Category Archives: Breaking Wind

Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 18, 2011

Items of interest: 1-SCHNARE: Campaign advice for ‘all of the abovers’ – Washington Times (h/t – Larry Thomas – Allegheny Highlands Alliance) 2-Exactly when did it become the role of the Secretary of the Interior to market a commercial product? … Continue reading

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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

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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 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

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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

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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

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 23, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Number 4 of 4 in the series from Alex Epstein: Energy at the Speed of Thought (Part 4: Free-Market Alternatives in Illumination and Transportation Energy) – MasterResource First three for your convenience: Energy at the Speed of … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 22, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Alex Epstein’s series at MasterResource: “Energy at the Speed of Thought” (part 1, 2, and 3 of 4): Energy at the Speed of Thought (Part I: The Original Alternative Energy Market) Energy at the Speed of Thought … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 21, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Friends of Blackwater press release – (h/t Allegheny Highlands Alliance) Friends of Blackwater demands protection for Little Brown Bat – Friends of Blackwater (West Virginia) 2-“Talk about throwing good money after bad. Despite more than $30 billion … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 20, 2010

Items of interest: 1-No truth to the rumor that the project will be renamed Crap Wind. Wanted: Buyer for controversial Cape Wind energy – Marin Independent Journal 2-“There is no substitute for available, affordable, and reliable supply.” Energy at the … Continue reading

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