In other words, those who demand 2% of the land area with B-plans for wind power plants actually need 10% of the land area.
Tag: Wind turbine
Texas to boost grid resilience with more wind & solar, according to Clean Technica
Guest “I really couldn’t make this sort of schist up if I was trying” by David Middleton Reporting from Ice Mud Station Dallas… The pool is now ice-free for the…
Iced Covered Wind Turbines Hamper China’s Efforts to Retire Coal
Guest essay by Eric Worrall As China struggles with a surge in energy demand brought on by their economic recovery and a cold snap, the reputation of wind power has…
Wind turbines generate mountains of waste
They never tell you about the costs – or the environmental destruction – that they have hidden from you for decades. But neither do most governments, news media or social…
Thruway Authority sues maker of wind turbines that don’t work
From The Buffalo News Just a few years after the New York State Thruway Authority spent about $5 million on five wind turbines, four of them stand dormant. This is…
Friday funny – Subsidy Sam in the news!
Josh writes:’Subsidy Sam’ is a children’s story written by Lyndsey Ward to counter the shameless pro-wind propaganda allowed in schools. Lyndsey asked me to help out with a cartoon and I…
Is There an Equine Version of Wind Turbine Syndrome?
While not much gets past WUWT, this story from Portugal has only recently gotten some press, well after its posting in March, and I think it warrants attention here. While…
Imagine the 'outrage' from environmentalists if it had been an oil derrick
Dozens of birdwatchers who traveled to a Scottish island to see an extremely fast and rare swift have been left distraught after it was killed by a wind turbine. While…
Are wind turbines killing off the whooping crane population?
An attempt to stimulate discussion about whether or not wind turbines could kill off all endangered whooping cranes in only five years, as some environmentalists suggest. Guest post by Caleb…
The Faults, Fallacies and Failures of Wind Power
Guest essay by Viv Forbes Wind power is not free. All natural energy resources such as coal, wind and sun appear “free” – no one has to incur costs to…
Kenji sniffs out stupid claims by the Union of Concerned Scientists
For those of you who don’t know yet, Kenji is our family dog. Kenji is also a official dues paying member of the Union of Concerned scientists. see: Friday Funny…
Oooops! (at least they didn't name it 'robust')
So much for Endurance… From Louise Gray at The Telegraph: Wind turbine collapses in high wind A controversial 115ft wind turbine has collapsed after being hit by heavy winds. The…
Enough wind to power global energy demand – except when the wind doesn't blow
From the Carnegie Institution , some lofty ideas. Would you imagine a steady energy supply coming from high altitude kites? Enough wind to power global energy demand Washington, D.C.— There…
Time to terminate Big Wind subsidies
– and protect environmental values, endangered species, jobs and human welfare Guest post by Paul Driessen Unprecedented! As bills to extend seemingly perpetual wind energy subsidies were again introduced by…
Supreme irony: wind farms can cause atmospheric warming, finds a new study
NOTE: An update has been added below, using the press release that came out today after the news stories yesterday. While ironic that something designed to reduce CO2 emissions (and…
Saturday Silliness – Josh's wind energy fact sheet – global wind power 'to the nearest whole number'
Hi all! Following this week’s Twitter exchange between Matt Ridley and Mark Lynas I thought a helpful fact sheet about Wind Energy would be useful. People can print it out,…
Uh oh, North sea wind power a hopeless quest – it's all about the foundations
Bishop Hill points to an essay in the Spectator Matt Ridley: The Beginning Of The End Of Wind which is a summary of the arguments against wind power. He (and…
Wind energy subsidies to be discussed in Senate today–opportunity for input
Guest post By John Droz The matter of how much, if any, federal subsidies that wind energy will get is being discussed (and maybe resolved) today. Here is a video…
Windsplode in Scotland – plus some turbines can't handle 50mph
I wonder what the incident frequency is for wind turbine fires versus say coal, hydro, or nuclear plants? From STV Scotland:
Wind turbine FAIL – school left holding the bag for £53,000
It all started when the Gorran School got the bright idea that a wind turbine would solve all their electrical bills while doing some feel good environmentalism. The BBC was…
Greenpeace in our time
Josh from cartoonsbyjosh.com has been extra busy this week. He writes of the latest IPCC debacle: Christopher Booker suggested a lovely idea for his latest article They did not use…
Wind farm ordered dismantled
Mark Duchamp writes in with this news from the Lerida, Autonomous Community (state) of Catalonia, Spain: A judge ordered the removal of 45 wind turbines on the grounds that planning…
The wind turbine albedo effect
Via the Wakey Wakey thread, I got wind of this photo (seen below the continue reading line) which is a real world effect of the model at left. It seemed…
Blown promises
First the promise, perhaps a bit overrated: The article goes on to say: The borough already has one publicly-owned turbine — a 33ft Air Dolphin turbine at a location off…
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