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UMPI turbine 10-day average power producction

UMPI's 600 mw turbine reports an average power production of 2324.7 mwh the past ten days.

This is a little over five hours of good wind per day. The period included a 3-day nor'easter. Right now it is calm, agai,with power at munus .3 kw.

Harrison Roper

Houlton/Danforth

Added by Harrison Roper on November 12, 2010 at 11:32am — 1 Comment

Federal Ocean Energy Task Force-Maine meets November 16th, Augusta. Feds will try to force piledriven windfarms, not floaters

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation & Enforcement's Maine Task Force will hold a meeting on November 16, 2010 at 10am in Room 228 of the Statehouse (the Appropriations Committee room) Read State Planning office notice of this meeting.… Continue

Added by Ron Huber on November 7, 2010 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Windpower and the Lepage Administration

While keeping an eye on the lame ducklings, who are no doubt continuing to foul the state nest, we need to turn to develop strategies for getting the LePage Administration and Republican legislature to end the WindSchluss. Legislative and rulemaking strategies, among others. There is still time to introduce bills for the upcoming legislature. Bills that a Dem dominated legislature would not have considered. And rulemaking with (hopefully) new agency… Continue

Added by Ron Huber on November 3, 2010 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Hoping For Toehold, Wind Company Gets Toe Tag

From: http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN2827788820101028

Wind farm owner and operator First Wind Holdings Inc canceled its IPO after cutting its expected price range by 24 percent and facing investor skepticism about its balance sheet and wind industry financing.…

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Added by Whetstone_Willy on October 28, 2010 at 2:01pm — No Comments

UMPI ten-day actual power production

UMPI's turbine website reports power produced for the past ten days (10/02 thru 10/11) totaled 20192 kwh, or an average of 2019.2 kwh per day. This is better than usual; there has been some windy weather lately, for a change.

In the ten days 9/11 thru 9/20, the UMPI turbine produced only 688 kwh per day. The turbine's "capacity" (which wind turbines rarely if ever produce) is 600 kw, or more than 14,000 kwh per day (600 kW X 24hrs)

Harry Roper

Houlton/Danforth

Added by Harrison Roper on October 11, 2010 at 3:31pm — 1 Comment

A Hike up Rumford Whitecap Before the Onslaught of Turbines

On Sunday, October 3, Stephen Watson and I made a pilgrimage up Rumford Whitecap Mountain in Oxford County. I say pilgrimage because this is a stunning and unique mountain, one of the lowest elevations to find sub-arctic flora in the state. It has sweeping 360 degree views from its open ledges. It has always been a favorite hike to me and this year was special, as it is likley the last time to hike this gem and see the viewshed unsullied by industrial wind turbines. I have posted a series of…

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Added by Brad Blake on October 5, 2010 at 11:30pm — 23 Comments

UK ocean windsprawl-wannabees balk at feed-in tariffs, lowered subsidies

According to the magazine Offshore Wind Biz the Norwegian sea windie Statoil, presently affixing a 315MW ocean windturbine complex onto the seafloor of Sheringham Shoal off eastern England,…
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Added by Ron Huber on October 4, 2010 at 12:46pm — No Comments

Bummer? Yes, but spelled BOEMRE. On Sept 14th in Belfast, fed/state ocean power task force holds first meeting

On September 14th at the Hutchinson…

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Added by Ron Huber on September 10, 2010 at 12:56pm — No Comments

Quarterly data on output available on the internet!!!

I have learned that the websitge of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has quarterly information on quantity and prices of energy sold to the grid. All power producers are required to report quarterly peak and off-peak power sold and the price. When the data appears on the computer screen there is no URL in sight, but maybe you can find it via Google at FERC.

I just did, and I learned that First Wind's Stetson ( Evergreen…

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Added by Harrison Roper on August 30, 2010 at 4:43pm — 4 Comments

At Camden Energy Meeting, Ragged Mountain turbine plan twists slowly in the wind.

Hah...Went to the August 2nd meeting of the Camden Energy Committee...Listen to podcast of meeting here. Plans for a Ragged Mountain turbine complex twist slowly in the wind: See below....


If it is to be community wind, the residents of Rockport, Hope and Camden must cough up many tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars to even get out the starting gate of preliminary…
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Added by Ron Huber on August 3, 2010 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Quick interview with Robert West of Ocean Energy Institute

I visited the grand opening of the Ocean Energy Institute. Passing a lone bagpiper holding forth (short mp3) near the entry, I joined the throng streaming upstairs, where, . Amid the roar and chatter of the many folks there, I interviewed Robert West, the managing director of the organization. Kind of a 'getting to know you' interview. An…
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Added by Ron Huber on July 22, 2010 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

Maine DeepCwind Consortium: will it factor in the climate-altering effects of their ocean energy extraction plans?

Or must it be pushed into meeting its ethical responsibility to avoid lasting harm to the climate?…
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Added by Ron Huber on July 11, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

Conservation Law Foundation fights ocean windfarm plan on constitutional grounds

A recent story in a New England newspaper details how the Conservation Law Foundation has joined up with the attorney general of Rhode Island to oppose reconsideration of a power-purchase agreement between National Grid and Deepwater Wind Co which proposed windmills off Rhode Island. Both are seeking to have the contract dismissed.… Continue

Added by Ron Huber on July 6, 2010 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

Problems of Maine offshore wind energy extraction. Part 1

While many consider offshore Maine locations for windfarming to be preferable to the building of more and more wind utility operations in Maine's majestic mountains, a decent respect for the opinions of humankind requires we take a careful look at what effects ocean wind extraction operations could have on Maine's ocean weather and currents, and thusly on the wild fishes shellfish whales plankton birds and others that already occupy that oceanic environment.


The…
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Added by Ron Huber on June 23, 2010 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

Wilting at Windmills

Summertime, and the living is breezy --- NOT.



Just as the air conditioners are starting to crank up in earnest, the wind turbines stop turning. They hardly produce any electricity in the windier winter. And they produce almost zero electricity when Maine turns on its air conditioners. Brilliant, simply brilliant.

UMPI's $2 million (and counting) wind turbine experiment is clearly elucidating the gross failure of wind…

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Added by Long Islander on June 22, 2010 at 7:00am — 5 Comments

Rockport Wind Forum: Ragged Mountain plan; UMaine Prof says no more land windfarms: its time to go 20-50 miles offshore.

The May 20, 2010 wind energy forum at the Rockport Opera House was extraordinary for several reasons. Listen to podcasts of the meeting; below the picture.


1.Camden Windfarm Plan. On June 15th George Baker and assorted hangers-on will present a plan to Camden Select Board for a Ragged Mountain windfarm. The wind snatchers have set their eyes on the Camden Hills. (cont'd below picture) Already a meteorological tower has been set up. But don't worry,…
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Added by Ron Huber on May 21, 2010 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

Coming up: Maine Wind Week

May 9-15th is official Maine Windthieves Week During the week there will be open houses, facility tours, and public events. Time for the Truth Force to emerge and dog the governor and… Continue

Added by Ron Huber on May 2, 2010 at 11:24pm — 1 Comment

Cape Wind: Maine public radio news gets it righter than most

There but for the grace of ...I'm assured that decades of litigation shall be wreaked upon the hapless Cape Wind Wannabes that want to set their poles in the seafloor off Massachusetts.


Maine public radio's story is better coverage than…
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Added by Ron Huber on April 29, 2010 at 1:32am — 4 Comments

Unacceptable Scenic Impact of Bowers Mountain Project

As a seasonal resident of the Grand Lakes region, I obviously have an interest in the impact of these wind power projects on my general enjoyment, but I'll also concede that my interest doesn't trump those of year round residents. The cost/benefits of each project and the Maine wind power movement as a whole needs to factor in the economic impact on Maine residents in the areas of jobs, electricity costs, taxes, etc. These are significant factors and have been documented to some degree,… Continue

Added by Duck Laker on April 10, 2010 at 1:15pm — 9 Comments

"Sound" testing protocol for Stetson II received today (April 8)

Hello. - Today (April 8, 2010, I just received from Marcia Spencer-Famous, LURC staff, the protocol for sound testing at Stetson II.I presume it is a public document, The protocol does indeed include dBC.

Harriison Roper

Added by Harrison Roper on April 8, 2010 at 5:09pm — 2 Comments

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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 on the Maine expedited wind law

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."

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