September 19, 2018 Parker Gallant’s latest posting is in response to a new document from Canada’s wind power lobbyist, the Canadian Wind Energy Association or CanWEA. CanWEA is carrying out an energetic campaign…
“Friend against friend”: Of the 420 people on Amherst Island, 350 opposed the “Windlectric” wind power project, Farmers’ Forum reports. The result is a community ripped apart, that may never come together again…
Parker Gallant compares power output from wind and the cost to consumers between 2010 and 2016: we’re paying more for intermittent wind power, produced out-of-phase with demand In 2010, industrial wind turbines (IWT)…
How badly were ratepayers hit? Millions upon millions for power produced out of phase with demand… While the Canadian Wind Energy Association, the trade association for the wind power industry and vested interests,…
“Assertions are complete nonsense … only wilful blindness would suggest that wind and solar are low cost” Recently, energy analyst and occasional columnist for The Financial Post Parker Gallant wrote that the Canadian…
Eulogy for the wind power industry is premature … unfortunately. December 15, 2016 Parker Gallant in today’s Financial Post The Day Ontario’s wind tyranny ends, there will be dancing in the streets The…
Global TV News published a summary of opinions by several commentators on how the Government of Ontario might deal with the crisis in electricity bills, which is causing unprecedented energy poverty. Wind Concerns…
There is so much mythology now around Ontario’s coal plants for power generation, it really is time to set the record straight on what really happened, how much it cost, and what was…
Ontario, you just can’t win, says Parker Gallant One would think that recent revelations such as from Germany where it was stated “Wind Farms Paid €500 million-a-year-to-stand-idle” and China where they have put…
In an effort to determine what track Energy Minister Chiarelli’s electric train is on I took a brief look at his ministerial forecast, “Achieving Balance”. My interest was piqued by a recent article…
These spring windy days are costing you: Ontario’s Wynne government pays millions for power it can’t use including wind, produced exactly when we don’t need it. More than $13 million wasted on windy last…