissions are rising fast: if … Continue reading German’s Top Daily – Bild – says Time to Chop Massive Subsidies for Wind Power
Community Wind Farm Investors Losing their Shirts
**** As the wind industry Ponzi scheme unravels around the globe, it's so-called "community wind farms" that are taking a pounding. In the US, a bunch of farmers got fleeced for $millions as a wind power outfit running two small wind farms went belly up on the prairie (see our post here). STT has also … Continue reading Community Wind Farm Investors Losing their Shirts