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Category Archives: Energy Subsidies
Hey, I’m not that stupid!
I make no apologies for this post, which may appear, by Allegheny Treasures standards, somewhat off topic. To the contrary, this post has everything to do with the effort made in this little blog to call for an open and … Continue reading
Hypocrisy? You be the judge.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway “has been able to plow so much into renewable energy because it can use tax credits to offset profit at other businesses.” How much did he “plow” in? Seems Mr. Buffett didn’t even know, but, when told … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Ethics, Energy Subsidies, industrial wind cost, industrial wind failure, Industrial Wind Taxes, Windtoons
Tagged Berkshire Hathaway, hypocrisy, Industrial wind subsidies, tax credits for rich, taxpayer subsidy industrial wind, Warren Buffett, wind production tax credit, wind PTC
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EXPIRE … it’s just an act!
“The wind industry consumes nearly 80 percent of all federal subsidy dollars for renewable energy and 55 percent of all federal energy subsidies, according to David Brown, senior vice president for government affairs for Exelon, a nuclear power company. Because … Continue reading
Industrial wind is a “flexible” electricity generator – for all the wrong reasons.
This exchange between Melissa Francis of the Fox Business Channel and Denise Bode of the American Wind Energy Association is an instant classic. The interview is titled Wind Energy Tax Credit a Help or Distorting the Market? and can be … Continue reading
Posted in Edison Mission Group, Energy Subsidies, natural gas, Pinnacle Wind Farm, Wind Energy Shenanigans, Wind Power subsidies
Tagged Allegheny Mountains, American Wind Energy Association, Denise Bode, flexible fuel, Fox Business Channel, industrial wind, Keyser WV, Melissa Francis, Natural gas
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“Just the facts, ma’am.”
I’ve taken a bit of a break here at Allegheny Treasures. The original focus of the blog was industrial wind in the Alleghenies but, with a lot of help, the effort expanded a bit. In recent weeks I’ve decided to … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Energy Subsidies, Industrial Wind Health Issues, Pinnacle Wind Farm
Tagged Don Ashby, Edison Mission Energy, Frank Maisano, industrial wind infant industry, NBC 4 Washington, Pinnacle wind, Richard Braithwaite, Section 1603 subsidy, Tisha Thompson, US Debt, wind turbine noise, WV Public Service Commission
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Subsidy Wars – Wind v Oil
“In sharp contrast to wind turbines, the wind lobby is spinning at 100 percent capacity—in order to keep the industry in the taxpayers’ pockets. Their dizzying logic makes you wonder if they have been riding the blades instead of examining … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Subsidies
Tagged David Kreutzer Ph.D, oil subsidies, wind lobby, wind subsidies
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China’s US wind strategy: “globalization through localization”
According to sources, China’s State Grid Corp is in talks to purchase an 80% controlling interest in US based AES Corp’s wind business. A Reuters article stated that China’s “cash-flush state-owned power companies” are on a buying spree and, it seems to me, the US wind … Continue reading
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Art & Pam Dodds, Bat/Bird Kills, Energy Subsidies, West Virginia Wind, Wind Energy Legislation, Wind Power subsidies
Tagged AES Laurel Mountain, China State Grid, China wind business, Goldwind US, Industrial wind subsidies, Lisa Linowes, LMPA, Mirgatory Bird Kills, production tax credit, Senator Bennet
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Industrial wind hostage tape released.
Back on January 13, I posted this comment from an article at the Denver Post: “Colorado has been spared a large hit in the first round of firings by Danish wind-turbine-maker Vestas Wind Systems, but large job cuts loom later … Continue reading
Industrial wind and the PTC – Permanent Tin Cup
Senator Lamar Alexander notes in his recent speech before the Senate that the production tax credit (PTC) sought by the heavily funded American Wind Energy Association lobby was initially intended to be a temporary tax break when it began in … Continue reading
