Comments - Letter: CMP project may have wind component (???????????) - Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine2024-03-29T09:12:30Zhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4401701%3ABlogPost%3A149575&xn_auth=noNorthern Maine does not have…tag:www.windtaskforce.org,2018-11-04:4401701:Comment:1496642018-11-04T14:36:33.046ZWillem Posthttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profile/WillemPost942
<p>Northern Maine does not have connections to the New England grid.</p>
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<p>Any new wind turbines would need to be connected to the Canadian grids</p>
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<p>Their electricity outputs could not be used in New England, unless high voltage direct current, HVDC, transmissions lines were built to users in southern New England, which would take many years, would cause much damage to the environment, and would cost several $billion for each line.</p>
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<p>The wind turbine owners…</p>
<p>Northern Maine does not have connections to the New England grid.</p>
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<p>Any new wind turbines would need to be connected to the Canadian grids</p>
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<p>Their electricity outputs could not be used in New England, unless high voltage direct current, HVDC, transmissions lines were built to users in southern New England, which would take many years, would cause much damage to the environment, and would cost several $billion for each line.</p>
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<p>The wind turbine owners want to put that cost on the rate payers by means od a surcharge on their bills, so they can continue to claim variable, intermittent wind electricity is low in cost.</p>
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<p>With enough subsidies and cost shifting, and smoke and mirrors, even pigs can be made to fly.</p>