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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Vermont Wind Shenanigans and WV Endangered Species Kill – Wind Wise Radio
Urgent! Please tune in this evening (Sunday, August 26th) from 7:00 to 8:00 Eastern time on WWR, Wind Wise Radio at http://www.windwiseradio.org Tina Fitzgerald and Scott McLane from Vermont will be on to talk about the sordid goings on surrounding … Continue reading
Posted in Bat/Bird Kills, Wind Energy Shenanigans
Tagged art dodds, endangered bat kill, industrial wind, laural mountain preservation association, Master Naturalist, Pam Dodds, Registered Professional Geologist, scott mclane, tina fitzgerald, Vermont, Vermont wind shenanigans, West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Wind Wise Radio
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My boss would have fired the whole bunch!
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia has a Vision Statement. Have a look at Vision Statement Item 4: “An improvement in the standard of living and quality of life for the people of West Virginia” Reading this statement, folks … Continue reading
Posted in Edison Mission Group, Pinnacle Wind Farm, West Virginia Wind, WV PSC Hearing - Pinnacle Knob, WV State Government
Tagged edison international, Edison Mission Energy, industrial wind, Pinnacle Wind Farm, Quality of Life, West Virginia, wind company bankruptcy, Wind energy, wind turbine, wind turbine noise, WV Public Service Commission
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C. (Kees) le Pair – Facts About The Savings Of Fossil Fuel
AT Note: While this study of industrial wind’s ability to replace fossil fuel is focused on data specific to The Netherlands, it should give pause to the efforts in the US to blanket our countryside with these enormous and very … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 8, 2012
Items of Interest: 1-“The amount of misinformation driven by the wind industry and its surrogates has reached a point where the public and Congress are less willing to blindly follow AWEA’s lead.” – MasterResource 2-“President Barack Obama announced late Monday … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 7, 2012
Items of Interest: 1-“He also noted that wind farms are attractive to investors because government subsidies are often available to support their construction.” “You’ll probably see more of them being erected up and down the ridges, unless the government decides … Continue reading
Posted in Breaking Wind
Tagged cost of wind, fast reactors, Hawaii wind farm, Nuclear Energy, renewable, Wind, wind farm, wind subsidies, wind turbine fire
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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 6, 2012
Items of Interest: 1-“Wind Energy Is Extraordinarily Expensive And Inefficient” – Watts Up With That? 2-“As dawn came and the 1.4 million customers in Xcel Energy’s service district began turning on the lights, toasters and other appliances, the utility’s coal … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 4 and 5, 2012
Items of Interest: 1-“it is only now being recognized that offshore IWT installations have necessarily caused damage to the ecosystems, particularly coastal ecosystems, where they are erected, and that the infra sound generated by their vibration may in fact be … Continue reading
Edison Mission Energy, owner of WV wind farm, may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Edison Mission Bonds Worth 54 Cents in Bankruptcy, JPMorgan Says Don’t say we didn’t warn you! – Edison Mission Group – “deteriorating financial conditions” – March 1, 2012 And these poor souls actually invested in EMG – Invest teacher pension … Continue reading
Posted in Edison Mission Group
Tagged Bankruptcy, Edison Mission Group, pension funds, teacher pension fund
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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 3, 2012
Items of Interest: 1-“Those in favor of extending the credit, said Jimmy Glotfelty, executive vice president of external affairs at Clean Line Energy Partners, a transmission developer, “want the jobs associated with the wind farms that can be developed today.” … Continue reading
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