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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
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
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 24, 2011
Items of interest: 1-Very interesting analysis of Evergreen Solar’s demise at MasterResource: Part I: Evergreen Solar Inc.: Anatomy of a ‘Green’ Bankruptcy Part II: Sustainability Lessons from Evergreen Solar’s Bankruptcy 2-“Electricity has to be generated exactly in the same time … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 23, 2011
Items of interest: 1-“As for the windfall in green jobs, that has always been a con job.” – Jonah Goldberg (LA Times) 2-“Britain’s Wind Farm Scam Threatens Economic Recovery” – Watts Up With That? 3-Former Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas “has … Continue reading
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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 22, 2011
Items of interest: 1-James Hansen Smacks Renewable Energy (“The Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy”–and Lovins as dreamer)– Robert Bradley Jr. (MasterResource) 2-Groups Claim Wind Energy Detrimental to W.Va. – Andrea Lannom (WOWK) 3-“The (UK) Ministry of Defence (MoD) is blocking … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 19, 2011
Items of interest: 1-Today will be fun – “We’re off to see the turbines, the wonderful turbines of OZ (WV)” 2-Jack Brooks speak on the ruin of Industrial wind for Lowell and all of Vermont: Visit the Save the Lowell … Continue reading
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