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BOWERS PROJECT DEFEATED!!

AN EPIC FAIL FOR FIRST WIND

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued its decision denying Champlain Wind LLC's appeal concerning a permit for its Bowers Wind Project in Carroll Plt and Kossuth Twp. Champlain Wind is a subsidiary of Maine's largest wind developer, First Wind. The decision marks the end of a six year process of hearings and appeals which pitted the wind developer against local residents, professional guides, traditional sporting camp owners and loyal visitors to Maine's famed Downeast Lakes Region. Spearheading the opposition was the Partnership for the Preservation of the Downeast Lakes Watershed (PPDLW).

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https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/bowers-wind-project-defeated

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"Great comments, Dan That 300 mile power line to New Hampshire is a subsidy to the moneyed elites to fatten their 25-year, no risk tax shelters. Those tax shelters follow traditional Wall Street tax shelters structures. With enough subsidies, you can…"
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Offshore Wind Turbines National Security

Two Rhode Island fishermen died in January 2019 after their boat, the Mistress, capsized near the Block Island Wind Farm, with the incident sparking debate over the wind farm's impact on fishing safety and rescue operations due to turbine proximity and potential radar interference..The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Boston coordinated extensive search efforts, deploying…See More
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine revives Aroostook County wind power project
"Bartlett fails to mention that any wind project charges for Renewable Energy Certificates on top of the energy charge. The Power Purchase Agreements conducted by the PUC do not include this subsidy which can add 5 cents per kilowatt hour. The PUC…"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine revives Aroostook County wind power project
"All demand needs could be met easily by allowing the expansion of natural gas pipelines in New England. Bartlett is only going to fight for the Democrat's who would rather chokehold Maine electric customers. He needs to go."
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine revives Aroostook County wind power project
"Bartlett's gaslighting is getting old. Building out transmission from the Northern tip of Maine to the New Hampshire border would be the most expensive utility endeavor that Maine ratepayers have ever funded for little more than 400 megawatts…"
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Offshore Wind Turbines National Security

Posted by Frank Haggerty on December 23, 2025 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Maine revives Aroostook County wind power project

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Meanwhile, in Count Newsom's California

Posted by Thinklike A. Mountain on December 22, 2025 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

Electricity isn't the Problem, Democrats Are

Posted by Dan McKay on December 20, 2025 at 8:09am — 2 Comments

Maine treads lightly amid AI data center expansion

Posted by Long Islander on December 19, 2025 at 8:15pm — 1 Comment

Who is EDPR?

EDPR, hoping to build Maine's largest wind factory in The County, likes to say they're from Texas. Click on the box above and you'll see their parent, Energias de Portugal is owned by China Three Gorges which is owned by the People's Republic of China. Protect the United States Treasury from foreign subsidy feeders and protect The County - just say NO.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Three_Gorges_Corporation

Maine Governor's Energy Office's Patrick Woodcock letter seemingly endorsing EDPR's Number Nine wind project.

Number%20Nine%20-%2010-22-15%20-%20Copy.pdf

NRCM's CO2 - From A Different Point of View The PDF document at the following link put NRCM's own published CO2 information into the perspective of the Maine woods and shows the terrible tradeoff that is industrial wind in Maine.  

Putting Maine's Wind Power Goals into Proper Perspective

 

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    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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