Wind farm manufactures enraged by Abbott's hatred of wind

Workers involved in the manufacturing of wind farms are disgusted with Abbott and his illogical stance on wind technology. I don't blame them.

“He should walk out near Portland, the noise from the wind towers is nothing compared to the din from the rubbish coming out of Canberra. That’s bad for everyone’s health.” 

Keppel Prince has won the contract to supply six wind towers for the small Coonooer Bridge wind farm near Bendigo. 

But its best chance of recovering nearly 100 jobs lost at the firm a year ago is a $450 million wind farm near Ararat announced by a consortium the day after the new RET was formally approved. 

That would require 75 wind towers, which Keppel Prince is competing to build. 

AMWU delegate Craig Mannix said members were “confused and angry” over Mr Abbott’s statements, which wrongly equated renewable energy with upward power prices. 

“Here is a bloke completely opposed to renewable energy as an alternative, thinking that there will be more jobs under threat if he doesn’t stick only to coal – he’s got it totally wrong,” he said. more