Scarring Maine's Blueberry Barrens and Great Heath with thirty 650' Tall Wind Turbines

It's curious that there's no mention in this article that the turbines would be spread out on three sides of the 7,000-plus acre Great Heath the largest peatland in the state and an area the state protects. See earlier post:

http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/proposal-to-erect-thirt...

30-turbine Downeast Wind project on track according to developer

.......The selected landscape is dominated by blueberry barrens.

“We’re working mostly with partners in blueberry and forest product production,” he said. “One major thing we need is continuous, wide-open space...................Washington County, he explained, is relatively robust, and wind blows there on average 38% of the time. That’s enough to qualify as “strong wind,” he said. “And the technology for wind turbines has advanced so you can get consistent output from wind like this. The landscape of berry barrens and open space encourages that.”

................Because the wind project will be visible from homes around Schoodic Lake, the agreements include a one-time payment of $350,000 to property owners there, for the purpose of property improvements, he said......................The company’s noise impact studies show that, at the Schoodic Lake homes, which are closest to the project, the level will be about 42 decibels, or about the sound of a quiet office space, he said................................

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https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/270m-washington-county-wind-projec...

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Comment by Stephen Littlefield on January 22, 2020 at 4:51pm

The poll seems to be closed, and I went to the article on Maine Biz and left a comment, which disappeared after I jumped through their hoops to post> Seems that MaineBiz is on the big wind team or at least cheerleaders. As big wind waves their front money around to draw people in, it always makes me wonder what the other hand is doing!

Comment by Art Brigades on January 22, 2020 at 12:38pm

Time for Mainers to say "enough is enough."

For a decade Mainers were told we had to do our part.  Maine has done its part and then some. The "cumulative impact" has fallen disproportionately on New England's most scenic state.

We have no more room for these blighting industrial wind factories. We are done. 

 

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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

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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."

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

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