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“With the prime wind sites gone – or disappearing quickly – where does the wind industry go from here?”
From a recent Renewable Energy World article comes this comment – “The wind sector is suffering from its own success.” The writer’s reasoning however, is a bit different than we suggested here a short while back in our post – … Continue reading
More loaves and fishes from the wind energy folks?
If you could burn calories spinning job numbers, there wouldn’t be an ounce of fat in the US government. Well, we all know that’s not the case … suet is a featured item in the Congressional feeding trough. But what … Continue reading
Posted in Industrial wind jobs
Tagged 85000 jobs, foreign wind subsidies, wind energy jobs, wind scam, wind subsidies
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Industrial wind jobs: “The reality, as evidenced around the world, is that these jobs aren’t permanent and could not exist without extensive ongoing government subsidization”
From Reuters Environment Forum: Why subsidize the surfeit of wind turbines? With an oversupply of wind turbines, why are governments subsidizing new manufacturing plants? In recent years, China has ramped up its efforts to become a world leader in manufacturing … Continue reading
“… the total amount of power produced by all the 2,300 turbines so far built in Britain amounts on average to a mere 900 megawatts, barely the output of a single medium-size conventional power station”
An interesting read at Telegraph.co.uk. The article has to do with the love affair between wind and the BBC, but here’s the quote that caught my attention – the total amount of power produced by all the 2,300 turbines so … 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
Posted in Allegheny Mountains, Wind Power subsidies
Tagged 77% wind subsidies, Cape Wind, IVPC, wind energy fraud, wind subsidies
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Oh! … and about that wind energy stimulus money going overseas … you’ll really like this!
According to the New York times, “A consortium of Chinese and American companies announced a joint venture on Thursday to build a 600-megawatt wind farm in West Texas, using turbines made in China.” And, “Construction of the $1.5 billion wind … Continue reading
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