**** 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
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Typically Bogus ‘Green’ Jobs Promise sees Texan Wind Power Outfit Sued for $2.7M
**** As the wind industry hoodwinked its way around the globe, one of the standard promises (well, more like bait for the more gullible fish in the pond), used to sucker in politicians was that, if (and only if) those in power were ready to sign over their constituents’ hard-won property rights, as well as … Continue reading Typically Bogus ‘Green’ Jobs Promise sees Texan Wind Power Outfit Sued for $2.7M
Australia’s Wind Industry Under Siege: LRET Subsidy Set to be Slashed (Again)
**** Subsidy won't generate target Australian Financial Review Ben Potter 10 March 2016 Less than a 10th of the wind and solar generation capacity required by the renewable energy target this decade is under construction, which could force the Turnbull government to renegotiate the controversial scheme with the opposition. Significant shortfalls under the cross-subsidy scheme … Continue reading Australia’s Wind Industry Under Siege: LRET Subsidy Set to be Slashed (Again)
Polish Power Consumers & Property Owners Demand & Get New Criminal Rules to Jail Wind Farm Developers
**** Wind Farms Now Come With the Threat of Jail Bloomberg Business Jessica Shankleman 3 March 2016 Poland's proposed rules may cost industry $38 million a year Legislation would apply to existing renewable plants One of Europe’s most promising markets for renewable energy is being threatened by legislation that would impose new fees and potential … Continue reading Polish Power Consumers & Property Owners Demand & Get New Criminal Rules to Jail Wind Farm Developers
‘Wrap-Up’ on Reign of Wind Farm Terror: Blades Buckle and Turbines Tumble in Michigan
Is there anything that can be said for a medieval power source that was abandoned Centuries ago for pretty obvious reasons? Pointless it most certainly is. But, along with that lack of justification on any level, comes a form of danger never seen before at any time in history: 10 tonne blades (with their outer … Continue reading ‘Wrap-Up’ on Reign of Wind Farm Terror: Blades Buckle and Turbines Tumble in Michigan
German Government Hunts Down Wind Industry Criminals & Corruption
**** What amuses STT is not that the wind attracts career criminals, but that they have the sanctimonious audacity to preach to the rest of us about their nobler-than-noble 'trade', while lying, cheating and bullying their way to profit from massive and (seemingly) endless subsidies chiselled out of us. One of the funnier cases, was … Continue reading German Government Hunts Down Wind Industry Criminals & Corruption
Vermont’s Wind Farm Rebellion Rolls & Builds: Bogus Charge Against Top Community Defender – Annette Smith – Dropped
**** STT has been delighted to report on the full-scale open rebellion that's erupted in Vermont - as nearly a hundred separate communities take up arms against chancers like David Blittersdorf - the recipient of a dead deer's head on his doorstep - and a band of bent political enablers that give oxygen to the … Continue reading Vermont’s Wind Farm Rebellion Rolls & Builds: Bogus Charge Against Top Community Defender – Annette Smith – Dropped
SA Wind Farm War: AFL CEO – Gillon McLachlan – Launches Litigation Against NZ’s Trustpower
**** New Zealand’s Trustpower love throwing their weight around – provided the targets of their violence and thuggery are 79 Year Old Pensioners and Disabled Farmers. Now, these delightful characters have a real fight on their hands. Gillon McLachlan is as well-heeled as he is passionate about his beloved property, Rosebank - the magnificent range … Continue reading SA Wind Farm War: AFL CEO – Gillon McLachlan – Launches Litigation Against NZ’s Trustpower
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
Wind Industry Peopled by Career Criminals: Convicted Felon Launches Ludicrous Defamation Claim Against Opponents
The wind industry seems to attract a particular class of bloke, in much the same way that the Prohibition era drew lots of heavy-set Italians to the Mob. Maybe that seemingly endless stream of massive subsidies filched from taxpayers and power consumers generates the same allure as festering dung does for swarms of flies? Whatever … Continue reading Wind Industry Peopled by Career Criminals: Convicted Felon Launches Ludicrous Defamation Claim Against Opponents
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