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 Farm Construction in the Strange World of Production Tax Credits
Wind energy seems to exist in a parallel universe where even simple words like “construction” no longer mean what you think they do. Why is that? The old way You know what construction projects look like, lots of construction workers in hardhats, bulldozers and backhoes, dump trucks and dirt and when combined with hard work […]
If its All About the Money, Are Wind Turbines the Best Choice?
In all of the discussions leading up to this wind turbine project in North East, you might hear the promoters talk about “green energy” or “renewable energy,” one local farmer talks about how wind fits in with his stewardship of the land and helping the entire country while a spokesman for the Lake Erie Region […]
What Really Powers Wind Turbines? Lots and Lots of Government Money
Wind turbines are popping up in more and more rural communities, yet wind turbines, like so many other “green energy” projects, represent a business that can’t stand on its own two feet without massive government involvement, from tax subsidies and tax credits to outright grants and the result is increasingly expensive electricity from locations with […]