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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 Long Islander's blog post State regulators reopen northern Maine power line bids
"Talk about putting the cart before the horse. This project goes nowhere if ISO-NE determines they  utimately should reverse pursuing this project in September 2026,  because they decide to adhere to their basic mission statement which…"
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Vineyard Wind Producing Less Than Half Power

Massachusetts"Vineyard Wind’s attorney suggested in court Friday that the project is far from fully operational." Source: New Bedford Light, May 1, 2026 .“This is an 806-megawatt project that’s generating output at less than half of that, which is not sufficient to generate commercially viable levels of electricity,” said attorney Michael Scheinkman.   Source: New…See More
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Willem Post commented on Willem Post's blog post Lee Zeldin, US EPA Administrator During Hearings Before the US Senate
"Efficiency Maine Untrust abolished? What will happen to all the bureaucrats? Will they get jobs in the private sector, instead of sucking from the government tit."
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Willem Post commented on Willem Post's blog post Vineyard Wind: a ‘Dormant Wind Farm Graveyard’ Without GE Renewables?
"BREAKING!!! 46 IPCC Scientists REBEL: The Climate Narrative is Crumbling from Within!  Forty-six scientists tied to the IPCC have stepped away or spoken out because their evidence-based views clashed with the official alarmist script. They…"
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Willem Post commented on Willem Post's blog post Vineyard Wind: a ‘Dormant Wind Farm Graveyard’ Without GE Renewables?
"Every wind turbine and solar panel on earth today is expected to be decommissioned and replaced long before Net Zero in 2050. We aren't just building a new energy grid, we're initiating the world’s largest, most resource-intensive…"
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Willem Post commented on Willem Post's blog post Vineyard Wind: a ‘Dormant Wind Farm Graveyard’ Without GE Renewables?
"Germany built one of the largest wind and solar fleets on Earth. It dismantled its nuclear power stations and retired its coal, with the promise that green energy would power its future. The country spent billions transitioning. Then winter arrived,…"
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Dan McKay commented on Willem Post's blog post Maine Gov. Mills drops Democratic US Senate bid against Platner, lamenting a lack of campaign funds
"Platner is a Nazi"
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Dan McKay commented on Willem Post's blog post Lee Zeldin, US EPA Administrator During Hearings Before the US Senate
"The scam is dead, but the repercussions and damages done to one and all cannot be forgiven. Every dollar going to pay a carbon dioxide tax must be returned to payers. Every dollar attributed to solar, wind and battery storage and became a portion of…"
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Frank Haggerty posted a blog post

State of Massachusetts Blade Testing Liability

In 2011, the State of Massachusetts spent 40 million in taxpayer funds to build the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Wind Technology Testing Center, in Charlestown. The purpose of the 290-foot test site was to test the long-term durability, structural integrity, and performance of large-scale wind turbine blades, primarily for offshore wind projects. .In 2019, GE…See More
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post State regulators reopen northern Maine power line bids
"Phil Bartlett  the film flam man is still at it, promoting losers. The PUC regulates electricity delivery and only delivery. The PUC has been illegally involved in selecting generation resources causing price hikes in electricity and should be…"
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Willem Post commented on arthur qwenk's blog post Wind is Dead -Offshore Projects Cancelled
"Big solar developers are in solar merely to have no risk 25 year lucrative tax shelters. They do not give a damn about the environment. They are out to get as much as possible and woke bureaucrats and pol are giving it to them, because they do not…"
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Willem Post commented on arthur qwenk's blog post Wind is Dead -Offshore Projects Cancelled
"Mass and Maine are doubling down, even if no federal subsidies?"
Tuesday
Dan McKay commented on arthur qwenk's blog post Wind is Dead -Offshore Projects Cancelled
"This absolutely proves it is all about the subsidies and properly administrative contract buyouts can switch energy sources to cheaper and reliable fuels. Are you listening, solar and wind developers who are reaping 15 years of pure profits from 20…"
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State of Massachusetts Blade Testing Liability

Posted by Frank Haggerty on April 30, 2026 at 9:18am

Wind is Dead -Offshore Projects Cancelled

Posted by arthur qwenk on April 27, 2026 at 9:10pm — 3 Comments

Abolish Efficiency Maine Trust

Posted by Dan McKay on April 25, 2026 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

What Hath the Democrats Wrought for Maine?

Posted by Dan McKay on April 24, 2026 at 4:01pm — 2 Comments

Offshore Wind Blades 5 Year Outlook

Posted by Frank Haggerty on April 24, 2026 at 9:29am

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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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 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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