Category Archives: industrial wind poor performance

What a shock! Study confirms wind farms consume treasured landscape and produce very little in return.

Posted on March 21, 2010 by morgan

From the Times Online:  Feeble wind farms fail to hit full power THE first detailed study of Britain’s onshore wind farms suggests some treasured landscapes may have been blighted for only small gains in green energy. The analysis reveals that … Continue reading →

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Kent Hawkins: Integrating Renewables: Have Policymakers Faced the Realities?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by morgan

Canadian engineer Kent Hawkins’ analysis, Integrating Renewables: Have Policymakers Faced the Realities, published by the United States Association for Energy Economics, lays bare the reality about industrial wind technology, showing particularly that the vastly subsidized costs, which are substantially more … Continue reading →

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Of the industrial wind project’s 182 turbines, between 136 and 164 turbines, at any given time, effectively serve no purpose.

Posted on March 5, 2010 by morgan

Did that get your attention?  Good!  Because earlier today, we commented on an article posted yesterday at OregonLive – Wind farm faces Oregon fight: Union joins the resistance to turbines that seemed to imply the other extreme – 100% output v … Continue reading →

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Small town nukes and industrial wind – energy’s promising future and its ancient past.

Posted on March 1, 2010 by morgan

Thanks to Larry Thomas for pointing out this article from National Geographic on “Small Town Nukes.” Seeing it reminded me of a presentation I attended nearly a year ago, when I first began to question my belief in industrial wind.  See, I … Continue reading →

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