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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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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine seeks "green hydrogen" developer
"Green hydrogen made with electricity, so-called hydrolysis, is a fools game, even if electricity were to split pure water were for free. It did not work in dysfunctional California  It certainly will not work in impoverished Maine. THE…"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine seeks "green hydrogen" developer
"Isn't it about time for the Maine Government to stop. stealing money from the electric ratepayers to fund their wacky ideas?"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Thinklike A. Mountain's blog post Former First Wind (D.E. Shaw) $5.2 Million Consultant Larry Summers Tied to Jeffrey Epstein
"Bill and Hillary REFUSE to Appear Before House Oversight Committee for Epstein Depositions, Says Rep. Anna Paulina Luna https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/bill-hillary-refuse-appear-before-house-oversight-committee/"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on arthur qwenk's blog post We All Knew Larry Summers Was A Scumbag! Epstein Connection Revealed. First Wind Connections
"Investigate D.E. Shaw, S. Donald Sussman, Little Angus King and anyone connected to Larry Summers employer, D.E. Shaw."
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arthur qwenk posted a blog post

We All Knew Larry Summers Was A Scumbag! Epstein Connection Revealed. First Wind Connections

'I am deeply ashamed': Larry Summers to step back from public commitments after new Epstein emailsSen. Elizabeth Warren had called for institutions affiliated with Summers, who was treasury secretary during the Clinton administration, to sever ties with him.Larry Summers, who was treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, said Monday that he will be stepping back from public commitments following the recent publication of his…See More
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Willem Post commented on Thinklike A. Mountain's blog post Former First Wind (D.E. Shaw) $5.2 Million Consultant Larry Summers Tied to Jeffrey Epstein
"Most of the wealth of Obama’s and Clinton’s was similarly obtained"
9 hours ago
Thinklike A. Mountain posted a blog post

Former First Wind (D.E. Shaw) $5.2 Million Consultant Larry Summers Tied to Jeffrey Epstein

From the days when First Wind was destroying Maine with wind turbines:"Another $115 million in funds for windmills went to a company called First Wind, which, I noted, had owners that included D.E. Shaw and Madison Dearborn Partners. Shaw is the firm at which President Obama's chief of the National Economic Council, Lawrence Summers, held a $5.2 million a year, one-day-a-week job, and Madison Dearborn is the firm of which Rahm Emanuel, now the White House chief of staff, said, "They've been not…See More
11 hours ago
Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post The price of electricity in Maine coincides with the growth of solar
"The more solar you build, the higher user prices, because solar plus subsidies is much more costly than fossil, which produce CO2 a life creating gas we need more of to increase greening the earth and increase fauna and increase crop yields per acre…"
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Thinklike A. Mountain commented on Frank Haggerty's blog post Massachusetts & Rhode Island Failing Net Zero Climate Goals
"‘Maine Girl Dads’ Gather Thousands of Signatures to Protect Girls’ Sports from Transgender Athletes…"
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Frank Haggerty posted a blog post

Massachusetts & Rhode Island Failing Net Zero Climate Goals

These states have been spending money on renewable energy projects like drunken sailors, with the media acting like cheerleaders for their failing wind agenda..Massachusetts fought the war on fossil fuels as if it were a real war. Fossil fuel plants shut down, and gas pipelines were denied access. The states, after a failed and disastrous land-based wind project, still…See More
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Trump shut down offshore wind in New England. Nova Scotia hopes to benefit
"The new gas line will take only two years to build"
Sunday
Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Trump shut down offshore wind in New England. Nova Scotia hopes to benefit
"New England needs a new gas line to bring direly needed, domestic, natural gas from Pennsylvania to produce steady electricity at about 6 c/kWh (wholesale), versus producing variable, intermittent electricity at 15 c/kWh from wind, solar, and…"
Sunday
Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Trump shut down offshore wind in New England. Nova Scotia hopes to benefit
"As long as the Maine Government doesn't force the Maine PUC to contract for long term power from these turbines, the people of Nova Scotia and/or Canada and/or portions of Norther Maine can suffer with the overpriced electricity exclusively."
Sunday
Willem Post commented on Willem Post's blog post Almost all Germans oppose combustion engine bans and meat reduction measures to save the planet
"EUROPE AIMS TO WEAKEN THE US WITH EXPENSIVE OFFSHORE WINDMILLS THAT PRODUCE EXPENSIVE, LOW-QUALITY ELECTRICITY  https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/europe-attempts-to-entangle-us-with-expensive-offshore-windmills.Net zero by 2050…"
Friday
Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post The Maine Democrats and Efficiency Maine Trust combine to destroy the livelihoods of Maine people
"EUROPE AIMS TO WEAKEN THE US WITH EXPENSIVE OFFSHORE WINDMILLS THAT PRODUCE EXPENSIVE, LOW-QUALITY ELECTRICITY  https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/europe-attempts-to-entangle-us-with-expensive-offshore-windmills.Net zero by 2050…"
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Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post The Maine Democrats and Efficiency Maine Trust combine to destroy the livelihoods of Maine people
"Here are four articles attesting to the small global warming role of CO2 in the atmosphere. Eight Taiwanese Engineers Determine Climate Sensitivity to a 300 ppm CO2 Increase Is ‘Negligibly…"
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Maine seeks "green hydrogen" developer

Posted by Long Islander on November 18, 2025 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Offshore Wind Vs. President Trump, Nov 13, 2025

Posted by Frank Haggerty on November 12, 2025 at 9:46am

Massachusetts Wind Turbines: Harbingers of Death

Posted by Frank Haggerty on November 9, 2025 at 11:21am — 1 Comment

ISO-NE Tracking NECEC

Posted by Dan McKay on November 5, 2025 at 8:34am — 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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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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    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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