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Monthly Archives: November 2010
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 5, 2010
Items of interest: 1-“The company’s problems raise questions about the federal government’s wisdom in giving $535 million to a company with an unproven technology.” Uh! Half a billion dollars – $535,000,000.00? Yep … that raises a lot of questions! Fremont … Continue reading
Friends of Lincoln Lakes: “Region is Being Destroyed By First Wind!”
URGENT!!! Come out and support the Friends of Lincoln Lakes (Maine) on Monday, November 8, 2010 Details: —————————————————————————————— If you want to see the destructive force of mountain top removal, follow this link to see the photo evidence of The … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 4, 2010
Items of interest: 1-“A different wind energy developer with a project under construction nearby is trying to head off similar problems. That company reportedly is writing $5000 checks to neighbors who agree not to complain about turbine noise. Caithness Energy … Continue reading
Industrial wind threatens the golden eagles of the Allegheny Front.
In a superb, must-read post, naturalist writer Marcia Bonta takes us to the “Cadillac” of hawk watches, the Allegheny Front Hawk Watch. Beyond her wonderfully descriptive conversation about the bounty of wildlife witnessed during the encounter, Ms. Bonta has this caution … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 3, 2010
Items of interest: 1-Move over Windy! Wind farms could be forced out by oil rigs– Telegraph 2-“Is Germany helping to show the way to a more effective approach to the expansion of carbon-neutral energy production?” Germany’s Nuclear Bridge to Tomorrow’s … Continue reading
Edison Electric Institute – The Case for Baseload
A reader pointed us to this important article, written by Charlie Bayless for EEI (Edison Electric Institute). Mr. Bayless is a former provost at West Virginia University Institute of Technology and has served as CEO for several electric utilities and … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 2, 2010
Items of interest: 1-Excellent piece at WCO – “Ontario government knew early on that shutting the coal plants would not make a significant improvement in the air quality. Despite having this information, they stifled the report and claimed otherwise. ~ … Continue reading
Could solar energy’s “holy grail” be the final nail in industrial wind’s coffin?
National Review Online suggests MIT may have found the “holy grail” of solar energy – a process which permits it to be stored. The brief source article at Energy Matters claims that MIT researchers may have perfected a process which … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 1, 2010
Items of interest: 1-I know, for some of you, this is getting old … but I’ll pose the thought again – And the US is building windmills? “This summer China surpassed the United States as the world’s largest producer of … Continue reading
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