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Industrial wind: all trick and no treat
Courtesy of Windtoons
Posted in Windtoons
Tagged dracula, green subsidies, indusrial wind subsidies, production tax credit, wind subsidies, Windtoons
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Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 8, 2012
Items of Interest: 1-”The amount of misinformation driven by the wind industry and its surrogates has reached a point where the public and Congress are less willing to blindly follow AWEA’s lead.” – MasterResource 2-”President Barack Obama announced late Monday … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for August 4 and 5, 2012
Items of Interest: 1-”it is only now being recognized that offshore IWT installations have necessarily caused damage to the ecosystems, particularly coastal ecosystems, where they are erected, and that the infra sound generated by their vibration may in fact be … Continue reading
Breaking Wind – Quick hits from the industry for July 31, 2012
Items of interest: 1-Western Maryland wind project faces limits to protect bats, birds – Baltimore Sun “As part of the plan, federal officials are weighing whether to issue Exelon an “incidental take” permit authorizing the loss of a small number … Continue reading
Senator Mark Warner urged to reconsider financial support for industrial wind.
Our thanks to Mr. Glenn Schleede for allowing us to post his important letter to Senator Mark Warner of Virginia. Letter begins: May 28, 2012 The Honorable Mark R. Warner – United States Senate Dear Senator Warner: I have great respect … Continue reading
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 hostage tape released.
Back on January 13, I posted this comment from an article at the Denver Post: ”Colorado has been spared a large hit in the first round of firings by Danish wind-turbine-maker Vestas Wind Systems, but large job cuts loom later … Continue reading
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
