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  • Wind turbine explodes after bursting into flames at quiet Welsh farm, showering broken parts to the ground

    02/07/2024 5:48:16 AM PST · by Red Badger · 10 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | 09:31 EST, 29 January 2024 | By MEGAN HOWE
    Walkers enjoying a quiet stroll in the Welsh countryside captured a shocking sight on Sunday, after a wind turbine burst into flames before exploding. Nick Blasdale, 61, and his wife Alison, 59, were left stunned when they saw burning parts of a turbine fall more than 100ft to the ground. Firefighters were called to the blaze at Blaen Bowi Wind Farm near Newcastle Emlyn, Pembrokeshire at 11.46am, but could only watch and make sure passersby didn't get too close. Alison said: 'We watched the top section burst into flames then drop off whilst still burning then explode when it hit...
  • Federal Judge Sides With Osage Nation, Orders Removal Of 84 Wind Turbines

    12/26/2023 12:00:41 PM PST · by billorites · 36 replies
    Substack ^ | December 23, 2023 | Robert Bryce
    The Osage Nation won a massive ruling in Tulsa federal court on Wednesday that requires Enel to dismantle a 150-megawatt wind project it built in Osage County despite the tribe’s repeated objections. The tribe’s fight against Rome-based Enel began in 2011 and is the longest-running legal battle over wind energy in American history. As reported by Curtis Killman in the Tulsa World on Thursday, the ruling grants the United States, the Osage Nation, and Osage Minerals Council permanent injunctive relief via “ejectment of the wind turbine farm for continuing trespass.” The decision by U.S. Court of International Trade Judge Jennifer...
  • Profit At China’s Top Wind Firm Slumps 98%

    10/27/2023 4:31:18 AM PDT · by george76 · 3 replies
    Oil price ^ | Oct 26, 2023 | Charles Kennedy
    Lower prices for turbines amid a price war in China have resulted in a 98% plunge in the net profit of the top Chinese wind turbine maker, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. While investments in renewable energy projects in China are booming, intensified competition has led to a race to the bottom for wind turbine prices—a race that has dented profits at the biggest Chinese manufacturer. Goldwind booked $1.28 million in net income for the third quarter of 2023, down by a massive 98% compared to the same period of 2022 ... Globally, the wind power industry faces additional...
  • Are Wind Turbines Killing These 100,000 Pound Mammals?

    10/10/2023 8:55:22 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 17 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 10/10/23 | Matt Macgregor
    Former President Donald Trump said recently that "windmills are causing whales to die in numbers never seen before."(Illustration by The Epoch Times)His comments, made at a campaign rally in South Carolina, were quickly ground through the fact-checking mills of legacy media outlets such as The Guardian and the BBC."They’re washing up ashore. I saw it this weekend, three of them came up. You wouldn’t see it once a year. Now they’re coming up on a weekly basis," President Trump said.The Guardian called his allegation a "lengthy and largely baseless attack on wind turbines for causing large numbers of whales to...
  • Thousands of Old Wind Turbine Blades Pile Up in West Texas

    08/29/2023 6:16:56 AM PDT · by artichokegrower · 58 replies
    Texas Monthly ^ | August 24, 2023 | Russell Gold
    Officials in Sweetwater say an out-of-state company has made their town a dump for the seldom-seen trash created by renewable energy.
  • One Cost of Green Energy: Thousands of Old Wind Turbine Blades Pile Up in West Texas

    08/26/2023 7:24:54 AM PDT · by spirited irish · 78 replies
    Texas Monthly ^ | 8/28 | Russell Gold
    Officials in Sweetwater say an out-of-state company has made their town a dump for the seldom-seen trash created by renewable energy.
  • Will Wind Turbines Be Generating More Waste Than Electricity?

    07/22/2023 6:57:12 AM PDT · by george76 · 39 replies
    Heartland Daily News ^ | July 18, 2023 | Ronald Stein, P.E.
    Wind turbines, once touted by the few wealthy and less populated countries as a clean solution for electricity, are now becoming an eyesore, a hazard, and a significant environmental threat. After decades of operating around the world for the few wealthy and less populated countries, wind turbines continue to have a live expectancy of about 20 years. To date there has yet to be discovered a financially viable means of recycling those wind turbines. As a result, today’s old wind turbines are being dumped into toxic waste dumps. Because wind turbine blades are very difficult to recycle, the waste stream...
  • New York Lawmaker Wants To Ban Use Of Fossil Fuels In Making Wind Turbines And Solar Panels

    06/08/2023 7:31:09 PM PDT · by george76 · 20 replies
    Cowboy State Daily ^ | June 07, 2023 | Kevin Killough
    If a bill banning the use of fossil fuels in the creation of green energy projects were to become law, it would be the end of renewable energy. There’s no feasible way to manufacture and transport wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles without fossil fuels. New York state Sen. George Borrello, R-Wyoming County, has introduced a bill to require that all wind turbines, solar collectors and infrastructure for producing green energy be manufactured and constructed without the use of fossil fuels. His bill would also apply to the manufacture and distribution of electric vehicles. If the bill were to...
  • Massive Energy Corporation Says Up To 30% Of Its Wind Turbines Could Be Malfunctioning

    06/23/2023 2:19:29 PM PDT · by george76 · 32 replies
    Daily Caller News Foundation ^ | June 23, 2023 | Will Kessler
    Siemens Energy announced Thursday that it will be undergoing a technical review after it was found that up to 30% of its wind turbines could have faulty components, according to statements made by the company. Siemens Energy, an international energy company that seeks to “decarbonize global energy systems,” announced that it is withdrawing its profit guidance for the year after subsidiary Siemens Gamesa found that there was a “substantial increase in failure rates of wind turbine components.” The company believes that between 15% and 30% of its installed fleets are suffering from component failures, Jochen Eickholt, CEO of Siemens Gamesa,...
  • Colorado legislators introduce legislation requiring energy companies to remove decommissioned wind turbines

    06/17/2023 5:42:45 PM PDT · by george76 · 25 replies
    Denver Gazette ^ | Jun 16, 2023 | Scott Weiser
    The blight on the landscape of abandoned and decommissioned wind turbines stimulated Colorado's U.S. Reps. Ken Buck, Doug Lamborn and Harriet Hageman, Wyoming, to introduce the Production Tax Credit Reform Act. According to a press release, the bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require energy companies remove decommissioned wind turbines from leased land as a condition of receiving federal tax credits. Currently energy companies are not obligated to remove wind turbines from leased land once they are decommissioned, putting the onus on landowners — typically farmers and ranchers — to remove the turbines. According to the United States Geological...
  • Eminent Oxford Scientist Says Wind Power “Fails on Every Count”

    03/26/2023 2:39:55 PM PDT · by george76 · 23 replies
    Daily Sceptic ^ | 25 MARCH 2023 | Chris Morrison
    It could be argued that the basic arithmetic showing wind power is an economic and societal disaster in the making should be clear to a bright primary school child. Now the Oxford University mathematician and physicist, researcher at CERN and Fellow of Keble College, Emeritus Professor Wade Allison has done the sums. The U.K. is facing the likelihood of a failure in the electricity supply, he concludes. “Wind power fails on every count,” he says, adding that governments are ignoring “overwhelming evidence” of the inadequacies of wind power, “and resorting to bluster rather than reasoned analysis”. Professor Allison’s dire warnings...
  • Norway Apologises for 'Illegal' Wind Farms on Indigenous Land

    03/02/2023 8:03:01 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 12 replies
    Channel News Asia ^ | 03 Mar 2023
    Norway's government on Thursday (Mar 2) apologised to indigenous Sami reindeer herders affected by wind farms that were declared illegal after they were built, following a week of protests by activists. The country's highest court unanimously ruled in October 2021 that the expropriation and operating permits issued for the construction of 151 turbines in the Fosen region of western Norway were invalid. The court found that the project violated the rights of Sami families to practise their culture of reindeer husbandry.
  • Greta Thunberg is out protesting wind farms now. So much for saving the planet.

    03/02/2023 7:59:48 AM PST · by Red Badger · 54 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | March 2, 2023 | Staff
    If you've ever wondered if Greta Thunberg is an environmentalist or a Marxist, I think her most recent stunt will give you your answers. The infamous climate warrior is in the news once again, but not for fighting fossil fuels this time. Nope, this time she's protesting green energy, particularly against the use of wind turbines in Norway. She and a group of 10 people were removed from government grounds in Oslo for protesting for the removal of a wind farm. The wind turbines in question were built on the reindeer grazing lands of the Sámi people, the only indigenous...
  • Number Of Eagles Killed By Wind Farms In Wyoming Severely Underestimated, Biologist Says

    02/20/2023 10:44:59 AM PST · by llevrok · 30 replies
    The Cowboy State Daily News ^ | 02/20/2024 | Kevin Killough
    As more wind farms are being planned and constructed across southern Wyoming, more people are raising concerns about the impact to wildlife, especially eagles. Mike Lockhart, a wildlife biologist specializing in eagles who worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for more than 30 years, told Cowboy State Daily the impacts to eagle populations from Wyoming’s wind farms is being underreported and downplayed. The projects now in development include the Boswell Springs Wind Project, the Two Rivers Wind Project, the Rail Tie Project, and the Rock Creek I and Rock Creek II projects, and the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre...
  • Most power ever produced in January from wind energy [Ireland]

    02/07/2023 11:22:05 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 28 replies
    RTÉ News ^ | Wednesday, 8 Feb 2023 07:01
    Irish wind farms had a strong start to the year with a new record for the most electricity ever produced in the month of January. The January Wind Energy Report showed that 41% of the country’s power came from wind last month, up 9% on January 2022. However, the industry warned delays in the planning system were slowing the delivery of new wind farms. Wind farms produced 1,479 gigawatt-hours of electricity last month, up 200 GWh on the previous January best, and the seventh best month on record for wind power. This is equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of...
  • Sumitomo Electric plans long-life battery plant in North America

    02/07/2023 5:02:41 AM PST · by FarCenter · 5 replies
    OSAKA -- Japan's Sumitomo Electric Industries plans to build a new battery plant in North America as the U.S. accelerates its shift to sustainable energy, Nikkei has learned. Sumitomo wants to produce large-capacity batteries called "redox flow cells" which are used to store electricity generated by wind turbines and other forms of renewable energy. The batteries are less prone to degradation than conventional lithium-ion batteries. Their battery life of up to 30 years is expected to be twice as long as that of lithium-ion batteries. The battery market in North America is expected to expand to 1.7 trillion yen ($12.9...
  • Massive green energy company reports nearly $1 billion in losses, calls for 'further governmental action'(Germany)

    02/05/2023 6:27:06 AM PST · by dynachrome · 14 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2-2-23 | Thomas Catenacci
    Global green energy company Siemens Gamesa reported Thursday that it had lost a staggering $967 million during the three-month period from between October to December. The Germany-based company, which dubs itself as "the global leader in offshore power generation," noted the wind industry has faced various unfavorable pressures leading to negative growth in recent months and years, in its earnings report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 released Thursday morning. The company added that governments would need to further assist the industry to ensure future positive growth. "The negative development in our service business underscores that we have...
  • Giant Wind Turbines Keep Mysteriously Falling Over. This Shouldn't Be Happening.

    02/02/2023 9:56:52 AM PST · by Leaning Right · 123 replies
    Popular Mechanics ^ | JAN 23, 2023 | Tim Newcomb
    The taller the wind turbine, the harder they fall. And they sure are falling. Wind turbine failures are on the uptick, from Oklahoma to Sweden and Colorado to Germany, with all three of the major manufacturers admitting that the race to create bigger turbines has invited manufacturing issues, according to a report from Bloomberg.
  • Huge wind turbines – taller than the Statue of Liberty -- are toppling over in a ‘rash’ of incidents

    01/23/2023 9:13:26 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 65 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 01/23/2023 | Thomas Lifson
    Bloomberg Business Week, no foe of green energy, headlines: Wind Turbines Taller Than the Statue of Liberty Are Falling Over.” The article beneath the headline reports on a variety of alarming disasters involving wind turbines, including collapses of very tall sructures.On a calm, sunny day last June, Mike Willey was feeding his cattle when he got a call from the local sheriff’s dispatcher. A motorist had reported that one of the huge turbines at a nearby wind farm had collapsed in dramatic fashion. Willey, chief of the volunteer fire department in Ames, 90 miles northwest of Oklahoma City, set out...
  • 7th dead whale washed up on Jersey Shore ‘bad news on top of bad news’

    01/13/2023 6:20:14 PM PST · by conservative98 · 31 replies
    NY Post ^ | January 13, 2023 3:49pm | Olivia Land
    The seventh dead whale in a little over a month washed up on the Jersey Shore this week, sparking a debate about the impact of off-shore activities on marine life. The 20-foot-long humpback whale was found on the beach on Thursday afternoon in Brigantine, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center (MMSC) confirmed Friday. “Due to the incoming tide and low light last night, staff returned at daybreak this morning to take photos,” the update read. “Plans are underway for a necropsy to be performed on the animal.” Thursday’s discovery occurred just miles from where another dead whale was found in Atlantic...