2016 by stopthesethingsPosted in UKTagged Cost of renewable energy, grid instability, intermittent wind power, investment, UK wind farm policy, unreliable wind power, wind farm subsidies, wind farms, wind power, wind power costs, wind power grid instability, wind power subsidies, wind turbines. ...
Trust & Truth Deficit: BBC Busted Telling Big Fat Lies About Wind Farm Subsidies Never let the facts get in the way of the ‘green’ cult’s narrative, seems to be the BBC’s new motto. Its official line is that: “trust is the foundation of the BBC. We’re independent, impartial ...
According to results of this study more than 20 wind farms in United Kingdom produce less than a fifth of their potential maximum power output, with two wind farms operating at less than 10% of its maximum capacity. Even the largest wind farm in the country, The High Volts 2, Co Durham...
SCANDAL OF SECRET WIND FARM SUBSIDIES; Turbine Firms Paid [Pounds Sterling]20m in Hidden Deal to Compensate Them for Future Bad WeatherByline: EXCLUSIVE By Graham Grant Home Affairs EditorDaily Mail (London)
Mitsubishi Corporation Named Preferred Bidder for Offshore Transmission Asset in the UK Having listened to Barry Smith from the GMB union, it would seem SSE's Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Project (BOWL) - despite having received Government subsidies - has utilised overseas yards for a large portion...
The Tory government is stopping new subsidies for onshore wind farms by closing the current payment scheme a year earlier. | ITV National News
The offshore wind farm’s water depth is between 28 and 36 m, and the average wind speed is 10.4 m/s. There are 150 turbines with 63 m long blades and a power generating capacity of 4 MW. Its total construction cost was about 2.8 billion euros, and subsidies were around 3.6 billion...
Environmental costs, Germany, UKTagged Bats killed by wind turbines, bats killed wind farms, bird bats wind turbines, Birds killed wind power, eagles killed by turbines, Environmental costs renewables, Environmental costs wind power, green hypocrisy, wind farm birds, wind farms bats, wind farms ea...
The vast subsidies from the renewable obligation are promoting a secondary market in existing wind farm sales, with the bigger players developing windfarms and then making a return by selling them on to smaller entities which could not have funded the initial development had they wanted to. Large...
Developers have warned that some newer auction rounds to build offshore wind farms or for project subsidies do not yet reflect the realities of their costs, meaning projects would struggle under those terms. In the UK, trade groups have written to the government that its next round of subsidy...