Wind farms are holding back renewable energy. Due to wind farms, we will have to continue to use fossil fuels to provide power for longer than would otherwise be necessary.

Excessive subsidies make them an expensive and inefficient way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a study by the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) think-tank says…

The industry admits that for up to 30 per cent of the time, turbines are idle because wind speeds are either too low to turn the blades, or too high, risking damage to the machines…

The report says that wind farms are unprofitable and rely on hefty subsidies that ultimately come from consumers in the form of rising energy prices. This cost comes on top of increases in gas and electricity prices caused by the high price of oil…

[T]he subsidy scheme is encouraging energy firms to build as many wind farms as possible because it is more profitable than investing in other more expensive forms of renewable technology, such as wave power. (The Telegraph)

So wind farms are preventing other more effective forms of renewable energey from receiving a fair hearing and getting the necessary development.

But why is this? It is because the market is not being allowed the freedom to work in the renewable energy business. Because subsidies are being used to persuade energy companies to invest in wind farms and not other forms of “green” energy. Remove subisides entirely – or at least base them on the amount of energy produced!