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Watertown (NY) Daily Times | State: turbines exempt from sales tax
State: turbines exempt from sales tax SALE-LEASEBACK QUESTION: Value of proposed deal with JCIDA will be reduced if tax bill is lowered By NANCY MADSEN TIMES STAFF WRITER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2010 Wind turbines are exempt from sales taxes, a … Continue reading
LA Times: “Despite record growth in generating capacity, the (wind) industry is creating few employment opportunities overall.”
Allegheny Treasures’ notes: Why the use of the term “generating capacity” instead of actual energy output? Perhaps because of the dismal performance expected of these installations. Note that few jobs were created even though “America’s wind energy industry enjoyed a … Continue reading
Shocker! Ohio County Official: “I don’t think Champaign County can realistically rely on tax revenue from turbines.”
From the Urbana Daily Citizen: Adams, Faber and local officials contest Strickland’s plans to “erase” turbine taxes BREANNE PARCELSStaff Writer While Ohio Governor Ted Strickland touted elimination of tangible personal property taxes for wind and solar companies Tuesday, that prospect … Continue reading
SOS – URGENT – Maine Wind Warriors Need Your Help Today
Allegheny Treasures is pleased to post this important email received from our friends at Citizens’ Task Force on Wind Power – Maine! We fully support the call for each state to establish a “code of conduct” for the industrial wind business, … Continue reading
Uh Oh!!! Cold keeps Minn. wind turbines from spinning. Why use video when a still photo will do? Well, we have it anyway.
Click on the link below to see the short video news report. Cold keeps Minn. wind turbines from spinning Wind turbines placed in cities across Minnesota to generate power aren’t working because of the cold temperatures. The Minnesota Municipal Power … Continue reading
Industrial wind – the modern day Hobo?
Industrial wind – the modern day Hobo? Possibly, but the Hobo actually worked for the handout it received. Thanks to the Allegheny Front Alliance for directing us to this article: January 26, 2010 Saved by Stimulus in 2009, Wind Industry … Continue reading
Quixotic Quest for Power – Greg Pollowitz – Planet Gore on National Review Online
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Quixotic Quest for Power [Greg Pollowitz] Investor’s Business Daily: As we’ve evolved from a NIMBY (not in my backyard) nation to a full-fledged BANANA (build absolutely nothing anywhere near anybody) republic, power lines aren’t too popular. … Continue reading
Ahhh! The beautiful sounds of industrial wind in nature. Who needs songbirds, anyway?
Click on the link – Sound is Art! to hear the wonderful Mojave Wind Turbines, as recorded by Michael Peters What wondrous music! I’ll be taking down my bird feeders as soon as I can find an old industrial metal … Continue reading
Field of Dreams II – Starring Industrial Wind
Ready! Fire! Aim! – or in industrial wind LLC lingo – Get Subsidies! Build! Outta Here! From the Business Week article, “Wyoming group studies tying wind farms to grid“: “There’s lots of wind farms built, being built or proposed, but … Continue reading
Today’s industrial wind quiz: Which problem can be fixed? Nuclear plant shutdown or weak wind output.
FPL Group, the leading U.S. wind and solar power producer, experienced a nuclear power plant shutdown and weak output from its wind farms causing it to trim its profits from a year ago. Oh, the power company still did OK, … Continue reading
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