Posted by Dan Morrison of National Geographic News Correspondent on June 17, 2013 I encountered my first wind turbines in the early 1980s when, on a family holiday to the Pacific coast, my father drove through the Altamont Pass Wind Farm in northern California. Four siblings and I jammed our faces against the back windows… More

Every job in Britain’s wind farm industry is effectively subsidised to the extent of £100,000 per year, The Telegraph can disclose. Government and industry figures shows that wind turbine owners received £1.2billion in the form of a consumer subsidy. By Robert Mendick, and Edward Malnick A new analysis of government and industry figures shows that… More

Column, Iain Murray Germany and Spain have been hit by the downside of alternative energy. ·         Spain and Germany increased reliance on wind power, have recently cut subsidies or reversed course. ·         U.S. should look to Europe’s renewable energy failures when considering future energy policies. ·         Wind power’s higher prices could cost us jobs. As the… More

BOSTON —  In response to written questions to the two candidates for Senate, Republican Gabriel Gomez arguing the offshore wind farm is not cost-competitive and  Democrat Ed Markey says he has backed the energy project and sought to speed it along. Each offered a plan for helping the state’s fishermen, who are faced with sharply… More

Staff report A New Hampshire-based group calling itself the New England Ratepayers Association has contacted the United States Department of Energy, stating its opposition to the Cape Wind project in Massachusetts. The group also plans to fight any wind energy projects in New Hampshire, said Marc Brown, president of the group, who works from his… More