Comments on: BP's Wind Plans Blow Toward the U.S.

By: A.L.Hunt

A.L.Hunt — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:35:17 +0000

My question is why isn't their more investing in wind power in the central valley, in areas like Madera or even through the passes like Tehachip or any other of the many other wind areas their all over and if town such as Sweetwater Texas does why not us here.

By: Wind Turbines Keep Spinning in Rough Economy

Wind Turbines Keep Spinning in Rough Economy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:02:31 +0000

[...] month, Vestas broke ground on two new factories in Brighton, Colo. And last year, BP said it was shifting its investments in wind to the U.S., citing the favorable onshore [...]

By: StatoilHydro and Statkraft Team Up on UK Wind

StatoilHydro and Statkraft Team Up on UK Wind — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:02:08 +0000

[...] is moving in on the UK wind market as companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and BP are moving out. The project is much smaller than the 1,000-MW London Array, but offshore wind can cost twice as [...]

By: Firms Chosen for 6GW of Scottish Offshore Wind Projects « Earth2Tech

Firms Chosen for 6GW of Scottish Offshore Wind Projects « Earth2Tech — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:38:14 +0000

[...] its future wind investments on projects in North America, following in the footsteps of BP, which made the same move in November. [...]

By: Shell Pulls Out of UK Wind, Again « Earth2Tech

Shell Pulls Out of UK Wind, Again « Earth2Tech — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:32:38 +0000

[...] investments on projects in North America, following in the footsteps of London’s BP, which said last month that it was pulling out of wind developments in the UK, China, India and Turkey to put cash into [...]

By: Call For a Green New Deal in the UK | Eco Friendly Mag

Call For a Green New Deal in the UK | Eco Friendly Mag — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:13:05 +0000

[...] downs in the UK wind industry recently, with the revelation earlier this month that oil giant BP is pulling out of projects in the UK, China, India and Turkey, and moving its wind investments to the United [...]

By: Call For a Green New Deal in the UK « Earth2Tech

Call For a Green New Deal in the UK « Earth2Tech — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:00:45 +0000

By: BACHARACH

BACHARACH — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:51:57 +0000

Someone with the knowledge and wherewithall should track BP’s US wind turbine projects to determine how much they suck out of American tax payers’ pockets via the US Federal Energy Tax Credits. The size of the country, and the increased amount of wind (?????) is a passable excuse for them to pull out of England – but the real reason they’re coming her wouldn’t have anything to do with those IMMENSE (LUCRATIVE AND MARKETABLE) TAX CREDITS – WOULD IT? OR THE FACT THAT THESE THINGS are killing millions of birds & bats, continually; are not resulting in any coal plants being shut down because when the wind stops, or is blowing too slow, or is blowing too fast – the units are not producing electricity; or the fact that no one (with any sense) wants these monstrosities ruining their view. They’re not “farms” – they are industrial FACTORIES; by proxy – most are being financed by robber barons; they’re noisy; they create an outdoor strobe effect with the sunlight behind them. Brush control beneath them is very often controlled with toxic (albeit within approved limits – MAYBE) chemicals which will leach into ground water, streams, and rivers, aquafiers, municipal water intake valves, etc. Many of the fat cats behind these attacks on Mother Nature, and common sense – own huge estates of hundreds & thousands of acres … but no wind turbine FACTORIES in sight !!!! Someone should try to buy up the land near one of them – and announce plans to put up turbines there … just to see the reaction. The Federal Tax Credit legislation needs to be changed to require that before credits can be issued – these factories have to PROVE that for every watt they produced – a coal fired power plant was shut down, and not burning coal or operating – and thus not emitting greenhouse gases (ostensibly the prime reason the credits were set up for, wasn’t it?). They can’t do that though – because if they do shut down the coal plants – and the wind dies down … there’s going to be a crash of available current (because the coal plant isn’t able to jump right in and make up for the dip). BOTTOM LINE: They shouldn’t get multi-million dollar credits for 10 mw of wind turbine power (for example) – UNLESS an equivalent capacity coal plant is shut down (not just idled).
Sound rediculous? THAT’S MY TAX DOLLARS TOO. When the Brits start paying those tax credits to BP for this smoke & mirrors scam … and put them in their own back yards & viewshed … I’ll shut up.

By: Vattenfall Barrels Into UK Wind Past Big Oil « Earth2Tech

Vattenfall Barrels Into UK Wind Past Big Oil « Earth2Tech — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:00:48 +0000

[...] announcements are a big boost for the UK wind market, which suffered a blow last week when London-based oil firm BP said it was shifting its wind investments to the U.S., pulling out of [...]

By: TV Guide

TV Guide — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:06:44 +0000

Fantastic! Wind turbines are so much prettier thank "clean" coal plants.