The Gail Windpower Project in Western Michigan Project Makes No Economic Sense | motorcitytimes.com

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I’ve been on the west side of Michigan for a little R & R for the past week While on vacation, we took a drive up US 31, between Scottsville and Crystal Lake through beautiful rolling hills, picturesque farms and blue lakes.
While driving through the countryside, I noticed giant billboards and hundreds of yard signs for and against the Gail Windpower project.
The Duke energy Gail Windpower project is a wind farm in development that will consist of 108 wind turbines each 538 feet tall. The wind farm will cover 12,000 acres (18.75 square miles) of scenic lake Michigan shoreline. Supporters of the project claim, optimistically, that the wind farm will provide power for 60,000 homes. (When the wind is blowing).
According to Duke Energy:

Duke Energy is currently developing a new commercial wind power project in Benzie and Manistee counties, Michigan. The Gail Windpower Project will consist of wind turbines capable of generating 200 megawatts of clean, renewable electricity – enough to power up to approximately 60,000 homes. The project will encompass approximately 12,000 acres of land.
Duke Energy is working closely with landowners, government officials and other stakeholder groups to make the Gail Windpower Project a reality. As is our standard practice, we are also in contact with all appropriate state, county and local agencies to thoroughly evaluate the potential impacts of construction and windpower operations.
Landowner benefits include steady income from land-lease agreements, wind turbine fees and revenue sharing. In addition, landowners can still use their property for other purposes, including farming, ranching and recreation.
Community benefits include a new source of tax revenue that the community can count on year after year, a large number of construction jobs (and a smaller number of operations jobs), and emissions-free electricity generated locally. Communities with wind energy projects also see an increase in direct and indirect economic activity, particularly during the construction phase, when hotels, restaurants, groceries, pharmacies, parts suppliers, service providers and various other vendors benefit from additional business.

The Gail Windprower project will consume 19.75 square miles of land to provide electricity for 60,000 homes. Compare the Gail Windpower project to a natural gas power plant, such as the Zeeland ‘peaker’ station that occupies a total of 30 acres. Within that 30 acres, the station generates enough electricity to power over 800,000 homes on demand. Rain or shine. Wind or no wind.
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CEO of UK National Grid: “Electricity consumers in the UK will need to get used to flicking the switch and finding the power unavailable” | motorcitytimes.com

Image via WikipediaI can see it now. Makes  you wonder how many jobs will fail due to the fact that electricity isn't available. Let alone people freezing in the cold winters, Crops failing, among so much more.
I will post more as this continues on.
http://motorcitytimes.com/mct/2011/03/ceo-of-uk-national-grid-electricity-consumers-in-the-uk-will-need-to-get-used-to-flicking-the-switch-and-finding-the-power-unavailable

CEO of UK National Grid: “Electricity consumers in the UK will need to get used to flicking the switch and finding the power unavailable”

Posted on March 6, 2011 by steve

The U.K. is a few years ahead of us in all things green. And wherever The U.K. and Europe goes, the American left wants to follow. Following the U.K. and Europe in their green energy fantasy will lead us to this. Via Financial Post:

Electricity consumers in the UK will need to get used to flicking the switch and finding the power unavailable, according to Steve Holliday, CEO of National Grid, the country’s grid operator. Because of a six-fold increase in wind generation, which won’t be available when the wind doesn’t blow, “The grid is going to be a very different system in 2020, 2030,” he told BBC’s Radio 4. “We keep thinking that we want it to be there and provide power when we need it. It’s going to be much smarter than that.
“We are going to change our own behaviour and consume it when it is available and available cheaply.”

And it gets better. The government will ration power and decide where it will do the most ‘social good.’

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Graholm is Bullish on Wind Power While China is Discovering “If there’s no subsidy, there’s no hope of a profit”

clipped from motorcitytimes.com Americas worst Governor, Michigan’s very own Jennifer Granholm is still hyping ‘green’ energy in general and wind power in particular. A quote from April 21st, 2010: “I’m so bullish on wind power as a way to diversify manufacturing in the state,” she said. “We want to be the place where climate change solutions are researched, developed and produced.” Politicians and the news media will not give up the global warming / climate change hype. It has been proven to be a fraud and hoax time and again. Repeating the claims over and over will not make it true. Another big myth is the ‘green energy’ will create ‘green jobs.’ The reality is that ‘green energy’ creates heavily subsidized jobs: the percentage of ethanol blended into the U.S. gasoline supply would create 136,000 jobs. But an analysis by the Environmental Working Group found that no more than 27,000 jobs would be created, and each one could cost taxpayers as much as $446,000 per year

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