FAIL: Busted Wind Turbines Give College Whopping Negative 99.14% Return On Investment Watts up with that? Anthony Watts 27 April 2016 From the “it’s OK, we used other people’s money” department and Andrew Follet at The Daily Caller: *** Lake Land College recently announced plans to tear down broken wind turbines on campus, after the … Continue reading PSST! Want to Make a Small Fortune? Throw a Large One at Wind Turbines
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Denmark Slashes Wind Power Subsidies to Curb Runaway Power Costs
When the wind industry and its worshippers start chanting their mantras about the ‘wonders’ of wind, it isn’t long before they start preaching about the examples purportedly set by the Europeans; and, in particular, the Nordic nations. That the great wind power fraud was driven by Denmark’s struggling turbine maker, Vestas probably has a fair … Continue reading Denmark Slashes Wind Power Subsidies to Curb Runaway Power Costs
Australian Power Retailers Give Renewable Energy Target 3 Years to Live
In this little piece from The Australian, keep an eye out for some truly desperate characters, who are having real trouble coming to terms with the fact that Australia’s electricity retailers have given the LRET no more than three years to live. Investment stalemate puts renewable energy target at risk The Australian Andrew White 16 … Continue reading Australian Power Retailers Give Renewable Energy Target 3 Years to Live
Ireland’s Battle Against Wind Farm Rollout Escalates: Vestas Workers Receive Death Threats
On the Centenary of the 1916 Easter Uprising - its causes and consequences - soon became the hot topic in Ireland: for the Irish, deliberating and celebrating its underdog status (whether at arms, through its history, or trade) is almost a National pastime. Underdogs or not, let there be no doubt about it: the Irish … Continue reading Ireland’s Battle Against Wind Farm Rollout Escalates: Vestas Workers Receive Death Threats
Wind Industry Howls ‘Wolf’ as Poles Finally Get a Few Half-Decent Wind Farm Rules
**** A week or so back we covered a Bloomberg article on new rules set to be imposed in Poland, with the predictable - we're "doomed" - response from the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers. Here's an analysis of what the new rules really mean. Polish Wind Industry 'Cries Wolf' at First Attempt of … Continue reading Wind Industry Howls ‘Wolf’ as Poles Finally Get a Few Half-Decent Wind Farm Rules
Australia’s Macquarie Group JV Loses $66M: Furious Kenyan Locals Kill Outrageous Wind Power Project
**** Back in February last year we covered the story of how a wind farm developer's efforts to steal land from under the noses of Kenyan farmers led to a local uprising, that ended in the murder of an innocent teenage boy. Since then, local farmers have only intensified their rage in response to more … Continue reading Australia’s Macquarie Group JV Loses $66M: Furious Kenyan Locals Kill Outrageous Wind Power Project
Community Defenders Bomb Wind Farm in the Philippines
**** After years of being lied to, bullied, berated and treated like fools (at best) and “road-kill” (at worst), for most, the ‘gloss’ comprising wind industry PR efforts to ‘win hearts and minds’ has well and truly worn off. These days, the communities aren’t so gullible; they aren’t so welcoming; and they aren’t willing to … Continue reading Community Defenders Bomb Wind Farm in the Philippines
Spain’s Subsidy Cut sees Wind Industry Collapse: NO Capacity Installed Since 2014
**** The Spanish wind industry faces its coup de grâce for the very same reason that the wind industry is on the ropes in the UK, Germany, the US, here and elsewhere: either the massive subsidies that have driven the greatest fraud of all time have actually been cut; or there’s the inevitable prospect that … Continue reading Spain’s Subsidy Cut sees Wind Industry Collapse: NO Capacity Installed Since 2014
Wind Industry Still Wailing About ‘Uncertainty’ as Construction Finance ‘Drought’ Hits
Wind power outfits have now cottoned on to the fact (slow learners that they are) that Australia’s big power retailers have turned their backs on the wind to face the Sun, instead. The former second-hand car salesmen that front the wind industry are still coming to grips with the recalcitrance of commercial retailers (we don’t … Continue reading Wind Industry Still Wailing About ‘Uncertainty’ as Construction Finance ‘Drought’ Hits
Bankers & Investors Close Ranks & Doom Wind Industry to Death By A Thousand Cuts
**** Earlier this week we looked at how Australia’s big power retailers have turned their backs to the wind to face the Sun, instead. Commercial retailers (we don’t count the ACT Government) haven’t entered any Power Purchase Agreements with wind power outfits since November 2012; and, we hear, have determined not to enter any more … Continue reading Bankers & Investors Close Ranks & Doom Wind Industry to Death By A Thousand Cuts
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