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Energy firm confirms wind turbines need to draw electricity from grid at times, but point out that all power stations use electricity as well as generating it Gordon Rayner The Telegraph [UK] 31 Dec 2014 Offshore wind farms are drawing power from the National Grid to keep turning and prevent them icing up in subzero […] January 1st, 2015 | Tags: electricity prices, wind farms | Category: Energy, Environment, Great Britain | Comments are closed
Christopher Warfel Letters to the Editor The Providence Journal 2/4/2013 I was recently elected to the Town Council of Block Island. My nearly 30 years of professional work has been in conventional- and renewable-energy production and use. My master’s thesis involved the application of wind technology to produce drinking water by desalination. I have worked […] February 7th, 2013 | Tags: Christopher Warfel, crony capitalism, Deepwater Wind, Governor Donald Carcieri, hedge funds, renewable energy, wind farms | Category: Economy, Energy, Rhode Island, TAKE ACTION!, Taxes | Comments are closed
The Washington Free Beacon 1/2/2013 The bankrupt electric car battery manufacturer A123 Systems Inc. is looking to hire a lobbying firm to protect the company’s sale to China’s Wanxiang Group, according to Dow Jones… …A123 Systems filed for bankruptcy in October after receiving $133 million of a nearly $250 million grant from the federal government. […] January 2nd, 2013 | Tags: "green subsidies", A123 Systems, Capitol Counsel LLC, Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, Johnson Controls, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. John Thune, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Wanxiang Group Corp., wind farms | Category: Barack Obama, China, Congress, Energy, Federal spending, lobbyists, Taxes | Comments are closed
World Resources Institute identifies 1,200 coal plants in planning across 59 countries, with about three-quarters in China and India Damian Carrington The Guardian [UK] 19 November 2012 More than 1,000 coal-fired power plants are being planned worldwide, new research has revealed. The huge planned expansion comes despite warnings from politicians, scientists and campaigners that the […] November 20th, 2012 | Tags: Carbon emissions, Center on Climate Change and National Security, coal plants, developing nations, electricity, wind farms | Category: Africa, Asia, Central Intelligence Agency, China, Environmental Protection Agency, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, National Security, Pennsylvania | Comments are closed
CBS News San Francisco 4/28/2012 MILPITAS (CBS 5) — Three months ago, CBS 5 caught Solyndra tossing millions of dollars worth of brand new glass tubes used to make solar panels. Now the bankrupt solar firm, once touted as a symbol of green technology, may be trying to abandon toxic waste. It’s a tedious process. […] April 30th, 2012 | Tags: 'green' technology, hypocrisy, Milpitas, Solyndra Inc., toxic waste, wind farms | Category: California, Energy, Environment, Taxes, technology | Comments are closed
Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 2/29/2012 Hey, at least Energy Secretary Stephen Chu gave an honest answer. When asked by Rep. Alan Nunnelee whether the Obama administration wants to work to get gas prices to come back down, Chu replied that they’re not focusing on that — and that higher gas prices mean more of a push […] February 29th, 2012 | Tags: "Sacramento-San Joaquin Water Reliability Act", algae, Bill Clinton, delta smelt, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, Envia Systems, gasoline prices, George John Bolenbaugh III, green energy, H.R. 1837, Keystone XL pipeline project, oil and gas drilling, PM David Cameron, Rep. Alan Nunnelee, Rep. Devin Nunes, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, The Heritage Foundation, water, wind farms | Category: Agriculture and Food Production, Barack Obama, California, Canada, Cloward-Piven Strategy, Congress, Department of Energy, Economy, Energy, Environment, Progressives | Comments are closed
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