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Glenn Schleede: Highly Misleading ACORE Report on Potential for Wind Energy
From Glenn Schleede, May 6, 2010: A friend recently asked for my comments on the May 2009, “ACORE 20 GW Plan for Kansas,”[i] report, which claims that Kansas could get 20,000 megawatts (MW) of electric generating capacity from “renewable” energy … Continue reading
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Tagged ACORE, Glenn Schleede, Kansas energy, Renewable Energy, Wind energy
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Wind v Oil: The battle between electricity’s Lilliputians.
As a result of the explosion and subsequent oil spill in the Gulf, the barker at the industrial wind carnival finds another opportunity to claim that, with the continued generosity of US taxpayers and rate payers, they could replace oil … Continue reading
Posted in industrial wind v fossil fuel, Jon Boone, Robert Bryce
Tagged electricity generation, Jon Boone, oil spill, Robert Bryce
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“Cape Wind” Tribes might want to ask: Is the Department of Interior’s Minerals Management Service simply a rubber stamp for disaster?
In a New York Times opinion piece, which I commented on recently, there was some dispute about moving forward with the Cape Wind project, which Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has since approved. In my post I noted this, ““In addition, … Continue reading
Audubon Society, perhaps seeking to reduce the time spent counting hawks, supports industrial wind.
Here’s one to defy all logic! In his commentary today, “Drawing a line on Shaffer Mountain,” Jack Buchan is concerned that Gamesa, a wind turbine manufacturer headquarted in Spain will be placing the massive structures on Shaffer Mountain, which sits … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Bat/Bird Kills, Jon Boone, Robert Bryce
Tagged Allegheny Mountains, gamesa, hawk watch, raptor kills, wind farms
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Defense Secretary Gates: “homeland security concerns shouldn’t thwart home-grown renewable energy”
Iran building nukes; two wars with hundreds of thousands of troops placed in harms way; the Middle East ready to blow at any time and heaven knows what North Korea is up to and Defense Secretary Robert Gates has time … Continue reading
West Virginia PSC rules in favor of wind developer. What’s next for citizen group?
When local citizens formed the Allegheny Front Alliance to fight the proposed industrial wind installation on Green Mountain above Keyser, WV, I suspect they knew it would be a difficult task. After all, the primary source of information about wind … Continue reading
WV Public Service Commission denies petition to reconsider, authorizing Pinnacle Wind Force LLC to proceed with Mineral County, WV facility.
“The Commission denies a petition to reconsider its Order authorizing Pinnacle Wind Force, LLC to construct and operate a $13 1 million wholesale electric generating facility, including about 23 wind turbines (the Project), on Green Mountain in Mineral County, West … Continue reading
Perhaps Secretary Salazar should name the Cape Wind project in honor of Andrew Jackson.
Two days ago, before Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the Cape Wind project, I posted this: New York Times resolves Cape Wind dispute with Native Americans – for $24 and a box of beads. Obviously, this title line is … Continue reading
US approves offshore windmills … China to build two nuclear reactors for Pakistan. Am I missing something?
This, from the Boston.com: Interior secretary approves Cape Wind plan, nation’s first offshore wind farm This, from the Financial Times: China to build reactors in Pakistan This is beyond incredible!
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