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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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Dan McKay commented on Thinklike A. Mountain's blog post “Stupidity of the Century”: European PM Rips E.U. Green Energy Dogma
"The principal controlling factors that have fueled the unprecendented corruption of life-enhancing energy advancements by throttling down carbon dioxide and fossil fuels are under attack by the Trump Administration. Fossil fuel extraction and…"
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Dan McKay commented on Dan McKay's blog post The New Hampshire Department of Energy is hiring a consultant to assess whether it would be feasible for the state to cut itself off or step back from the regional power grid.
"This could have a huge impact on the Aroostook County Wind Project as it requires an upgrade to transmission which is to be conducted by the ISO and includes costs to building it partially charged to New Hampshire. New Hampshire should give notice…"
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Willem Post commented on Thinklike A. Mountain's blog post “Stupidity of the Century”: European PM Rips E.U. Green Energy Dogma
"It would be extremely difficult to dismantle 40 years of insanely expensive wind, solar, etc., energy policies of Europe, because entrenched bureaucracies and wealthy elites, at all levels of power and control, have dug their tunnels to various…"
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Dan McKay commented on Dan McKay's blog post As fossil fuel use declines, experts urge planning and coordination to prevent chaotic collapse
"Data centers will lead the resurgence, but nuclear will have to replace retiring fossil fuels which in New England is going to happen much too quickly because of government intervention and zeal for renewables and new RGGI rules. A immediate,…"
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Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post As fossil fuel use declines, experts urge planning and coordination to prevent chaotic collapse
"The power plants of private data centers will be sized for the load, not for smoothing/counteracting/backing up wind and solar."
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Dan McKay commented on Dan McKay's blog post As fossil fuel use declines, experts urge planning and coordination to prevent chaotic collapse
"Nuclear is undergoing a resurgence as the private sector pours plenty of cash into nuclear startups to power data centers. The push is to have 3 new plants on line in the USA by July 4, 2026. It is apparent it is time for governments to stand aside…"
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Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post As fossil fuel use declines, experts urge planning and coordination to prevent chaotic collapse
"There is absolutely no indication fossil fuels, oil, coal, gas, will diminish for at least 100 years. During that time, enough nuclear plants will be built to ensure plentiful, low-cost, steady electricity "
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Kristen Welker Loses it Over Georgia InvestigationYou can't talk about the 2020 election Mr. Speaker! The page has been turned. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/02/video-kristen-welker-loses-it-georgia-investigation-trump/ See More
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Thinklike A. Mountain's blog post A Vindicated Mike Lindell Responds To The FBI / Tulsi Gabbard Raids On Georgia Election Systems
"Secretary Grima Wormtongue Speaks to the Minions Secretary Bellows thereby completed a trifecta of partisan malpractice as Secretary of State, starting with her unlawful effort, as ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court, to ban Donald Trump from the ballot…"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Dan McKay's blog post Carrie Gilbert, Dedicated Professional at the NPCC, Where Are You?
"Secretary Grima Wormtongue Speaks to the Minions Secretary Bellows thereby completed a trifecta of partisan malpractice as Secretary of State, starting with her unlawful effort, as ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court, to ban Donald Trump from the ballot…"
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Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post Carrie Gilbert, Dedicated Professional at the NPCC, Where Are You?
"Looks like she is totally unqualified to analyze and energy systems, which is par for the course. I met an environmental scientist who was pontificating about fast-growing willow trees in Poland, a project the US was subsidizing, because Poland used…"
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Frank Haggerty commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post Offshore Wind Blade Winter Inspections
"The July 2024 failure of a 107-meter turbine blade off the Nantucket project has faced criticism regarding testing limitations at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and quality control failures GE Vernova's LM manufacturing plant…"
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A Showdown: US DOE Versus RGGI

Posted by Dan McKay on February 1, 2026 at 9:08am

Offshore Wind Blade Winter Inspections

Posted by Frank Haggerty on January 31, 2026 at 9:40am — 4 Comments

Maine's Team Providing Us Electricity Policies

Posted by Dan McKay on January 31, 2026 at 6:04am

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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2 Dead From Wind Turbine Blade Detachment

Wind Turbine Blade Slices Through Entire Car, Kills 2 in Grisly Accident…Continue

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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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