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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 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
Investors run from Bluewater Wind
Jon Boone, of Stop Ill Wind, sent over an interesting article this morning. He highlighted this quote from the piece, “Support for the energy sector, and in particular energy innovation, is of course essential. But we need to distinguish between … Continue reading
Section 1603 renewable subsidy must expire.
In an article at Master Resource, Lisa Linowes urges readers to contact their congressional representatives to demand that the Section 1603 subsidy be allowed to expire on December 31, 2011. We highly recommend you read the article, which discusses the … Continue reading
Do GE wind turbines really suck that much?
In a continuing effort to generate American jobs, First Wind has selected Germany based Siemens to supply some 30 massive turbines for the Kawailoa Wind project located on the North Shore of Oahu. First Wind noted that the Siemens equipment (which … Continue reading
Taxpayer dollars = wind business profits.
Thanks to Jon Boone for directing us to a stunning article by Paul Chesser, associate fellow for the National Legal and Policy Center and executive director of American Tradition Institute. In the article, Mr. Chesser points out that, “Duke has been on a wind and … Continue reading
Duke Energy buys American! OOPS … scratch that!
Here’s another slap in the face for all you US taxpaying, “buy American – so we have more jobs” folks out there in Neverland: US based Duke Energy is building two wind plants in US based Texas utilizing 87 massive … Continue reading
NY Power Authority decides against off-shore wind turbines
So, if the wind business is such a great deal … why don’t private investors jump in to cover the cost? “we could not come up with a way to lower the subsidy to the point where it would be … Continue reading
Industrial wind flunks out!
Our friends at Windtoons nail it with this take on our recent post about the dismal performance of wind. Industrial wind = FAILURE
PJM grid: “wind farms will produce 13 percent of their generating capacity.”
Yep, you read it right! The recent Laurence Hammack article at Roanoke.com notes that “PJM Interconnection LLC, the suburban Philadelphia-based company that manages the grid for a 12-state area that includes Virginia … which likens itself to the grid’s air … Continue reading
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