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WINDPOWER 2015 Presents Great Opportunities for the South

This blog is the third in a series from Southern Alliance for Clean Energy staff attending the American Wind Energy Association’s WINDPOWER 2015 Conference & Expo in Orlando, Florida. 

Simon Mahan, Renewable Energy Manager at SACE, speaks about the opportunities for wind energy in the Southeast.

There has been a lot of chatter at WINDPOWER this year about the Southeast’s potential for wind energy development with taller towers and longer blades. Yesterday at WINDPOWER, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz spoke to this potential in his presentation while the Department of Energy concurrently released its report Enabling Wind Power Nationwide, which again made the case for the South’s wind potential.

SACE Renewable Energy Manager, Simon Mahan, further developed the case for wind in the South today through presentations on a panel and at the poster session.

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Comment by Penny Gray on May 22, 2015 at 7:47am

Thank you for that info, Pam.  Education is the key.

Comment by Pamela Vias on May 21, 2015 at 8:58pm

Although there have been many attacks on our mountains in the Southeast, I can confidently say that it is possible to win against big wind.  The Lookout Mountain Task Force was able to keep Iberdrola from putting 100 turbines in 2 counties in Georgia.  (People power, education of the commissioners and quick action by organizing & educating the people ).  The Save Shinebone Ridge / No Wind Alabama were able to keep Pioneer Green from putting 40+ turbines in both Etowah and Cherokee Counties.  They did it with People Power, education of their commissioners and local county and local legislation.  They continue to fight at the State level for legislation to protect from this scam.  I, with a few others formed the original group in GA and then shared our info with the AL groups. They, in turn are working with others in new areas.  Keep on caring and sharing.  Thank you for passing on your knowledge and keep working together!  Pam from Georgia (grew up in Maine...hate what's happened there !)

Comment by alice mckay barnett on May 21, 2015 at 7:24pm

Maine's transmission upgrade is almost done...

Maine can transfer 1400 MW out of state.

Maine has 431 MW from 254 turbines in place.

333 more 3 MW turbines will fill the plate.

I read where 618 more turbines are planned in Maine.

We need to stop 285 turbines this year.

Comment by Penny Gray on May 21, 2015 at 6:16pm

Might it be, could it be, that the southeast is now the Saudi Arabia of wind???  Will the BS and corruption ever end?

Comment by Monique Aniel Thurston on May 21, 2015 at 5:25pm

Soft fascism = collusion between government power and industry power in opposition to citizens and in this case masked as a propagandist concept of public good.

Let us remember the original concept of the False Promise of wind power exposed at the first meeting of the CTFWP in November 2009: 

  • 2700 MW @ 25% average capacity factor = 675 MW electricity delivered on average to the ISO NE grid.
  • 675 MW divided by average ISO NE grid demand of 16,000 MW = only 4.5% of grid demand will be met by 2700 MW of wind turbines. Very little electricity in the grid is produced with oil so claims of reduced foreign oil use due to wind power are false.
  • 2700 MW x $2 million per MW construction cost = $5.4 billion plus $1.5 billion new CMP transmission project to serve remote wind projects = $6.9 billion installed cost.
  • It costs more than $100 per MW to generate electricity with a mountain top turbine, while electricity is selling in the ISO NE grid for about $35 per MW today. The difference is made up in subsidies and tax benefits
  • NONE  OF THE  DESTRUCTION OF  THE MAINE LANDSCAPE OR THE PAIN INFLICTED IN RESIDENTS CLOSE TO TURBINES WAS NECESSARY, THE  4.5 % OF GRID PRODUCTION  ORIGINATED BY WINDPOWER COULD HAVE BEEN OVERCOMPENSATED BY BETTER INSULATION OF MAINERS'S HOMES .....THE VERY LOW HANGING FRUIT.  
Comment by Jim Wiegand on May 21, 2015 at 3:56pm

Windpower been a done deal for 20 years. All under the facade of being Democratic.

 

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

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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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