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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 11, 2012
Items of interest: 1:The World Coal Association calculates that it takes 250tons of coal to produce a 3MW offshore wind turbine and 150tons for a 3MW onshore wind turbine. – mining.com 2:Global Deal: BP, Sempra Energy to Invest $1 Billion in … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 10, 2012
Items of interest: 1:According to the CEO of General Motors, the average annual income of buyers of the Chevy Volt is $170,000. Those who buy the luxury electric Fisker Karma or Tesla roadster earn more than $250,000 a year. Yet … Continue reading
Posted in Breaking Wind
Tagged carbon capture, Chevy Volt, Fisker Karma, green energy, MasterResource, sustainable energy, Tesla roadster, windmills, WUWT
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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 9, 2012
Items of interest: 1:The Allegheny Front Alliance sends us two articles of local interest: By 2013, Western Md. could have more wind turbines – Times News Edison VP responds to W.Va. noise complaints – Times News (Glad to see industrial wind’s … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 7 & 8, 2012
Items of interest: 1:”However, even during this storm, the data shows how quickly wind production can drop. Between 08:00 and 09:00, output was a third of what had been forecast, having dropped to 1,087 megawatts whereas the forecast for this … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 6, 2012
Items of interest: 1:”Edison Mission, the owners of the Pinnacle Wind Farm, has nothing to do with whether my family eats or has suitable housing, so there is no reason for me to tolerate the noise from the windmills.” – … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 5, 2012
Items of interest: 1:Interesting discussion starting at MasterResource – “Are Wind Opponents Zealots?” 2:”Under the federal and California endangered species acts, it’s illegal for anyone to kill a condor without first securing a permit to do so. Given that the … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 4, 2012
Items of interest: 1-Some members of the Wharton Class of 2013 seem to think Gamesa is a pretty neat business model, tracing its wind roots to 1994. But then, there’s this reality: Today, Gamesa faces challenges both in its home country … Continue reading
Investors run from Bluewater Wind
Jon Boone, of Stop Ill Wind, sent over an interesting article this morning. He highlighted this quote from the piece, “Support for the energy sector, and in particular energy innovation, is of course essential. But we need to distinguish between … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 3, 2012
Editor’s note: We’ve taken a posting vacation over recent weeks, but ready to give 2012 a little kick in the rear. A few readers requested we post our “Breaking Wind” more often, and we’re happy to oblige. Items of Interest: … Continue reading
Saddle Mountain – An Allegheny Treasure
Until today, the image used to represent Allegheny Treasures was a personal photograph of Green Mountain, above Keyser, West Virginia, as seen from my home. When taken a year ago, the 23 massive wind turbines of the Pinnacle wind project … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Environment, industrial wind failure, Pinnacle Wind Farm, Wildlife Resources
Tagged Allegheny Mountain destruction, Green Mountain WV, industrial wind environmental impact, Mineral County WV, Pinnacle wind, Saddle Mountain WV, wind turbine noise, wv migratory flyway, WV wind
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