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Here is the 25 minute version of ‘Europe’s Ill Wind.’

October 13th, 2010 | Tags: Energy, Wind Power | Category: Opinion | Leave a comment

Via the blogs, we learn that feed-in tariffs are a total rip-off. But how can that message possibly prevail when the BBC’s “take” is that buying in to the scam offers “a great return on investment!” And, needless to say, the Beeb is also talking up the news that the world’s biggest offshore wind farm [...]

September 27th, 2010 | Tags: Climate Policy, Energy, Wind Power | Category: Opinion | Comments (1)

It’s not exactly rocket science – when building a wind farm, look for a site that is, well, quite windy. But more than half of Britain’s wind farms are operating at less than 25 per cent capacity. In England, the figure rises to 70 per cent of onshore developments, research shows. Experts say that over-generous [...]

August 18th, 2010 | Tags: Energy, Wind Power | Category: News | Leave a comment

…But one forgets: the election gave us a Coalition, not a Tory, victory. Energy policy is in Liberal hands. Through all the long years that they were remote from power, the Lib Dems could be as green as lettuces, and limper. If they imagined that Britain would become a nation of yurt-dwelling Hobbits, it didn’t [...]

July 26th, 2010 | Tags: Energy, Wind Power | Category: Opinion | Leave a comment

Britain’s biggest wind farm companies are to be paid not to produce electricity when the wind is blowing. Telegraph.co.uk: Firms paid to shut down wind farms when the wind is blowing Via MEP Roger Helmer on Twitter - Money Week: The government subsidy paid for each of Britain’s wind turbines last year was £138,000

June 21st, 2010 | Tags: Climate Policy, Energy, Wind Power | Category: News | Leave a comment

David Cameron’s father-in-law is among rich landowners cashing in on Labour’s green subsidies, with a wind farm generating an estimated £3.5million a year on his country estate. Sir Reginald Sheffield, 63, who is worth at least £20million, splits the profits with the project’s developers.   Around half of the income comes from a government scheme [...]

March 30th, 2010 | Tags: Climate Policy, Energy, Funding, Wind Power | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Some of Britain’s most beautiful landscapes have been blighted by wind farms for only small returns in energy, research shows. The analysis of power output found that more than 20 wind farms are operating at less than one-fifth of their full capacity. Experts say many turbines are going up on sites that are simply not [...]

March 23rd, 2010 | Tags: Climate Policy, Energy, Wind Power | Category: News | Leave a comment

At least one in six of the 255 wind farms in Britain have received noise complaints according to figures obtained by the Daily Telegraph. But local authorities have never managed to prosecute on the grounds of noise nuisance because it is so difficult to prove. The main problem is the intermittent nature of noise from [...]

March 14th, 2010 | Tags: Energy, Wind Power | Category: News | Comments (3)

Polam Hall, Darlington 6th March 2010 10.00 am to 5.00 pm (venue open till 6pm) A conference with expert speakers from across the UK dealing with key issues  and problems arising from reliance on wind as a major source of alternative energy. Speakers Include: _______________________________________________________________ Bob Barfoot Dick Bowdler Dr Phillip Bratby David Cocks QC [...]

February 17th, 2010 | Tags: Conferences, Wind Power | Category: News | Leave a comment