7/29/13
Many were found to be completely non-functional, producing nothing but tax credits
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The law proposes to stop subsidies for new projects and goes in to effect from 2014. Read the rest at Bloomberg...
Meanwhile, check out this neat graphic from Germany...…
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The company says it would take just 1 percent of its total customers signing up to keep the program alive, but after two years, only 148 customers were enrolled, or about .04 percent.
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Frary: Adventurous Investments
EXCERPT:
Confident predictions about our energy future may be foolish, but I will make one prediction with absolute certainty. If those thousands of wind-power projects end as rusting derelicts no politician or advocate who supported them will suffer for it; no one will be held accountable. Politically motivated investments are the most risk-free ventures known to…
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Bill Gates chairs a company called TerraPower that is keen on taking nuclear power technology into the 21st century. The company primarily focuses on a so-called fast reactor that would produce nuclear waste with relatively low toxicity and a much shorter lifetime. But it’s also making inroads on a type of nuclear power with…
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Ever-changing reality shows that LePage right when it comes to energy
by John Frary
John Frary, of Farmington, is a retired professor.
Excerpts:
These are grounds enough for Gov. Paul LePage's criticisms of our…
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Another View: Adding more large-scale hydro would lower bills in Maine
The Press Herald's July 23 editorial, "Our View: Maine can have both hydro and wind power," criticizes the…
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It is interesting that after more than a century of damming our rivers for hydropower, we are now restoring these rivers. The removal of the Veazie dam is just one example of the efforts now being made so fish can once again swim upstream to spawn.
More than a century ago, when these dams were…
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Will the BEP approve the Passadumkeag wind project , and if they do how will they justify such abhorrent decision to generations of Mainers and nature lovers of the world ????
FROM THE BEP WEBSITE :
This is a reminder that the Board of Environmental Protection is meeting on Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 9:00 am to consider and vote on an order that would grant a permit for the Passadumkeag Windpark…
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Mike Bond is a Maine native whose family arrived here in 1698. Although he now lives out of state, he returns to Maine regularly. He has done considerable environmental work in Maine and beyond and would be happy to help us out in keeping these horrible wind projects out of his and our beloved state.
Please read the following document from Mr. Bond entitled "Ten Ways to Kill Big Wind" and heed it well. It is made available in both Word and PDF:…
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UPDATE on 7/26/13 - from the UMS website, it would appear that Governor LePage has just extended the terms of two of the three UMS Trustees whose terms expired back in May, when we last reported on this. They are Michelle Hood and Kenin McCarty. (See bios below).
There is still one person whose term expired 5/26/13 who has not yet been replaced, Eleanor M. Baker.
As a result of the two…
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For those who were not on the interested parties list and did not receive DEP's Bowers announcement, here's a link to the draft of the decision document:
http://www.ppdlw.org/articles/ChamplainWindL25800ANBN%20draft.pdf
Also, the following links to a word…
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This afternoon DEP released the draft of its decision on First Wind's Bowers Mountain Wind Project. The Department concluded that "The proposed activity would significantly compromise views from a SRSNS and would have an unreasonable adverse effect on the scenic character and existing uses related to scenic character of the resource."
The decision specifically states that even if the radar-activated lighting were to be retrofitted to the project, it would still have an unreasonable…
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Maine residents divided on wind turbines
By RACHEL OHM Morning Sentinel
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http://www.pressherald.com/news/state-solicits-comments-on-wind-project_2013-07-21.html
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| July 20, 2013 |
Radio Address: Mainers Should Not be Forced to Pay More on Their Electricity BillJuly 20, 2013 My fellow Mainers, I have two simple questions for you. Would you like to pay more or less for electricity? Would you like to pay more or less to heat your homes? Hello, this is Governor Paul… |
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July 17, 2013
To: Interested Persons
RE: Canton Mountain Wind Project Draft Staff Analysis, #L-25558-24-A-N & L-25558-TB-B-N
Dear Interested Person:
Attached you will find a draft staff analysis for the Canton Mountain Wind project. This represents the Department’s current analysis of the statutory requirements in the Site Location of Development Act, the Natural Resources Protection Act, and the Wind Energy Act as they pertain to this project. The…
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Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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