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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 posted a blog post

Europe’s Energiewende Is Unraveling

Europe’s Energiewende Is UnravelingWILLEM POST.Since 1990, Europe, which lacks fossil fuels and all sorts of materials, including g rare earths, has played a leading role in shaping global climate policy, highlighted by the launch of the European Green Deal in 2019—Ursula von der Leyen described it as a “man on the moon moment.”.The initiative…See More
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Maine Public Advocate sues to block New Hampshire transmission line
"Well,well,well. So Sanborn doesn't want Maine ratepayers to pay for a New Hampshire transmission upgrade arranged by ISO-NE. How about New Hampshire paying 11% of the $2 billion dollar+ costs for an ISO-NE transmission upgrade to attach a wind…"
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Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post The Ball Less Maine PUC Seeks Courage to End NEB Corruption and Proves It Has None.
"Remove all subsidies, state and federal, from solar systems and have owners sell their production at wholesale grid prices. There would still be hidden costs of about 11 c/kWh, due to various measures to have solar on the grid. Such hidden costs are…"
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Dan McKay commented on Dan McKay's blog post The Ball Less Maine PUC Seeks Courage to End NEB Corruption and Proves It Has None.
"According to CMP, there are 95,618 customer accounts associated with Net Energy Billing. CMP has a total of 670,000 accounts. We who do not own solar systems sucking money from ratepayers number 574,382 accounts. Their plan to get more people on NEB…"
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Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post The Ball Less Maine PUC Seeks Courage to End NEB Corruption and Proves It Has None.
"Up to the PUC to stop the fleecing of ratepayers who do not own solar systems? Fat chance!"
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Dan McKay posted a blog post

The Ball Less Maine PUC Seeks Courage to End NEB Corruption and Proves It Has None.

"The PUC Commission is examining long-term financial mechanisms and buy-down arrangements that could allow distributed generation project sponsors to voluntarily exit existing NEB arrangements."It seems the Maine Government has found itself in a pickled mess regarding Net Energy Billing and is asking for a remedy that would entice all these solar projects to exit NEB arrangements. What a joke. These project sponsors are making money, hand over fist. Only a moron would think they would give up…See More
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Penny Gray commented on Long Islander's blog post Rep. Reagan Paul Requests That Maine DOE Assess True Hidden Costs of Green Energy Agenda
"What a concept, a cost/benefit analysis!  Wind is free!  Sun is free!  Your energy bills will go down, property taxes will go down...that's what they promised the townsfolk in Carthage.  All lies."
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Frank Haggerty posted a blog post

Vineyard Wind Can Not Power 400,000 Homes 24/7

News media report that Vineyard Wind will generate 800 megawatts of energy, enough to power 400,000 homes.In a Boston Suffolk Superior Civil Court case 2684CV01041 Vineyard Wind 1 LLC vs. GE Renewables US LLC, a document was filed on May 11, 2026..In item # 6, it states, "With respect to production output, I understand that nameplate capacity and actual production are two distinct concepts.".This means a wind turbine's nameplate capacity is its maximum theoretical power output under ideal wind…See More
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Rep. Reagan Paul Requests That Maine DOE Assess True Hidden Costs of Green Energy Agenda
"BATTERY SYSTEM CAPITAL COSTS, OPERATING COSTS, ENERGY LOSSES, AND AGINGhttps://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/battery-system-capital-costs-losses-and-aging by Willem Post .  Utility-scale, battery system pricing usually not made public,…"
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Rep. Reagan Paul Requests That Maine DOE Assess True Hidden Costs of Green Energy Agenda
"THE IMPOVERISHED, DYSFUNCTIONAL STATE OF MAINE https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/the-dysfunctional-state-of-maine By Willem Post. The over-taxed, over-regulated, already-impoverished Maine people are super-screwed, trying to make ends…"
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Willem Post commented on Long Islander's blog post Rep. Reagan Paul Requests That Maine DOE Assess True Hidden Costs of Green Energy Agenda
"EXPENSIVE FLOATING OFFSHORE WINDMILLS IN IMPOVERISHED STATE OF MAINE https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/floating-offshore-wind-systems-in-the-impoverished-state-of-maine By Willem Post . Despite the meager floating offshore MW in the…"
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Dan McKay commented on Long Islander's blog post Rep. Reagan Paul Requests That Maine DOE Assess True Hidden Costs of Green Energy Agenda
"Over 2 billion dollars assessed to Maine electric bills since 2010 to eliminate carbon dioxide from the planet Earth. 2 billion dollars that went into the pockets of greedy people who recognized a good scam and didn't care how much people…"
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arthur qwenk commented on Long Islander's blog post Rep. Reagan Paul Requests That Maine DOE Assess True Hidden Costs of Green Energy Agenda
"The increases in electrical costs to consumers are caused by one thing. The Global Warming Narrative that begat the  Unreliable Renewable Power Narrative and concomitant waste,  uselessness and fraud in wind and solar low density …"
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Willem Post commented on Dan McKay's blog post The Maine PUC Declares an Oxymoronic Mission Contrary to Physical Science and EPA Edict
"THE IMPOVERISHED, DYSFUNCTIONAL STATE OF MAINE https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/the-dysfunctional-state-of-maine By Willem Post. The over-taxed, over-regulated, already-impoverished Maine people are super-screwed, trying to make ends…"
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Willem Post commented on arthur qwenk's blog post Small Nukes..Dense Energy Rules. The Way It Will Go!
"International Trade, Tariffs and Non-Tariff Barriers   The Europeans developed great skills regarding international trade, transportation, insurance and finance, as they built their colonial empires. Historically, the US had protected its…"
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Europe’s Energiewende Is Unraveling

Posted by Willem Post on May 15, 2026 at 11:00am

Vineyard Wind's Lack of Power Production

Posted by Frank Haggerty on May 5, 2026 at 9:23am

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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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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    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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