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If We’d Followed Australian Senator Bob Brown’s Solar Dream, We’d Be Broke
By Andrew Bolt ~ If it were up to Australian Greens Party leader, Senator Bob Brown, we’d have repeated Germany’s disastrous lead in ramping up solar power even more: SENATOR BOB BROWN: Well, it is the way to go. The Greens have recently rescued the proposals for base load solar power stations, which will go […]
Money Loser + $100 Million Subsidy = Money Maker?
By David Kreutzer, Ph.D. ~ When is a solar energy company a loan flipper instead of a solar energy company? How about when the value of its loan subsidies vastly exceeds the value of its solar project? A case in point is First Solar’s sale of its Antelope Valley Solar Ranch 1 (AVSR1) to Exelon. […]
Renewable Power Australia – Dim Solar Still Burns Bright At The ABC
By Andrew Bolt ~ The ABC mentioned here is the Australian national broadcasting network, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It has no association with the U.S. ABC Network…..TonyfromOz. It’s strange that with solar power in trouble around the world, it’s still promoted as our saviour on the ABC: Fran Kelly on ABC Radio National on Friday: […]
Renewable Power Australia – What Has This Green Madness Cost Us?
By Andrew Bolt ~ June, 2011 – the Prime Minister announces her latest green scheme: The Federal Government will provide more than three quarters of a billion dollars to help build two of the largest solar power stations in the world… Solar Dawn and Moree Solar Farm have been selected as the two successful consortiums […]
‘Clean Energy Future’ Australia – Raining On The Renewable Mirage
By Andrew Bolt So with new hydro projects essentially banned and carbon capture a flop, the Gillard Government will probably need four times the solar and wind generators we have now to reach its 2020 target for renewable energy. That is sure going to cost: ELECTRICITY produced by renewable sources is approaching 10 per cent […]
Australia’s ‘Clean Energy Future’ – Why Nuclear Power Plants Should Be An Option
December 5, 2011 by TonyfromOz
Over the weekend just passed, the Australian Labor Government passed a motion at their Annual Conference that they should move in Parliament to amend the legislation regarding the sale of Uranium to India. The Minister For Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson, said that the sale of Australian Uranium to India was imperative if that Country […]
A $230,000 Taxpayer-Funded ‘Green Jobs’ Website, but No Jobs Listed
By Mike Brownfield How’s this for a waste of taxpayer money? According to Energy& Environment News, the Department of Energy is paying $230,000 for a website to promote career paths in the green energy sector–and it has, ironically, prohibited the listing of actual jobs in the industry. Here’s the report: The Department of Energy has awarded […]
‘Solyndra Was Just the Beginning’: Experts Predict Solar Industry Collapse
By Lachlan Markay Industry analysts are predicting a massive bout of bankruptcies for hundreds of American solar firms as the market for solar panels, inflated by zealous government backing, begins to cool down. The fallout could be dramatic, CNN reported Wednesday. “Of the few hundred or so solar panel makers worldwide, just 20 to 40 […]
Green Power Could Mean Mega Blackouts
By Andrew Bolt One slight problem with solar and wind power is that it doesn’t work some times, and other times it works only too well: ‘Unstable’ renewable energy sources increase the risk of ‘supra-regional’ electricity blackouts with multi-billion pound consequences, insurance giant Allianz has warned. Solar panels and wind turbines are a “volatile” source […]
Green Energy Backers Unwittingly Undermine Case for Federal ‘Investment’
By Lachlan Markay Democrats determined to shield the administration from accusations of political cronyism are unwittingly undermining the larger policy vision that they themselves have supported, and the president has championed: the so-called “green energy economy.” Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Diana Degette (D-CO), ranking Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its investigative sub-panel, respectively, have […]
Solar Energy School Propaganda 101
By Michelle Malkin The Obama administration’s crony green subsidy scandal is erupting like a solar flare in Washington. But do you know what your kids are learning in their environmental education classes about this red-hot taxpayer eco-scam? Chances are: not much. Instead, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Democratic apparatchiks at the National Education […]
Rooftop Solar Fries Queensland’s Electrical Power Network
By Andrew Bolt The solar balloon leaks even more air: THE solar power revolution is in danger of stalling, with the Queensland State Government admitting the electricity grid is failing to cope with its green vision. Energy Minister Stephen Robertson confirmed new applications for rooftop solar systems were being rejected in areas where Queensland’s high […]
Four ‘Green Job’ Realities
By Nicolas Loris Solyndra’s bankruptcy has put federal spending for green projects under the microscope—and rightly so. Green jobs programs have been a profoundly wasteful use of taxpayers’ money and are doing more harm to the economy than helping it. They don’t even provide the promised grand environmental benefits. It’s important to keep these points […]
Solar Bankruptcies Mean It’s Time to End Energy Subsidies, Not Increase Them
By Nicolas Loris Last week, Solyndra became the third solar company in recent weeks to go belly-up, but the Fremont-based solar manufacturer made the most noise—because it lost more than a half a billion dollars in taxpayer money. Solyndra received one of the first stimulus loan guarantees, a $535 million loan. During a visit to […]
Congressional Investigator: More Solar Bankruptcies to Come
By Lachlan Markay A top congressional investigator said on Tuesday that he believes more companies that benefitted from the stimulus bill’s renewable energy loan guarantee program will go bankrupt before all allotted funds are spent. The program, which guaranteed a $535 million loan to Solyndra before the company declared bankruptcy last week, still has $8-10 […]
Solyndra to Solar City: Lesson Not Learned in Green Energy Loan
By David Kreutzer, Ph.D. Basking in the glow from the $535 million fire left when Solyndra crashed and burned, the Department of Energy is ready to subsidize additional hundreds of millions in loans to solar energy companies. The logic of this latest round is stunning: One company supposedly needs the government subsidy because its cost […]
Politically Connected Solar Firm Goes Under Despite Federal Support
By Lachlan Markay Major donors to President Obama have received favorable treatment throughout his administration. Today’s news that solar company Solyndra is going bankrupt demonstrates the consequences of that apparent cronyism. The company’s demise is likely to cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. Solyndra suspended operations Wednesday and will soon file for chapter 11 […]
The Great Renewable Energy Scam Continues
By Alan Caruba I recently received a news release from The Council of State Governments headlined “New Report: Renewable Energy Worth Investment for Southern States” that touted “job creation, environment and public health” as benefits. It was filled with lies. I had never heard of the CSG before, but a visit to its website was […]
Are Green Jobs ‘Gone with the Wind’?
By Ernest Istook President Obama plans a big jobs announcement—right after he finishes his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard. Expect him to say that green jobs are the key to recovery—that they will generate millions of jobs and a new era of prosperity. Oh, you’ve already heard that one? So has everyone else. Even The New […]
Rooftop Solar Power Reaches Grid Parity With Coal Fired Power – Well, Not Really
August 19, 2011 by TonyfromOz
Yesterday, a fascinating article was posted in one of the major Australian media outlets. The article said that in some places of the State of NSW, (New South Wales) Rooftop Solar panels were providing power fed back to the grids that was the same price as for coal fired power. This is the link to […]
CO2 Tax Australia – Labor Government Not Serious
August 17, 2011 by TonyfromOz
Here in Australia, the Labor minority Government is seeking to introduce legislation to place a cost on Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions. The intent, they tell us, is to reduce those emissions. Is that statement genuine, or is the Government cynically telling us this to hide the real intent. While total CO2 emissions arise from many […]
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