**** Ministers accused of trying to ‘buy off’ local discontent on wind farms Western Morning News Phil Goodwin 12 October 2014 Landscape campaigners have described the latest Government moves to help communities obtain financial benefits from wind farms as a guide to bribery. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has set out new … Continue reading UK Wind Industry Turns to Bribery as it Fails to “Win Brit’s Hearts & Minds”
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Tom Adams and Ross McKitrick: Wind Industry Claims about Wind Power NOT Causing Increased Power Prices a Tissue of Lies
**** Professor Ross McKitrick has been slamming the great wind power fraud for years now: his analysis is detailed, pointed and cuts across the lies and half-truths peddled by the wind industry, its parasites and spruikers (see our post here). Ross points to the glaringly obvious when he says that "wind turbines don't run on … Continue reading Tom Adams and Ross McKitrick: Wind Industry Claims about Wind Power NOT Causing Increased Power Prices a Tissue of Lies
European Government Support for Wind Power Collapses
**** Europe winds back the clock on windmills The Sunday Times Danny Forston 23 November 2014 Lured by subsidies, the power companies went green. But to keep the lights on they have to burn coal Sixty miles northeast of Düsseldorf, outside the town of Hamm in northwest Germany, workers are giving a final tune-up to … Continue reading European Government Support for Wind Power Collapses
20 Reasons Why the Wind Industry’s “Case” Doesn’t Stack Up
**** Here's a great little take on the great wind power fraud from the US. Twenty Bad Things About Wind Energy, and Three Reasons Why By John Droz, Jr. -- October 24, 2012 Editor note: This is an updated version of a previous post at MasterResource: “Wind Spin: Misdirection and Fluff by a Taxpayer-enabled Industry” … Continue reading 20 Reasons Why the Wind Industry’s “Case” Doesn’t Stack Up
Jim O’Donnell: the Great Wind Power Fraud is a Rich Man’s Game & the Poor End Up Paying
The following talk by Jim O’Donnell, Professor Emeritus of Business and Economics, Huntington University, was given to the Huntington County Planning Commission. The Economics of Wind Energy huntingtonccc.org James O'Donnell 12 November 2014 Local Business & Economics Professor Urges Huntington County Plan Commission to Not Allow Wind Farms I’m speaking tonight as an adopted son … Continue reading Jim O’Donnell: the Great Wind Power Fraud is a Rich Man’s Game & the Poor End Up Paying
Australian Senate to Turn Up the Blowtorch on the Great Wind Power Fraud
**** The Senate is about to launch into a full-blown attack on the wind industry and the fictions which have sustained it. Until now. We’ll open the batting with some moaning from the greentard’s favourite megaphone, The Guardian. Crossbench senators back another inquiry into wind power The Guardian Lenore Taylor 18 November 2014 Examination into … Continue reading Australian Senate to Turn Up the Blowtorch on the Great Wind Power Fraud
UK Subsidising Wind Industry Jobs at £115,000 a Pop & Killing REAL Jobs in the “Bargain”
Wind farm owners ‘get £115,000 subsidy for UK every job they create’ The Telegraph Emily Gosden 12 November 2014 Wind industry says record numbers of people employed in the UK - but critics say the subsidy bill has risen even faster Wind farm developers receive more than £115,000 in subsidy for every person they employ … Continue reading UK Subsidising Wind Industry Jobs at £115,000 a Pop & Killing REAL Jobs in the “Bargain”
Irish Economist – Colm McCarthy says: Time to Scrap Ireland’s Failed Wind Power Policy
**** Scrap wind farm plans, urges economist Colm McCarthy The Irish Times Barry Roche 20 October 2014 Ireland already has excess generating capacity under ‘failed EU policy’ Ireland should abandon plans to build more wind farms in order to comply with a European Union policy which has failed – especially in light of the fact … Continue reading Irish Economist – Colm McCarthy says: Time to Scrap Ireland’s Failed Wind Power Policy
Republican Mid-Term Victory Spells Doom for US Wind Industry
The US has just been through its mid-term elections, which saw sweeping gains by the Republican Party in the Senate, House, and in many gubernatorial elections, as well as state and local races. The Republicans gained control of the Senate for the first time since 2006, and increased their majority in the House. The Republicans … Continue reading Republican Mid-Term Victory Spells Doom for US Wind Industry
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
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