Just like this, only more expensive and more annoying. And at least this doesn't make you sick. From an STT special correspondent Go to http://windfarmperformance.info and look at the page for March 25, 2013. Web site author Andrew Miskelly tells us there is 2513 MW of installed capacity from wind farms on the eastern Australian … Continue reading The wind industry’s lies dissected
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We smell fear and loathing in the wind energy sector
Can you smell it? It's currently just a hint of Canberra breeze, a waft of something sour. But it's definitely there. The smell of fear and loathing. Recently, the head of Origin Energy, Grant King, hammered the Renewable Energy Target scheme and the Gillard government's carbon tax. King told an audience of business heavies the … Continue reading We smell fear and loathing in the wind energy sector
Has someone been telling porkies? Or was there a leak?
"The comments made by Mr Miles George of Infigen regarding the outcome of the systematic review, to which you make reference in your email, are incorrect. NHMRC does not know where Mr George has obtained his information from. The systematic review is still being conducted and the outcomes are yet to be finalised. Access to … Continue reading Has someone been telling porkies? Or was there a leak?
The Infigen … err, we mean the infinite wisdom of Arthur Daley
By an STT team member Growing up, television was strictly rationed in our household. The box in the corner was considered a bit uncouth - unpredictable and liable to bring unwanted things into the lounge. But there were exceptions: the ABC News (my father), the Mike Walsh Show (my mother) and a weekly half hour … Continue reading The Infigen … err, we mean the infinite wisdom of Arthur Daley
Did two senior wind energy executives just lie to the Australian Senate?
Parliamentary staffers in Canberra are investigating whether senior wind farm company executives have lied to two Senate inquiries. A source told STT Senate staff had received complaints about the testimony given in 2011 and 2012. Andrew Thomson of Acciona (left) and Jonathan Upson of Infigen Energy (right) both testified their companies' turbine host contracts did … Continue reading Did two senior wind energy executives just lie to the Australian Senate?
Greed, greed, greed and hubris
Nowhere on Miles George's biography on the website of Infigen Energy are the words Babcock and Brown. And this is unusual because, according to a document we unearthed, he was certainly an important person in the former Sydney-based global investment and advisory firm. George joined the infrastructure and project finance group of B&B in 1997. … Continue reading Greed, greed, greed and hubris
Infigen Energy’s shame – and Sarah Laurie’s truth
The document below is a statutory declaration. Under Australian law, it is equivalent to giving evidence under oath. If it contains false information, charges of perjury can be laid. This declaration was sworn before a policeman by Whiteheads Creek resident Ursula James last Thursday. It concerns alleged statements made before a number of people by … Continue reading Infigen Energy’s shame – and Sarah Laurie’s truth
What price do you put on friendship?
"For four years, a handful of farmers in the district hid a secret that not even a weekly drinks session or years of friendship could drag out. They had covertly opened up their farm gate to wind farm developers, lured by the cash offer of $15,000 for every wind turbine dug into their property — unbeknownst to the mate across … Continue reading What price do you put on friendship?
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