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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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ISO-NE Tracking NECEC

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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine renews push for Aroostook County wind development
"1200 megawatts of renewable power delivers an annual production of 1/3 of the nameplate rating. Nuclear and firm Canadian hydro delivers at least 90% of nameplate rating. If electric demand is going "to soar", Chairman Bartlett, would you…"
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Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post 2025 Regional System Plan identifies future needs of New England grid
"Elon Musk said the reason the Democrats are not voting for the CR is because they want $1.4 TRILLION to restore subsidy programs, including healthcare/COVID emergency measures, and for other programs that are a magnet for illegals from all over the…"
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Steve Bannon and Dave Walsh on AI and the Hypocrisy of Electricity Consumption of the Tech Elites

by David GreysonNov. 2, 2025 7:30 amSteve Bannon and energy consultant Dave Walsh discussed the massive amount of energy that will be required to run AI data centers. Bannon also pointed out the hypocrisy of these tech oligarchs and their push for energy. He explained that they wanted to limit energy production and leftist agendas until they needed it to benefit them. He also called AI a power grab for these elites.Read the rest of the article at the following weblink:…See More
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Rhode Island Energy-SouthCoast Wind PPA # 6

Rhode Island Energy, for the fifth time since 2023, has a goal of a PPA, an offshore wind power purchase agreement, by November 1, 2025.  A sixth date has not been set yet.Power purchase agreements (PPA) enable the purchase of clean energy from a power generation facility directly, in this case, SouthCoast Wind. Why announce the project power agreement completion dates,…See More
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Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post 2025 Regional System Plan identifies future needs of New England grid
"Wind, solar and batteries will have no subsidies under Trump and later under Vance. For EIGHT MORE YEARS.That means any policy of any New England state is pure pipe dream. ISONE engineers are doing a disservice by doing analyses that will make no…"
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Lawmakers Want Proof Of ID Before You Talk To AI

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Rhode Island Energy-SouthCoast Wind PPA # 6

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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.

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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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Has anyone got any research data or articles or studies on infrasound and wind turbines ?  Is it a coincidence wind developers compare turbine sound with refrigerators ? ...................................…Continue

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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."

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