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Hundreds Of European Wind Turbines Are Operating At A Loss
http://dailycaller.com/2016/04/16/hundreds-of-european-wind-turbines-are-operating-at-a-loss/ ^ | 16 April 2016 | Andrew Follett

Posted on 04/18/2016 2:54:51 PM PDT by Lorianne

Hundreds of wind turbines in the Netherlands are operating at a loss and could soon be demolished, according to an article published Thursday by the Dutch financial newspaper Financieele Dagblad.

Subsidies for generating wind energy aren’t cost effective anymore, according to the paper’s analysis. Most of Europe’s modern wind turbines are struggling to be profitable due to the inefficient subsidy structure.

Financieele Dagblad is extremely worried about the failure of the Dutch wind industry, because the Netherlands is already behind its green energy targets.

Dutch financial issues with wind power aren’t unique to the Netherlands. Globally, the wind power industry is slowing down and will continue to slow, according to a 2015 report by the International Energy Agency. The wind industry is growing the slowest rate in years due to changes in the structure of subsidies, issues with reliability, and consistently high prices.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: energy; greenscam; methane; opec; petroleum; wind; windfarms; windturbines
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21 posted on 04/18/2016 4:49:15 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: Lorianne

OK, as long as they don’t stop making those little almond windmill cookies! Or... did they? I haven’t seem them in ages!


22 posted on 04/18/2016 4:52:20 PM PDT by opus1 (This is all getting rather confusing.)
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To: Lorianne

From 2009:

Wind Power is a Complete Disaster

http://www.law.utoronto.ca/blog/faculty/wind-power-complete-disaster

Denmark, the world’s most wind-intensive nation, with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity, has yet to close a single fossil-fuel plant. It requires 50% more coal-generated electricity to cover wind power’s unpredictability, and pollution and carbon dioxide emissions have risen (by 36% in 2006 alone).


23 posted on 04/18/2016 4:52:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." --Samuel Clemens)
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To: opus1

Windmill cookies will never die!


24 posted on 04/18/2016 4:56:50 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: bert

I have no idea what happened, but not too long ago one caught fire in Texas and the smoke was incredible. It looked like an oil well fire! That can’t be good for the environment!


25 posted on 04/18/2016 5:27:33 PM PDT by Tammy8
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To: Lorianne

The Dutch aren’t going to have to worry about wind energy much longer because the Muslims won’t care and they’ll be the new owners of the place.


26 posted on 04/18/2016 5:37:35 PM PDT by Gritty (Freedom begins with speaking truth. A muzzle is a muzzle even if it is made of silk.-Viktor Orban)
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To: Lorianne

If windmills were as useful as some preach, Holland would be a world power by now.


27 posted on 04/18/2016 5:49:39 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: UCANSEE2

Those are, however, pitifully ugly: a blight on the landscape, and don’t generate much power.


28 posted on 04/18/2016 5:51:24 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: Lorianne

Surprise...surprise!!!


29 posted on 04/18/2016 5:56:23 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Reeses

Lol. Ironic. And why Obama wants to kill off the competition.


30 posted on 04/18/2016 6:36:57 PM PDT by dhs12345
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