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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 18, 2010

Items of interest: 1-New video from the Allegheny Highlands Alliance folks will be posted today.  It is called “What We Expect From Commercial Electricity” and it’s Excellent! 2-Hmmm!  Maybe the good professor would like to meet Dr. Nina Pierpont, MD, … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 17, 2010

Items of interest: 1-The Allegheny Highlands Alliance notes that the casual dismissal of the serious issue by Tasmanian Environment Minister David O’Byrne is more of the “Same old, more are killed by other processes,” and by no means consolation for … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 16, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Here’s a good way to kick off today: Finland’s nuclear waste bunker built to last 100,000 years – CNN 2-New Jersey considers set back for wind turbines (h/t to Allegheny Highlands Alliance). According to No Turbine, the … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 15, 2010

Items of interest: 1-“Even with those subsidies, wind remains more expensive per kilowatt hour than power generated by coal and natural gas.” In the Spotlight: Fuel for thought as energy policy takes pricey turn – PJStar 2-Yes, I know we … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 14, 2010

Items of interest: 1-And if you actually believed the environment had much to do with GE buying 25,000 electric cars: GE Buys Volts, Taxpayers Get Charged – NRO You may find this interesting, as well: Obama’s Electric Vehicle Fetish – … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 13, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Remember this from Russia’s soon to be (again) leader?  Putin: “Nuclear energy only alternative to oil, gas.” Rejects other alternative energy approaches as “claptrap.” That doesn’t mean they’re not willing to build and sell the “claptrap” to you … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 12, 2010

Items of interest: 1-“In its quest for a “green” future, the Obama administration proposes to rely on wind power to generate 20 percent of U.S. electrical power by 2030. There are a number of problems with this proposal.” Wind doesn’t … Continue reading

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Eric Bibler challenges Cape Cod Commission actions on industrial wind “minimum performance standards.”

Ready! Fire! Aim! It seems Mr. Eric Bibler, President of Save Our Seashore, was reviewing proposed amendments to the Regional Policy Plan and noted its reference to Technical Bulletin 10-002. Unable to find the Technical Bulletin on the Cape Cod … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for November 11, 2010

Items of interest: 1-THANK YOU TO OUR VETERANS! 2-You say toh-maa-to and I say toh-mah-to … let’s call the whole thing off!  Proving once again, facts are in the eye of the beholder. “Fossil-fuel consumption subsidies amounted to $312 billion … Continue reading

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University of Maryland must insist wind developer partner will protect endangered species.

The following was sent this evening via email to University of Maryland Chancellor William E. Kirwan Subject:  University of Maryland – US WindForce Power Purchase Agreement Dear Chancellor Kirwan, Recently, US WindForce LLC touted the signing of a 20 year … Continue reading

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