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By Allen Brooks -- September 14, 2016 4 Comments“Ontario’s government signed contracts with wind generators that guaranteed them 13.5 cents per kWh. Solar generators actually get paid more. So with the Hourly Ontario Electricity Price at around 2.5 cents, someone has to pay for the 11-cent subsidy for wind power. Therefore, the more renewable power generated, the greater the Global Adjustment Tax becomes.”
The love affair between U.S. President Barack Obama and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is largely based on their symbiotic view of climate change and the need to radically alter their respective economies to prevent the hypothesized damage. Some of the Canadian experience with green energy and its cost pre-date Trudeau’s rise to power. Much of the experience comes from power market machinations conducted in the province of Ontario.
Alberta Downturn, Climate Taxation
The most recent Canadian green energy shock is occurring in the province of Alberta where the New Democratic Party (NDP), led by Premier Rachael Notley gained political office a few months ahead of the national election that brought Mr.…
Continue ReadingWind Power Misinformation in the Empire State
By Mary Kay Barton -- July 26, 2016 6 Comments“Manhattan Institute scholar, Robert Bryce, recently reported that the wind industry has garnered $176 billion of crony cash here in the U.S. It’s no wonder the American Wind Energy Association spends over $20 million per year lobbying for more of the same!”
Who can be in favor of industrial wind blight, enriching the top one percent at the expense of taxpayers, ratepayers, and the rural environment? Yes, as Donald Trump has noted, “America is being auctioned off to the highest bidder.”
The reason for this travesty of concentrated benefits, diffused costs at the hand of government is half-truths and misinformation. A recent article, NY looks to the wind to replace its fossil fuel diet, by Joe Mahoney, is a case in point.
There is nothing “free,” “clean,” or “green” about industrial wind.…
Continue ReadingAWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: June 20, 2016
By John Droz, Jr. -- June 20, 2016 No CommentsThe Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations interested in improving national, state, and local energy and environmental policies. Our premise is that technical matters like these should be addressed by using Real Science (please consult WiseEnergy.org for more information).
A key element of AWED’s efforts is public education. Towards that end, every three weeks we put together a newsletter to balance what is found in the mainstream media about energy and the environment. We appreciate MasterResource for their assistance in publishing this information.
Some of the more insightful articles in this issue are:
Position of Poland’s National Institute of Public on Industrial Wind
Wind Energy Sector Gets $176 Billion Worth of Crony Capitalism
Despite Huge Investments, Renewable Energy Isn’t Winning
Turbine Bat Killings Continue Unabated
Multiple Mortality Events in Bats: a Global Review
Denmark Cancels All Coastal Wind Projects
Wind Turbines Threaten Space Research
Peer-Reviewed Study: CO2 Cuts Could Impoverish the World
Peer-Reviewed Study: Positive Impact of Human CO2 Emissions
1500 Scientists Lift the Lid on Reproducibility
Global Warming Alarmists—You’re Doing it Wrong
Rebutting Climate Alarmism with Simple Facts
Greed Energy Economics:
Wind Energy Sector Gets $176 Billion Worth of Crony Capitalism
Despite Huge Investments, Renewable Energy Isn’t Winning
US Senate Finance Committee Energy Hearing Testimony
The revealing numbers on solar employment in the USA
DOE Withdraws $40 Million from VA Offshore Wind Project
Germany Moves to Slow its Out-of-Control Energiewende
Wind Energy PILOT Programs are a Shell Game
Renewable Energy Health Matters:
VT Gov vetoes wind energy bill designed to provide health protections
Position of Poland’s National Institute of Public on industrial wind
Poland Adopts 10x Setback Rule for Wind Turbines
7 Short Videos to Clear Up Myths about Air Pollution
Renewable Energy Destroying Ecosystems:
Turbine Bat Killings Continue Unabated
Multiple mortality events in bats: a global review
Open for Comments: NOAA’s Draft of Ocean Noise Rules
Miscellaneous Energy News:
Wind Turbines Threaten Space Research
Denmark Cancels All Coastal Wind Projects
Study: Empirically-constrained climate sensitivity and the social cost of carbon
Study: Solar PV is a net energy loser
Continue ReadingFrom Zond to Enron Wind to GE Wind: Founder Interview (government enablement for the record)
By Robert Bradley Jr. -- May 4, 2016 7 Comments“Clearly the work of the U.S. Government laboratories played a crucial role in wind resource assessment and critically needed impetus to technology development―a role the private sector viewed as either too risky or representing an inadequate business opportunity. NREL has led and nurtured wind technology toward commercial viability since the 1970s and, in my view, this work represents one of the best return-on-investments in energy technology ever made by Uncle Sam.”
– Jim Dehlsen, the founder of Zond Energy Systems (2003)
Enron might have saved the US wind industry in the mid-to-late 1990s. It began with its purchase of Zond Energy Systems in late 1996. At the time, Zond was in financial trouble, and its main domestic competitor, Kenetech, was in worse shape and would soon declare bankruptcy.
With Enron’s capital (and reputation at the time), the renamed Enron Wind Corp.…
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