An increase in the failure of wind turbine components and the subsequent financial fallout is creating uncertainty about the true sustainability of an industry campaigning for green energy. Siemens Energy announced on June 22 that it would be withdrawing its profit assumptions and initiating a technical review of Siemens Gamesa’s onshore wind farm, which could…
IN-DEPTH: Turbine Failures and Plunging Stock Add to Growing Doubt Over Wind Industry
Millions of Dollars Needed for Road Upgrades to Transport Massive Wind Turbine Blades
The Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) is slated to be one of New South Wales’s largest sources of renewable energy, including an array of solar panels, batteries, and wind turbines. But simply moving wind turbine components to the regional area is proving to be a challenging and costly exercise. Authorities in Australia’s most populous…
IN-DEPTH: ‘It Would Be Devastating’: Local Officials Warn of Wind Turbine Development’s Impact to Jersey Shore’s Tourism Industry
July 8, 2023
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Serene beachside views that bring in a lucrative tourism industry could be cut to ribbons if wind companies succeed in constructing fleets of monopole turbines along the east coast. Orsted, a wind energy company 51 percent owned by the Danish government, has plans to install 200 turbines throughout 161,000 acres of ocean nine miles off…
IN-DEPTH: ‘Sacrifice on the Altar of Green Energy’: Commercial Fishing Industry Faces Extinction if Offshore Wind Turbine Development Continues
July 1, 2023
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Advocates warn that what’s at stake if developers and their foreign investors succeed in constructing offshore wind turbines along the east coast is a crucial food source and a rich cultural heritage preserved among fishermen. “Generations of fishermen could be sacrificed on the altar of green energy,” Meghan Lapp told The Epoch Times. Lapp is…
IN-DEPTH: ‘Sacrificed on the Altar of Green Energy’: Commercial Fishing Industry Faces Extinction If Offshore Wind Turbine Development Continues
July 1, 2023
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Advocates warn that what’s at stake if developers and their foreign investors succeed in constructing offshore wind turbines along the east coast is a crucial food source and a rich cultural heritage preserved among fishermen. “Generations of fishermen could be sacrificed on the altar of green energy,” Meghan Lapp told The Epoch Times. Lapp is…
IN-DEPTH: ‘Beyond Belief’: Industrial Wind Developments Could Threaten Fragile Desert Ecosystem
June 23, 2023
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A landmark interregional transmission line project has broken ground this week to carry high-voltage electricity 732 miles from the largest wind farm in North America to Nevada. The TransWest Express Transmission Project (TWE) will take electricity generated by the $5 billion, 3,000 megawatt, 600-turbine Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project (CSMWE) located in Carbon…
Australia Eyeing Mammoth 1.6 Million Tonnes of EV Battery Waste by 2050
June 1, 2023
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Australians will need to find a way to dispose of 1.6 million tonnes of disused EV batteries by 2050 as part of its push towards net-zero. The Battery Stewardship Council, along with its research partners, estimates that based on current trends, the volume of EV waste will expand exponentially to 30,000 tonnes by 2030 before…
ANALYSIS: The True Cost of Energy Generated From Wind Turbines
Claims of wind power being pro-environment often do not consider the damaging effects these projects can have on wildlife and ecosystems, thus hiding the “true cost” of such initiatives. Wind power projects can threaten birds that fly within their vicinity and trigger a decline in their population; it can harm marine life due to noise…
IN-DEPTH: ‘It’s Criminal’: Central Wisconsin Communities Unite to Stave Off Looming Wind Turbine Industry
May 19, 2023
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Central Wisconsin communities are coordinating efforts to shine a light into the flickering shadow cast by a looming wind turbine industry. “There is a revolt happening here,” attorney Marti Machtan told The Epoch Times. “I’ve never seen our communities engage like this in my life.” Machtan is a member of Farmland First, an organization that…
New Jersey Representatives Call for Halt of Offshore Wind Projects, Probe of Whale Deaths
April 5, 2023
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State, county, and federal officials in New Jersey want to halt offshore wind turbine projects for an independent investigation into why whales and dolphins have been washing up on New Jersey beaches. “The whales are the canaries in the coal mine; they’re telling us something we all need to listen to,” U.S. Rep. Chris Smith…
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