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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 3, 2012

Editor’s note: We’ve taken a posting vacation over recent weeks, but ready to give 2012 a little kick in the rear. A few readers requested we post our “Breaking Wind” more often, and we’re happy to oblige. Items of Interest: … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 12, 2011

Items of interest: 1-Edison Mission Energy:  DJ Moody’s Lowers Edison Mission’s Cfr To B3; Outlook Negative (hat tip to Frank O’Hara) ….Probability of Default Rating, Downgraded to B3 from B2 ….Corporate Family Rating, Downgraded to B3 from B2 ….Senior Secured … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 23, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Number 4 of 4 in the series from Alex Epstein: Energy at the Speed of Thought (Part 4: Free-Market Alternatives in Illumination and Transportation Energy) – MasterResource First three for your convenience: Energy at the Speed of … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 22, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Alex Epstein’s series at MasterResource: “Energy at the Speed of Thought” (part 1, 2, and 3 of 4): Energy at the Speed of Thought (Part I: The Original Alternative Energy Market) Energy at the Speed of Thought … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 21, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Friends of Blackwater press release – (h/t Allegheny Highlands Alliance) Friends of Blackwater demands protection for Little Brown Bat – Friends of Blackwater (West Virginia) 2-“Talk about throwing good money after bad. Despite more than $30 billion … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 20, 2010

Items of interest: 1-No truth to the rumor that the project will be renamed Crap Wind. Wanted: Buyer for controversial Cape Wind energy – Marin Independent Journal 2-“There is no substitute for available, affordable, and reliable supply.” Energy at the … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 19, 2010

Items of interest: 1-“So, let’s get to the cold, hard facts.” Facts often support NIMBYism – Wind Concerns Ontario 2-Maine under attack! Winds of change loom in Somerset County – The Morning Sentinel 3-“The biggest limitation of wind farms is the … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 18, 2010

Items of interest: 1-This will be interesting: Science Integrity Guidelines Soon to Come? – Roger Pielke Jr. Blog 2-And, of course, it’s backed by the one entity which cannot afford to do so:  TAXPAYERS World’s Biggest Wind Farm Gets Backing … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 17, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Found this gem at Watts Up With That: 2-“Governments can help the market achieve lower costs without resorting to subsidies and grants that are just another form of payment by the public by decreasing red tape and … Continue reading

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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for December 16, 2010

Items of interest: 1-Stunning! Science on the Conveyor Belt – Roger Pielke Jr. 2-Before everyone gets all tingly and sites this as proof solar will save the world, the “country of Vatican” is equivalent to an office complex. Vatican says … Continue reading

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