That Tears It: “New report shows wind power doesn’t reduce CO2 emissions”
Paging the energy Quixotes in the R.I. General Assembly and the Governor’s office. Now there is literally NO reason to continue tilting at wind by foisting on state rate payers the highly expensive energy generated by the proposed, boutique Deepwater Wind project.
From Roger Helmer at The Hockey Schtick. (Emphasis added.)
I’ve just come across a report by energy consultant Duncan Seddon in the Australasian Power Technologies publication. The title is “Do wind farms/gas turbines save carbon?”. (Of course he means “CO2 emissions”, not carbon – but I’m delighted to see the explicit link of turbines plus back-up).
Find the report here, page 25: Hat-tip to Benny Peiser of GWPF for drawing my attention to it.
The answer to the question, in brief, is “on average, no”.
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