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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for September 20, 2010
Items of interest: 1-“What’s not to like about windmills?” Winds shift on turbines – Don Surber, Charleston (WV) Daily Mail 2-This is gonna leave a mark! – “And that is what grid scale wind in Maine is about – profit. … Continue reading
Heck, might as well shut the wind turbine down anyway, “It’s a time when we are not generating a whole lot of electricity to begin with!”
A recent National Geographic article, “Hope for Stemming Wind Energy’s Toll on Bats” subtitled “The Great Energy Challenge,” begins with this, “Windmills—clean, quiet, simple and endlessly renewable—may be the ultimate icons of green energy. But after sundown, their whirling blades … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for September 19, 2010
Items of interest: 1-Let’s see, “Twelve public officials who sat on county and town boards in Lewis County stand to make a combined $7.5 million from the region’s largest wind-turbine project” and “numerous other officials in Herkimer County stand to … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for September 18, 2010 (Updates throughout the day.)
Items of interest: 1-“The less you know about “green” energy, the more it was meant for you.” Vander Doelen: Windmills pretty, useless – Windsor Star 2-The Renewable Electricity Standard – Why you should contact your Senators and tell them NO! … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for September 17, 2010 (Updates throughout the day.)
Items of interest: 1-So what you’re really saying is, you put up 217 massive wind turbines so you could get the actual production of maybe 72 massive wind turbines? When the wind blows? And if we happen to be awake … Continue reading
Hollister Hartman, PhD: “The Weight of Evidence shows that Poor Mountain must be rejected as UNSUITABLE for siting the proposed wind project.”
Well, that should do it, don’t you think? No sense plopping the 747 size turbines on Virginia’s Poor Mountain. Heck, when conditions are “prime,” the turbines have a difficult time puffing out enough electricity to read by, especially if you … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for September 16, 2010 (Updates throughout the day.)
Items of interest: 1-Guess who’s back with tin cup in hand? (thanks for the tip, AFA!) Urge Immediate Senate Action on a National Renewable Electricity Standard Well, before you make that call to your elected official consider this – this … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for September 15, 2010 (Updates throughout the day.)
Interesting items: 1-Industrial wind math … 22=6.6 Maine Voices: Spruce Mountain wind project falls far short of what people should expect – The Portland Press Herald 2-Misleading statements from a wind developer? Impossible! Incredible! Unlikely! Hmmm! Maine wind proponents misinformed … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for September 14, 2010 (Updates throughout the day.)
Items of interest: 1-AWEA’s claim that industrial wind contributes significantly to carbon emission reduction meets a serious challenge. Jon Boone eviscerates “AWEA’s evidentiary offerings on behalf of wind’s carbon saving/fossil fuel slaying potential.” – Allegheny Treasures 2-Had to post this just … Continue reading
Jon Boone eviscerates “AWEA’s evidentiary offerings on behalf of wind’s carbon saving/fossil fuel slaying potential.”
We are very pleased to offer Jon Boone’s most recent commentary on industrial wind, “Overblown.” In this work, Mr. Boone, an environmentalist recognized internationally for his knowledge about the wind industry, challenges the latest American Wind Energy Association claim of … Continue reading
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