If wind power really is cheap and getting cheaper all the time, why is it that every State or Nation ‘powered’ by the weather is suffering power prices magnitudes higher than those that continue merrily chugging away on coal, gas or nuclear power? South Australia, Denmark and Germany suffer the highest power prices in the … Continue reading Cuomo’s Curse: Wind Power Obsession Leaves New Yorkers with Rocketing Power Bills
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Another Wind Power FAIL: Big Winter Blow Leaves 75,000 UK Homes Powerless
It’s this simple, really: when your power supply depends wholly upon the weather, expect it to vary entirely at the whims of Mother Nature. Last year we brought you the story of what happened in Texas when Hurricane Harvey belted the Lone Star state: Last Man Standing: Nuclear Plants Power Texans During Deluge – Wind Turbines … Continue reading Another Wind Power FAIL: Big Winter Blow Leaves 75,000 UK Homes Powerless
Offshore Wind Power Just as Unreliable & Twice the Insane Cost of Onshore Wind Power
**** Australia's Large-Scale RET is facing inevitable doom - and with it the wind industry - due to the fact that Australia's commercial retailers decided to kill it off over 3 years ago; refusing, since then, to enter Power Purchase Agreements with wind power outfits. The result has been that commercial lenders have ceased lending … Continue reading Offshore Wind Power Just as Unreliable & Twice the Insane Cost of Onshore Wind Power
Brits Crush Plans for Huge Offshore Wind Power Disaster
Navitus Bay wind farm refused permission by government BBC News 11 September 2015 A proposed wind farm off the south coast of England has been refused consent by the government. Developers behind the Navitus Bay project - for up to 121 turbines off Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight - say it would have … Continue reading Brits Crush Plans for Huge Offshore Wind Power Disaster
When “MORE” is Never “ENOUGH”: British Wind Power Outfits Demand MORE Subsidies
Offshore wind farms may be scrapped due to budget cap, ScottishPower warns The Telegraph Emily Godsen 30 October 2014 Keith Anderson says company’s East Anglia project is being scaled back and claims Government budget limits mean wind farms that do get built will be unnecessarily expensive Several proposed offshore wind farms may be scrapped in … Continue reading When “MORE” is Never “ENOUGH”: British Wind Power Outfits Demand MORE Subsidies
Germany’s Offshore Wind Power Debacle
**** 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 purpose of the policy – CO2 emissions are rising fast (see our … Continue reading Germany’s Offshore Wind Power Debacle
UK Energy Policy: Complete Bedlam as the Lunatics take over the Asylum
Since the 14th Century, the term “Bedlam” has been a well-worn figure of speech used to signify a state of madness, chaos, and the often irrational nature of the world. As any good Brit knows, Bedlam was a notorious mental institution - dating back to the reign of Henry III. In modern times, the … Continue reading UK Energy Policy: Complete Bedlam as the Lunatics take over the Asylum
Dave Cameron sends wind power offshore and consigns Brits to economic dustbin
**** David Cameron’s so-called "Conservatives" have seemingly ditched plans to roll out thousands of giant fans across the hills and dales of Old Blighty. Faced with a brewing voter backlash from their own rural constituents about the negative impacts Britain’s great wind rush has had upon the landscape, property values and the ability of neighbours … Continue reading Dave Cameron sends wind power offshore and consigns Brits to economic dustbin
Brits overrun by their own Armada of Giant Fans
In 1588, the Spaniards set out to overrun Britain by sea with an enormous Armada. The Brits saw them off with the help of a plucky lad called Francis and some lucky wind changes. Not only did they cop a right Royal Navy flogging, but the cost of building Spain’s giant fleet eventually helped to … Continue reading Brits overrun by their own Armada of Giant Fans
Up in Smoke
So much for wind power "saving the planet" - fossil fuel suppliers are watching their diesel sales soar as it becomes the fuel of choice for the back-up generation needed when wind-watts go missing - an inconvenient fact covered in Bobby thumbed a “Diesel” down …. You could say green dreams are going "Up in Smoke". … Continue reading Up in Smoke
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