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Course Correction
Welcome Back! In the past, many of the posts on this blog focused on the expansion of industrial wind in West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. We knew stopping IW’s destruction would be an uphill battle – literally – but we … Continue reading
Killing Eagles – Rating The Responses (updated links)
Under pressure from the wind-power industry, the Obama administration said Friday it will allow companies to kill or injure eagles without the fear of prosecution for up to three decades. (For your convenience, I’ve provided the complete FWS ruling as … Continue reading
Posted in Bat/Bird Kills, Endangered Species Act, Environment, Jon Boone, US energy policy, USFWS Guidelines
Tagged American Bird Conservancy, americanbirdconservancy, eagle kill at wind farm, eagle kills at wind turbines, Fish and Wildlife service, Golden Eagle, Jon Boone, National Audubon Society, Sierra Club, Stop Ill Wind, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Wind Power
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Evidence mounts – expensive wind replaces cheap hydro.
Ontario Wind Performance – “Wind and solar power has displaced cheap, clean hydroelectricity at a cost to the ratepayers of a minimum of $300 million in 2011 for the 3 plus TWh it took away from OPG’s unregulated hydro production-more … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for January 25, 2012
Items of interest: 1:Excellent commentary by Jon Boone – MasterResource 2:GE Courts Turbine Customers for Solar Before Wind ‘Crash’ – Business Week aka: If you buy in the next 30 minutes, we throw in a set of beautiful steak knives! … 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
“The greatest threat to the wind industry’s growth is, in fact, the wind industry’s growth.”
Some time back we made the observation that “The greatest threat to the wind industry’s growth is, in fact, the wind industry’s growth.” Confirming that thought is an excellent analysis published by Robert Bryce at National Review Online in which … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to AT
Today is the second birthday for this obviously amateur blog. It has been a great learning experience and many people to thank. After some 670 (admittedly sporadic) posts since beginning in September, 2009, I chose to celebrate by offering the … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 24, 2011
Items of interest: 1-Very interesting analysis of Evergreen Solar’s demise at MasterResource: Part I: Evergreen Solar Inc.: Anatomy of a ‘Green’ Bankruptcy Part II: Sustainability Lessons from Evergreen Solar’s Bankruptcy 2-“Electricity has to be generated exactly in the same time … Continue reading
“wind cannot be relied upon to provide any significant level of generation at any defined time in the future”
According to the BBC News-Scotland, “Wind farms are much less efficient than claimed, producing below 10% of capacity for more than a third of the time, according to a new report.” And here’s a shocker … “The analysis also suggested … Continue reading
Industrial wind’s gift to our children – a century of blight.
Jon Boone recently sent the following letter to the Board of Garrett County (Maryland) Commissioners. Every resident of the Appalachian mountains should heed his words. Letter begins: Dear Messers Raley, Crawford, and Gatto: Consider these words from the county’s Development … Continue reading
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