Tag: wind farm construction

More ‘Green’ Energy Victims: Wind Farm Landslides Wiping Out Fertile Farmland

With friends like the wind industry, who needs enemies? No one could accuse the wind industry of caring about the environment in which we live. In Quang Tri Province, Vietnam dozens of wind farms are under construction, with turbines being planted on top of steep ridgelines that sit above fertile valleys. In high rainfall country, … Continue reading More ‘Green’ Energy Victims: Wind Farm Landslides Wiping Out Fertile Farmland

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)

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