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Wind turbine siting ordinances & criteria
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I've been involved in 'teaching' Maine planners about correct siting of wind turbines--horizontal and vertical, i.e. AVCOG planners last November; Lisbon Town manager; and worked with Brunswick's…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Art Brigades Jan 7, 2010.

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Penny Gray commented on Frank J. Heller, MPA's blog post KELP, other seaweeds are gobbling up dissolved CO2.
"Hey that's pretty interesting.  Mother Nature adapts to the circumstances, like the specialized algae that eat up oil near natural underwater vents.  But will all this be enough to stop the coming of the Cold Blob, humanities next…"
Mar 7, 2021
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Mar 6, 2021
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Long Islander's blog post Federal grant for Maine offshore wind
"The  details and assumptions about the  floating windmill anchored off of Monhegan are premised on an impact assessment by the Dept. of Energy not DEP; so there was no study of the impact on the 4 acre bottom land being leased....'uh…"
Oct 27, 2020
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Jim Wiegand's blog post Conservation groups committing charity fraud
"The Sierra Club and their foundation is a huge powerful lobbying group.  TOTAL IN 2016 Dollars donated to support advocacy efforts 71,884,500 Number of volunteers 5,059 Number of audience members willing to take action on behalf of a…"
Feb 14, 2020
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Willem Post's blog post COMPARISON OF TESLA MODEL S AND MODEL 3, BASED ON REAL-WORLD DRIVING CONDITIONS
"technical, but it is possible to make some fuel comparisons. If a car gets 30 miles per gallon and a gallon costs $2.47 the comparative cost with a Tesla is how many kWh it uses to go that same distance x the cost per kWh. It appears a hybrid is the…"
Jan 28, 2020
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Long Islander's blog post REJOICE: Wind power industry leader calls quits for Vermont
"Hydro Quebec took them out at the knees. Vermonters have 30+yr. contracts with Hydro Quebec w/few if any escalators usually found in wind contracts. Solar may go the same way."
Jan 24, 2020
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Thinklike A. Mountain's blog post Bill aims at requring Maine’s fleet of 3,000 school buses to be all-electric
"Eloise halted work on her bill introduced into the energy committee on exploring natural gas energy sources. Is a merger in the works or was the electric bus bill in the wrong committee?"
Jan 24, 2020
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Thinklike A. Mountain's blog post Bill aims at requring Maine’s fleet of 3,000 school buses to be all-electric
"I installed Eloise's computer network when she directed Women, Work, and Community; her knowledge of them was superficial...but then so was that of everyone I sold and installed computers for. She's attempting to get out in front of a…"
Jan 21, 2020
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Long Islander's blog post Camden Select Board Feels Wind Turbines "Should be on the Table"
"Greta would wonder why not MT. BATTIE......the Camden conference is going on and climate buzz words are flying all around."
Jan 8, 2020
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Long Islander's blog post U.S. House of Representatives bill extends Wind Investment Tax Credit for a year
"Time to remedy the exclusion of wind turbines from a full environmental impact assessment; who will sponsor it?"
Dec 18, 2019
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Thinklike A. Mountain's blog post Rebranding the Term ‘Climate Change’ for Greater Shock Value
"Knowing about solar cycles alerts me to decline in sun spot activity and the cooling effect this decline in radiance will have on the Earth. Ah but once this starts happening, all the alarmists will claim a victory for their wacky schemes. People…"
Nov 30, 2019
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Thinklike A. Mountain's blog post Rebranding the Term ‘Climate Change’ for Greater Shock Value
"There has got to be seminars and courses on writing CLIMATE CHANGE using scare tactics and the ever changing terminology as people tire of the old cliches and exaggerations. It's like the smear of politicans who can't tell the difference…"
Nov 30, 2019
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Oct 29, 2019
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Long Islander's blog post Susan Collins Introduces Bill to Expand U.S. Office of Wind Energy
"Draft an amendment requiring full environmental impact statements for every wind turbine and wind farm. Simply 'developing new wildlife impact mitigation technologies' is a very weak response. Then lobby her office and show up at regional…"
Oct 27, 2019
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Willem Post's blog post THE CASE AGAINST INTENSIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN MAINE
"I will eventually calculate the effects on the climate from loss of photosynthesis; may start close to home with Bowdoin college's clear cuts and Mill's widening of Rt. One between bath and Brunswick."
Oct 26, 2019
Frank J. Heller, MPA commented on Thinklike A. Mountain's blog post Reforesting is a good idea, but it is necessary to know where and how
"Just personal observations but mixed, mature hardwood forests are disappearing from Maine. I'd rather not replace them with evergreens but the same and  re-introducing new species or those which are rare, i..e ash. the other replacement…"
Oct 23, 2019

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This is why they lobbied hard to be exempt from Environmental Impact assessments

The more you look, the more you find.   Even out energy siting require wind farms to have Environmental impact statements.

Posted on October 29, 2019 at 5:22pm

Know the strength of our enemy

https://infocastinc.com/event/wind-power-finance-investment/

Big bucks....windturbines catch fire don't they?

Posted on October 29, 2019 at 5:18pm

What if there was equity between wind farms and hydropower generation? ....

these are the hurdles small hydropower generators have to jump through:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719326105?dgcid=coauthor

Posted on August 26, 2019 at 1:18pm

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At 9:55pm on March 27, 2015, Kathy Sherman said…
Tried comment, not work. Thinking much of this does not interest all. e-mail direct if you can.
At 10:39pm on March 31, 2013, Norman Mitchell said…

http://mainelaw.maine.edu/ who would you suggest I send an email to ?? 

 
 
 

 

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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."

https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/

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