[dfwgator]

Birds rejoice.

[Secret Agent Man]

How many are operating exploded or on fire?

[Iron Munro]

Most of Europe’s modern wind turbines are struggling to be profitable due to the inefficient subsidy structure.

That's just more Newspeak Gobbledygook.

They can never be "profitable" if they require a subsidy to do.

[Parmy]

Hundreds of wind turbines in the Netherlands are operating at a loss

Goes without saying. It was a fool's dream from the start.

[LoneStar42]

They have never been able to amortize their cost, anywhere. Spain learned that about ten years ago.

We have yet to learn: Solyndra, Sun Electric, etc.

They’re still trying to sell us “climate change” too.

[JPG]

Not a problem! The new and improved Acme Model X-ZERO is now ready for install and operation!

[lacrew]

“Subsidies for generating wind energy aren’t cost effective anymore”

Paging Mr. Obvious...

[dhs12345]

The down side of renewable energy is that the gizmos that produce renewable energy are so damned expensive and the energy produced is very small in comparison such that it takes decades or even centuries for the ROI to be realized.

Actually, if you include the maintenance costs, the gizmos never pay for themselves.

Biggest problem problem for renewable energy is that coal, nat gas and other sources of power, make energy extremely cheap and impossible for renewable energy to compete.

[Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America]

Look at the bright side.. THEY’RE SO BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT! /s

[Milton Miteybad]

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.

The wind industry.

It blows. ;-)

[bert]

The same is true for America.

in a trip across the country I carefully observed arrays of the turbines

Generally, between 10% and 15% of a given field was inoperative. I stopped to count

In california it was better and worse. In some fields most were operational and in others 50% were not spinning

[Cobra64]

[opus1]

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

[E. Pluribus Unum]

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).

[Gritty]

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.

[GingisK]

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

[hal ogen]

Surprise...surprise!!!