We want to pick up on a point we’ve raised before, how much wind does North East really have and is it enough to run an efficient and productive wind energy plant or is it just a project to qualify for government handouts, sort of a “wind welfare” project. Way back on June 15th of […]
Nordex Pulls Out as USA Wind Energy Begins to Collapse – UPDATED
Nordex, one of the major wind turbine manufacturers in the world, is going to close its manufacturing plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas and return production to Germany. The plant, lured to Arkansas with millions of dollars in state incentives, will cease production after it fills current orders. When Nordex officials and the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of […]
Revised North East Wind Energy Ordinance is Great for Developers – Bad for Residents – UPDATED
An ordinance protecting developers, but residents not so much The North East Township supervisors seem determined to use a wind energy ordinance designed for the benefit of wind developers and the few land owners who have leased their property to them. The revised draft ordinance was presented at the July 1st meeting, incorporating changes made […]
Green Energy Industry Collapsing in Spain as Government Support Runs Dry
Spain went all in on “green energy” because it was the future, it would provide jobs, and it would grow their economy, so they lavished the industry with subsidies and caps on electric rates, charging less for “renewable” electricity than the cost of producing it. It’s no wonder wind and solar companies were having a […]
Make Wind Energy Compete for Private Investment Not Your Tax Dollars
Who do you think should pay for building utility scale wind turbine installations? Individual investors who believe in “green energy” and are willing to risk their own money or Taxpayers like you when government gives wind energy companies huge incentives You probably chose option one, but that isn’t what’s happening. Wind wants a “level playing […]
Pioneer Green Energy Quits Wind Project in California
Pioneer Green Energy, the developer targeting North East with a plan for building 500 foot tall wind turbines, just quit in their efforts to build the Dunnigan Hills wind farm project in California. The project was for as many as 400 360 foot tall wind turbines and had been in the planning stages for close […]
Wind Turbines Are Not Saving the World, They’re Just Chasing Government Money
It’s always nice to see someone putting up their hands and saying, ENOUGH, and that’s what appears to be happening over in the UK with new measures just enacted: The new measures ensure that local views will always take precedence over concerns about the global environment. David Cameron is understood to have intervened in a […]
Do Wind Turbine Blades Ever Come Off? – UPDATED
In the same way that you don’t usually think about wind turbine fires, you probably don’t think about wind turbine blades coming loose and flying off, either, but they do. As the recent storms rolled through Oklahoma, the blade shown above came off and hit a daycare center a quarter mile away. Corrected – see […]
Wind Energy is Not Green, It’s Just Energy
Are you a straight talking, “let’s just get to the facts” sort of person? Would you rather not talk politics? Well, wind energy won’t let you do that, because wind energy, which should be all about the science, is almost always, all about the politics. It’s really frustrating and it all starts with the color […]
Are You Willing to Gamble Your Property Value on Wind Turbines?
If you are like the majority of people, the biggest investment you will ever make is the house you live in. It’s a big step, there are so many things to consider, the location, the community and the schools are just a few, and, while nothing in life is guaranteed, you do your best to […]