Long Islander's Blog – May 2018 Archive (29)

John Droz, Jr: Energy & Environmental Newsletter: May 14, 2018

Some of the more important articles in this issue are:

“Wind turbines dramatically decrease attractiveness of a tourist destination”

If Solar And Wind Are So Cheap, Why Are They Making Electricity So Expensive?

Conservative Groups Take a Stand Against Carbon Tax

Introducing bill to ban non-disclosure clauses in wind contracts

Noise is the New Secondhand Smoke

Wind Turbine Construction Turning Ontario’s Water Supply to Toxic Sludge

NOAA/NWS…

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Added by Long Islander on May 15, 2018 at 6:00am — No Comments

Deepwater Wind -- Whale Deaths, Infra Sound, Accidents & 500 Million

Please see Frank Haggerty's comment below.

First Wind Spinoff: NEW FILM DIVES INTO ISSUES, CONCERNS WITH DEEPWATER WIND’S PROPOSED WIND FARM

“After hearing the same old automated rebuttal, lacking fact and transparency, from Deepwater Wind’s representatives about real concerns from the East Hampton community, I felt it necessary to give those who oppose Deepwater’s method of operation a loud and clear opportunity to…

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Added by Long Islander on May 15, 2018 at 12:00am — 4 Comments

UMPI Wind Turbine Fire Update

Vestas will be offering UMPI cost estimates for several different options, including decommissioning the turbine and replacing it with another turbine, Rice said.

“If we were to decommission the turbine, we’d want to replace it with a renewable energy system that would provide similar energy and cost savings,” Rice said.

Those other renewable energy options could include solar panels, although officials with UMPI and the University of Maine…

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Added by Long Islander on May 12, 2018 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

Maine lawmakers voice objections to CMP power line in letter to Massachusetts regulators

The Democratic and Republican chairmen of the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee and the Environment and Natural Resources Committee oppose a $950 million Central Maine Power proposal to bring hydroelectric power from Quebec to markets in Massachusetts, which is trying to use more renewable power sources. Supporters have hailed the new transmission line as a way to bring more renewable energy into the New England market...................Berry said Friday he wants…

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Added by Long Islander on May 5, 2018 at 5:30am — 9 Comments

BDN: "How CMP plans to pipe clean energy to Massachusetts through Maine"

The Maine PUC also is reviewing the proposed project, including conducting a detailed analysis in May and June and holding public hearings on Aug. 6-8. The PUC is scheduled to review legal briefs in August. The PUC is expected to announce its decision on the project at the end of September or early October, according to PUC Administrative Director Harry…

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Added by Long Islander on May 4, 2018 at 9:35am — 2 Comments

138-year-old Sewall Company purchased by NY engineering firm

Treadwell Franklin Infrastructure bought the James W. Sewall Company, which was started 138 years ago. The company will operate out of Sewall’s Portland and Old Town offices, Proposal and Communications Manager Diane Vatne said.

The two companies have worked together on project planning since 2015.

Vatne said that last year “Treadwell Franklin, being a good partner and it seeming very symbiotic, started to get the idea of purchasing Sewall.”…

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Added by Long Islander on May 3, 2018 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

List of Who Filed at PUC for Hydro-Quebec Transmission Request (NECEC)

At the link below, one can simply click on the item number on the left and download the filings regarding the NECEC.

REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF CPCN FOR THE NEW ENGLAND CLEAN ENERGY CONNECT CONSTRUCTION OF A 1,200 MW HVDC TRANSMISSION LINE FROM QUEBEC-MAINE BORDER TO LEWISTON (NECEC) PERTAINING TO CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY.…

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Added by Long Islander on May 3, 2018 at 2:30pm — No Comments

UMPI officials reviewing options on wind turbine after fire

If anyone still doesn't believe that the media works for the wind industry, why is it that the Bangor Daily News has never published a story on this fire? We are two weeks away from beginning this wind turbine's tenth year of operation and there has never been an investigative piece in any of the Maine media exposing the total failure of the turbine, to say nothing of the cover up of its…

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Added by Long Islander on May 3, 2018 at 10:00am — 6 Comments

Maine Wind Developers and Their Enviro Cronies File Arguments Against Canadian Hydropower Transmission Line

Opponents of a plan to build a 145-mile transmission line through western Maine filed their objections with state regulators Monday in a bid to kill or at least reshape the major regional energy project proposed by Central Maine Power’s parent company............At issue is the future of the New England Clean Energy Connect, a $950 million high-voltage transmission line proposed by Avangrid, CMP’s parent company.............Opponents of the project have deep pockets and strong…

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Added by Long Islander on May 2, 2018 at 8:00am — No Comments

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Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********

(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."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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