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Overcapacity Hits Wind Turbine Market

The world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer is laying off employees due to over capacity in the market from competition from Chinese suppliers and lower demand in European and U.S. markets as...

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Energy Density in the Driver’s Seat

What is driving U.S. energy policy? One might say Obama, Jackson, Salazar, or even Holdren—or any politician whose visible hand redirects the market’s invisible hand. But on closer inspection, these...

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Administration Doubles Down on Expensive Offshore Wind

The Interior Department announced today that the administration will hold the nation’s first offshore wind lease sale in late July. The area scheduled for lease consists of 164,750 acres off the coasts...

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Big Wind’s Dirty Little Secret: Toxic Lakes and Radioactive Waste

The wind industry promotes itself as better for the environment than traditional energy sources such as coal and natural gas. For example, the industry claims that wind energy reduces carbon dioxide...

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All Trick, No Treat: How Wind Turbines Kill Bats and Hurt Farmers

One of the realities of life is that all actions have consequences and all actions have tradeoffs.  Wind power is no exception, especially with regard to environmental issues. Wind power is seen as a...

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Overcapacity Hits Wind Turbine Market

The world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer is laying off employees due to over capacity in the market from competition from Chinese suppliers and lower demand in European and U.S. markets as...

View Article

Energy Density in the Driver's Seat

What is driving U.S. energy policy? One might say Obama, Jackson, Salazar, or even Holdren—or any politician whose visible hand redirects the market’s invisible hand. But on closer inspection, these...

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Administration Doubles Down on Expensive Offshore Wind

The Interior Department announced today that the administration will hold the nation’s first offshore wind lease sale in late July. The area scheduled for lease consists of 164,750 acres off the coasts...

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Big Wind’s Dirty Little Secret: Toxic Lakes and Radioactive Waste

The wind industry promotes itself as better for the environment than traditional energy sources such as coal and natural gas. For example, the industry claims that wind energy reduces carbon dioxide...

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All Trick, No Treat: How Wind Turbines Kill Bats and Hurt Farmers

One of the realities of life is that all actions have consequences and all actions have tradeoffs.  Wind power is no exception, especially with regard to environmental issues. Wind power is seen as a...

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Top Questions for Interior Secretary Sally Jewell

This week, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will testify before two congressional committees on her department’s FY2016 budget request. These hearings offer lawmakers a chance to ask Secretary Jewell...

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Wind Capacity Factors Drop on West Coast Due to Poor Wind Speeds

Wind capacity factors can vary greatly across regions because the output from wind turbines are dependent on the wind resources in the area. A capacity factor measures the amount of electricity...

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China Won’t Waste Its Time on Wind Power

China is building coal-fired plants (about one every 2 days)[i] and nuclear plants to supply its energy needs, but has decided not to waste its time on wind power, according to China’s National Energy...

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Obama Allows Wind Turbines to Legally Kill Eagles

On January 17, 2017, the number of bald eagles that can be killed by wind farm permit holders will increase from the current legal number of 1,100 to 4,200—almost a quadrupling. The Fish and Wildlife...

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Top Questions for Interior Secretary Sally Jewell

This week, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will testify before two congressional committees on her department’s FY2016 budget request. These hearings offer lawmakers a chance to ask Secretary Jewell...

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Wind Capacity Factors Drop on West Coast Due to Poor Wind Speeds

Wind capacity factors can vary greatly across regions because the output from wind turbines are dependent on the wind resources in the area. A capacity factor measures the amount of electricity...

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China Won’t Waste Its Time on Wind Power

China is building coal-fired plants (about one every 2 days)[i] and nuclear plants to supply its energy needs, but has decided not to waste its time on wind power, according to China’s National Energy...

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Obama Allows Wind Turbines to Legally Kill Eagles

On January 17, 2017, the number of bald eagles that can be killed by wind farm permit holders will increase from the current legal number of 1,100 to 4,200—almost a quadrupling. The Fish and Wildlife...

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States Consider Moratoria on Wind Construction

North Carolina could soon join its neighbor Tennessee by placing an 18-month moratorium on wind farm construction. Lawmakers in the Tar Heel State recently passed its moratorium to avoid higher energy...

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Wind Turbines Reduce the Productivity of Surrounding Vegetation

Many of wind energy’s problems, such as its intermittent nature; its slaying birds, bats and other animals; its noise pollution; its degradation of vistas; and its higher costs compared to traditional...

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