K. deGroot ,Hidden Fuel Costs of Wind Generated Energy is part one of a well-reasoned critique of the wind industry’s emissions numbers.
K. deGroot,The impact of wind generated electricity on fossil fuel consumption is part two and proceeds with the facts.
Kent Hawkins Papers. There are 5 of them in this series, detailing why the savings are much less than the industry says. This is serious stuff, but thankfully Kent is a good writer. The comments are also very worthwhile, and come from some names you might recognize.
Bratby Evidence, 160kb gives a well-reasoned analysis of England’s ongoing efforts to cut its CO2.
Halkema paper, 1.4mb can serve as a primer, not too technical, of the weaknesses of wind energy.
Beitzel Letter, 0.1mb, an extremely well-written analysis of carbon “savings” from a Maryland delegate to their power commission. It encapsulates many of the same ideas that I’ve presented here, and mentions Hewson and Lang.
Tom Adams, 0.1mb, on, paradoxically, the value of coal in keeping emissions down.
Kent Hawkins Paper, Kent lives in neighboring Prince Edward County and has produced very well-researched papers, this one an analysis of Ontario’s electric system. If you want to dig into the details, even more than I have presented, here’s your chance.
Howe Commentary, 0.4mb, shows CO2 benefits of wind, but notice how they calculate the savings.
REF Paper, 0.5mb Written by David White, it presents the case for CO2 savings being much less than intuition would predict. A major work, referenced often.
Too Good To Be True, 0.1mb Also written by David White, it presents an analysis of Denmark’s operations.
Global Wind Energy Council Paper, 3.6mb This is a typical wind energy industry brochure, well written on the surface but if you read carefully you find that everything in here is assertion.
UK intermittency, 4.1mb, the large and important UKREC study, that reviews the evidence. Unfortunately, just as the U.S.’s NREL is compromised by politics, so is the UKREC. Still, it has valuable information.
