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Status UpdateBy Neil JustinianThe current proliferation of wind farms in Ireland is not necessary for domestic consumption. Thisstartling fact was conclusively proven by Pat Swords an Irish chemical engineer in a rousingpresentation on Sunday evening in !noc"anore #aterford to various community groups opposing$ir%rid.

$ir%rid is the state&owned company intent on building pylons across the Irish countryside tosupport cables that will lin" wind farms to the national grid.

Pat laid out facts and figures enough to shoc" the most ardent 'ine %ael supporter and shamethose supporting 'ianna 'ail.

In ())* John %ormley of the %reen Party the then +inister of the $nvironment in the 'ianna'ail , %reen Party coalition government announced that Ireland would strive to ensure that -)of electricity consumed would be from renewable sources by ()(). This target of -) e/ceededconsiderably both the $U target of () and the U!0s target of 12. #hat was startling was thecomplete lac" of supporting research to 3ustify this ambitious figure apparently pluc"ed out ofthe ether. Since then Irish electricity consumption has gone down and we are currently

consuming the same amount of electricity as we did in ())2. #ith increasing power&savingmeasures this is li"ely to decrease even further.

4urrently Ireland has 15)) +# of installed capacity on our grid and has called for 51-2 +# inthe N6$7P. 7s the wind is an erratic source of power the grid is "ept stable by the burning ofconventional fossil fuels. Ironically this means that the wind farms have caused an increase in48( emissions underlining the lie that they are 9green:.

8nce ())) +# have been installed Ireland will have long gone past the point at which the windinput would be beneficial given the instability it would cause on the grid with its fluctuations intransmitted power. That instability is very dangerous putting a new spin on +inister:s 6abbitte:swarning of 9lights out:. This is not new "nowledge; 7s early as 'ebruary ())- an $SBN% report

1 billion has been invested ondemand&side improvements. #e cannot install the ne/t phase @%ate A pro3ects withoutcompleting %rid (2 which is of fundamental importance to the wind&farm owners as they need tobe connected to the grid. 7ccording to $ir%rid:s own press releases this is another billion europro3ect.The Irish consumer pays for this subsidised wind input inefficient power station operation andnew grid connections. 7t the bottom of your $SB account there is a charge for your 9PS8 levy:.

8n an average $SB annual bill of >1()).)) you currently pay >A.25 C Dat E 1A.2 F >-.)2 permonth or >-?.G) per year or - of your bill.

#hy is Ireland doing thisH To ma"e some people very rich apparently. The PS8 evy that youpay goes into something called the Subsidies 4urtailments and 4onstraints payments. 'rom the1st 8ctober ()1( to A)th September ()1A this payment was appro/imately >1*G million. 7t themoment there are appro/imately 11)) to 1()) Turbines in Ireland. This euates to a payment of>15?" , >1GA" per Turbine @>15)" mean. Nice money if you can get it. No wonder the investorsare lining up to build wind farms all over the country.

#hat does it mean for the futureH #ell if the current %rid (2 plan is completed there will beover A))) wind turbines ())) "m of cables and pylons criss&crossed across the entire country

costing the ta/payer billions of euros generating power we don:t need and which will ma"e oursystem dangerously volatile to e/port power to $ngland despite them saying they don:t need itin order to ma"e huge profits for private wind farms.

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Sounds li"e a plan.