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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 17, 2011
Items of interest: 1-Cumulative impact of industrial wind turbines. Energy in America: Dead Birds Unintended Consequence of Wind Power Development – Fox News Gee … seems to me we’ve heard this before? Is the world finally catching up? 2-Pennsylvania Governor having second thoughts on … Continue reading
News flash! Politicians support popular idea.
Politicians! Only in the fantasy world of industrial wind would they be used as a beacon of credibility. Where else would folks so desperate to promote an expensive, poor performing relic of the wooden shoe era look for support if … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 16, 2011
Items of interest: 1-Study Concludes: “Until scientifically based research has been conducted IWTs should not sited in proximity to human habitation.” – Wind Concerns Ontario 2-More from WCO: “Wind turbines too noisy, internal Ontario government memo says.” And if you … Continue reading
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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 15, 2011
Items of interest: 1-Pinnacle wind project creating manufacturing jobs for Americans …at least if your an American living in, say Mexico: “The 23 windmill towers are each shipped in four sections … The pieces are manufactured in Mexico and shipped … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 14, 2011
Items of interest: 1-From our friends at Windtoons: 2-“Texas has seen large growth in wind generation because of DOE subsidies for wind generation. The subsidies are what makes wind generation feasible economically.” – Energy Blogs 3-And while we’re on Texas: … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 13, 2011
Items of interest: 1-“The Party’s Over for Big Wind” – Robert Bryce at the Huffington Post 2-The wind lobby claims industrial wind reduces emissions. Wind Farm Realities has a very nice assessment of the ongoing debate. “It is pretty obvious … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 12, 2011
Items of interest: 1-Edison Mission Energy: DJ Moody’s Lowers Edison Mission’s Cfr To B3; Outlook Negative (hat tip to Frank O’Hara) ….Probability of Default Rating, Downgraded to B3 from B2 ….Corporate Family Rating, Downgraded to B3 from B2 ….Senior Secured … Continue reading
Industrial wind flunks out!
Our friends at Windtoons nail it with this take on our recent post about the dismal performance of wind. Industrial wind = FAILURE
PJM grid: “wind farms will produce 13 percent of their generating capacity.”
Yep, you read it right! The recent Laurence Hammack article at Roanoke.com notes that “PJM Interconnection LLC, the suburban Philadelphia-based company that manages the grid for a 12-state area that includes Virginia … which likens itself to the grid’s air … Continue reading
I’m curious … is “Yabucoa” the Spanish word for rip-off?
Back in February of this year, Western Wind Energy issued a news release containing this statement: The total assets of the Windstar Project as of the expected Commercial Operation Date, are valued at US $481.8 million comprising the Project’s fair … Continue reading
