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From Sign On San Diego: Foreign energy firms getting windfall of U.S. stimulus funds Money is used to buy turbines made abroad BY BROOKE WILLIAMS WATCHDOG INSTITUTE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010 AT 12:02 A.M. China’s A-Power Energy Generation Systems lists … 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
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
WSJ: “Government subsidies are turning renewable energy into big business.”
From the Wall Street Journal: ” Clean Energy Sources: Sun, Wind and Subsidies: As Governments Increase Spending and Support for Renewable Power, Even Fans Wonder If Aid Could Be More Efficient by Jeffrey Ball January 8, 2010 In frigid water … Continue reading
Taxpayer funded industrial wind projects may create jobs – but just not here in the US!
Senator Chuck Schumer, who complained a month ago about stimulus funds going to China is again expressing concern that the hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars used to subsidize industrial wind is being used to support jobs overseas. From CNSNews: … Continue reading
Falling price of renewable energy certificates threatens Australia’s industrial wind industry.
From The Sidney Morning Herald: $800 million wind farm in doubt CLANCY YEATES December 23, 2009 AGL Energy says its plans to build the $800 million Macarthur wind farm in western Victoria are under ”enormous pressure” because of a collapse … Continue reading
Constellation Energy’s venture into industrial wind in the Alleghenies – questionable power generation … guaranteed profit generation.
Just in case you need more evidence of the real reason for the push to develop industrial wind – try to find anything in this article that speaks to benefits for the citizens who will pay for this folly. Nope, … Continue reading
The Windpower Industry’s “top ten” false and misleading claims … Number 7 – Industrial wind developers are interested only in providing a public service
From StopIllWind – Drop by for a huge library of facts about Industrial Wind Energy. #7. Industrial wind developers are interested only in providing a public service. All the false and misleading claims which this industry makes for itself work … Continue reading
I’d love to kick in a little more Congressman … but, as you know, I only get a 77% subsidy to build my wind farms.
The Boston Herald has an article titled, “Ex-partner of Boston wind exec charged,” about the business ties between the Massachusetts native who helped found controversial wind-energy developers Cape Wind and First Wind, Brian Caffyn, and the arrest in Italy of … Continue reading
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AFL-CIO, upset about China/US Wind venture, says, “Hell No! We Won’t Send Our Tax Dollars to China!”
In line with the position of Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York, the AFL-CIO is concerned that the newly announced consortium of Chinese/American companies, formed to build a massive wind installation in Texas, is being funded by US Taxpayers, … Continue reading
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