Britain’s Wind Power ‘Policy’: Betting on a Miracle

**** Britain’s energy policy: Betting on a miracle CAPX Rupert Darwall 1 December 2015 Ugly reality has broken into British energy policy. Last week’s speech by the climate and energy secretary Amber Rudd is a milestone that defines the end of the fantasy stage of the renewables fairy tale. Policy makers must now grapple with … Continue reading Britain’s Wind Power ‘Policy’: Betting on a Miracle

What Kills the Australian Wind Industry: A $45 Billion Federal Power Tax

**** The wind industry in Australia is doomed. Australia’s commercial lending institutions know it (calling in their loans and refusing to lend for any new wind farms). The wind industry knows it – hence the big players’ frantic efforts to ditch their wind farms, cut and run – although these fire sales are as much … Continue reading What Kills the Australian Wind Industry: A $45 Billion Federal Power Tax

UK Wind Farms Get to Pocket £Millions Without Producing a Single Spark

**** Britain’s wind power disaster is a debacle, to be sure. However, paying wind power outfits for electricity that’s never produced is nothing short of criminal. This Daily Express piece, which uncovers the scandal in Scotland, is a little confused on its facts, but we’ll sort that out below. Wind farms get £5million handout because … Continue reading UK Wind Farms Get to Pocket £Millions Without Producing a Single Spark

Wind Power Subsidies Crushing Families & Killing Thousands of Real Jobs

**** The wind industry’s fortunes are waning all over the globe. As politicians face the wrath of furious voters lumbered with the ludicrous costs of backing an entirely meaningless power generation source - subsidies are being slashed; investors are grabbing their money on the way out, before the whole Ponzi scheme inevitably collapses; and wind … Continue reading Wind Power Subsidies Crushing Families & Killing Thousands of Real Jobs

Who Needs Wind When Massive Subsidies Will Do the Trick?

**** WHO NEEDS WIND WHEN YOU’VE GOT SUBSIDIES Pickering Post Larry Pickering 25 September 2015 A unique set of circumstances gave Turnbull the keys to Kirribilli House, but he didn’t want them, he decided to stay in his far nicer house at Point Piper while he does his filthy global warming deals with the Greens … Continue reading Who Needs Wind When Massive Subsidies Will Do the Trick?

Wind Power: Get Set to Return to the Dark Ages

**** Windmills and Sunbeams Won’t Keep the Lights On NewsMax Larry Bell 14 September 2015 The Obama administration’s global warming hell-bent “Clean Power Plan” which is supposed to regulate and tax our nation away from fossil fuels to heavily subsidized “renewable” energy sources is presently a transitional bridge to nowhere. And after all, as the … Continue reading Wind Power: Get Set to Return to the Dark Ages

Wind Industry Fraud & Corruption Exposed: Pacific Hydro & Acciona Defrauding the Commonwealth

**** Following up on Senator John Madigan's brilliant exposé of criminal fraud and corruption in Australia's wind industry, which we covered in this post: Pacific Hydro & Acciona’s Acoustic ‘Consultant’ Fakes ‘Compliance’ Reports for Non-Compliant Wind Farms Alan Jones went to town on his 2GB Breakfast Show that - some 2 million listeners tune in … Continue reading Wind Industry Fraud & Corruption Exposed: Pacific Hydro & Acciona Defrauding the Commonwealth

UK’s Wind Power Debacle to Dish Up Another ‘Winter of Discontent’

*** Electricity network in 'uncharted territory' as blackouts loom The Telegraph Andrew Critchlow 5 September 2015 As Britain loses one more power station, experts argue the grid has been left too exposed. Picture a cold and dark wintery evening in November and millions of householders across the country are switching on their kettles at the … Continue reading UK’s Wind Power Debacle to Dish Up Another ‘Winter of Discontent’

US Wind Industry Wilts as Wind Welfare Gets Slashed

The wind industry exists - and ONLY exists - for one single purpose: to wallow in a massive subsidy stream that - in order to keep this monstrous Ponzi scheme alive - will need to outlast religion. In Australia, the - already overflowing - wind power subsidy trough is designed to be refilled with $3 … Continue reading US Wind Industry Wilts as Wind Welfare Gets Slashed

The Wind Industry’s Jobs Bonanza Myth Smashed, Again

*** One “justification” put up by the wind industry and its parasites for the social and economic chaos caused by spiralling power costs, community division and outrage - is the laboured-claim that investment in wind power would create a “new” economy, with millions of groovy “green” jobs for all. No better case study to debunk … Continue reading The Wind Industry’s Jobs Bonanza Myth Smashed, Again