Connecticut Rumbling: The Case Against RPS
Because wind and solar energy sources tend to be more distant from population centers, we will likely have to add an additional 4,300 miles of new transmission lines to move energy to our market. That will cost billions of dollars, which will be subsidized by energy consumers.
Wind power generation will require a vast new network of transmission lines. In 2010, the grid operator ISO New England estimated that for wind power to reach 15.9 percent of electricity production for all of New England, or 8,000 MW of nameplate capacity, would require 4,300 miles of new transmission lines costing between $17.9 billion and $23 billion.
A large portion of the renewable generation sources are intermittent—wind and solar require significant conventional backup power sources that are cycled up and down to accommodate the variability in the production of wind and solar power.
RPS is based on the false promise that Connecticut would develop a “green economy” and create local jobs.
The promised jobs, which would supposedly offset the economic loss from higher electricity costs, never
materialized.
By mandating that utility companies buy a growing percentage of electricity produced by a small list of renewable energy sources, RPS takes a simple problem and complicates it by limiting our energy consumption
choices. Instead of forcing consumers to purchase more expensive electricity, the state could follow the lead of other states and allow consumers to choose their energy’s generation sources.
Much more here: (and be sure to download the PDF file at this site)
http://www.yankeeinstitute.org/2015/01/lawmakers-have-the-power-to-...
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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on January 21, 2015 at 9:01am
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The statement should have been for each turbine. (the figures in the link I believe to be for a turbine between 3-5 hundred feet avg)
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I misspoke, trying to remember earlier calculations from various sources yesterday.
http://www.worldsteel.org/publications/position-papers/Steel-s-cont...
1.8 tonnes of CO2 are emitted for every tonne of steel produced.
203.87
http://www.steel.org/~/media/Files/AISI/Fact%20Sheets/fs_energy_may...
203.87 tons of steel per turbine
20-30 tons per steel transmission tower (avg 25)
270lb of steel per 1000 feet = 810 for 3 Ø lines, not including other conductors such as grounding
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1.8 tons of CO2 per ton of Steel
doing the math results in:
366.966 tons of CO2 produced per wind turbine
45 tons of CO2 produced per transmission tower
3.84912 tons of CO2 produced per mile of 3 transmission lines
415.815 tons of CO2 for 1 turbine, 1 mile of transmission, 1 steel tower (Average)
Though Maine is less Steel Tower intensive than the rest of the nation
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Comment by Mike DiCenso on January 20, 2015 at 9:57pm
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Eric Where did you find the 328 tons C02 per ton of steel figure? John Droz posted emission amounts also a couple months ago. Thanks.
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18,000 miles are predicted needed additional for Wind associated powerlines nationwide by 2030
at 328 tons of CO² per ton of Steel for these lines. Nearly equal tonnage amounts of other toxins.
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SierraClub Ca report http://windfarmrealities.org/wfr-docs/sierra-club-wind-energy-repor...
Source Author stated
.....I took a look at it and discovered it was filled with anything but the truth in any form, real or not. Then I marked down the parts of the report that I had problems with – which included large swaths of it – and checked their references to see how they arrived at their real truth. Not surprisingly, their references were either friendly or misused, in the same way, a lot of proponent reports seem to be. We’re not talking about difference of opinions here. We’re talking about research that is fundamentally flawed, even borderline fraudulent........
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Comment by Thinklike A. Mountain on January 20, 2015 at 7:37pm
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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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