January 2014 Blog Posts (51)
The Biggest Loser in the State of the Union address was the wind industry.
ROBERT BRYCE | 01/28/2014
Excerpts:
But several key energy words were missing in action. There was not a single mention of biofuels. Not a word about wind energy. And nothing about electric vehicles.
Recall that it was during his State of the Union …
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 31, 2014 at 3:49pm — 11 Comments
UMaine Offshore Wind Developers Envision a Wind-Driven Economy
Excerpt:
"The biggest corporate welfare in the country is subsidies to windmills" - Governor LePage
UMaine Offshore Wind Developers Envision a Wind-Driven Economy
http://freepressonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=52&SubSectionID=78&ArticleID=30555
Added by Long Islander on January 30, 2014 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment
Trescott and Edmunds residents invited to wind power meeting on Feb 1
Trescott and Edmunds residents invited to wind power meeting
http://bangordailynews.com/community/trescott-and-edmunds-residents-invited-to-wind-power-meeting/
Added by Long Islander on January 29, 2014 at 12:29am — No Comments
Environment America accuses us of working for "fossil fuel interests" - this time in NH
Added by Long Islander on January 27, 2014 at 3:10pm — 6 Comments
BDN - New England states prod power grid operator to get more clean electricity, natural gas into region
The letter can be downloaded here:
ISO%20assistance%20Trans%20%2B%20Gas%201%2021%2014.pdf
New England states prod power grid operator to get more clean electricity, natural gas into region…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 23, 2014 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment
European Commission to ditch legally-binding renewable energy targets
European Commission to ditch legally-binding renewable energy targets
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 23, 2014 at 4:04pm — No Comments
BDN - Standard offer electricity prices jump more than 10 percent for CMP, Emera
Standard offer electricity prices jump more than 10 percent for CMP, Emera Maine customers
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Added by Long Islander on January 22, 2014 at 6:49pm — 1 Comment
10 Reasons Intermittent Renewables Are A Problem
10 Reasons Intermittent Renewables Are A Problem
Added by Long Islander on January 22, 2014 at 3:04pm — No Comments
Governor LePage takes new swipe at wind power (Sun Journal and BDN)
As Maine lawmakers consider solar energy goals, LePage takes new swipe at wind power
EXCERPT:
Meanwhile, Republican Gov. Paul LePage was also urging lawmakers to take action on the energy front this year.
LePage again took aim at Maine’s wind energy industry, saying the growing production of wind power in the Pine Tree State was doing little to lower ratepayer costs, noting energy prices increased significantly in 2013.
“Our…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 21, 2014 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments
Maine DEP and Governor LePage seek nominations for annual Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence
Maine Department of Environmental Protection and Governor LePage seek nominations for annual Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence
January 21, 2014
Environmental Protection
Jessamine Logan, DEP Director of Communications at (207) 287-5842, jessamine.logan@maine.gov
-The annual awards program from the DEP honors entities whose voluntary innovation has resulted in measurable environmental and economic benefits
AUGUSTA – The…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 21, 2014 at 1:45pm — 2 Comments
BDN - Maine risks being left behind in natural gas revolution
Maine risks being left behind in natural gas revolution
Added by Long Islander on January 20, 2014 at 6:37pm — No Comments
Texas can't rely on wind - natural gas is the answer.
Good article from Forbes. See link.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2014/01/17/natural-gas-the-electric-grids-20-minute-pizza/
Added by Richard McDonald/Saving Maine on January 19, 2014 at 9:57am — 1 Comment
Bristol: Survey paints cool reception for Maine wind project
Funny how the wind industry claims overwhelming public support for wind (using rigged polling) yet 90%+ of the time wind is put to the people of Maine, (e.g., wind ordinance votes), it is rejected.
Survey paints cool reception for wind project…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 16, 2014 at 6:30pm — No Comments
Gallup: Lack of Wind Power Not a Concern of Voters
Government Itself Cited as Top U.S. Problem
The leading answers to the OPEN-ENDED question as to our top problem: Government
Dissatisfaction with government/Congress/politicians; Poor leadership/Corruption/Abuse of power
The environment/pollution garnered a mere 1%. Energy/lack of energy sources garnered a mere "statistically insignificant".
See the full results and methodology…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 16, 2014 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment
THE FUTURE OF WINDPOWER IN MAINE DISCUSSED TODAY AT THE EUT COMMITTEE AND SOON TO BE VOTED !!!!
PLEASE IF YOU CAN AT I PM LISTEN TO THE EUT COMMITTEE WORK SESSION. LEGISLATORS WILL DISCUSS LD 616, 1147, 1323, 1434 - ALL BILLS DEALING WITH RESTORATION OF THE RIGHT OF SELF DETERMINATION IN THE UNORGANIZED TERRITORIES AS WELL AS A PROPOSAL FOR EXTENSION OF WIND SITING DISTANCE FROM THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL FOR SCENIC CONSIDERATION , THE PRESERVATION OF MAINE SCENIC CHARACTER AND NOISE PROTECTION .
THE HEARINGS ON THOSE BILLS OCCURED LAST MONDAY AND IT …
ContinueAdded by Monique Aniel Thurston on January 16, 2014 at 11:30am — 4 Comments
Today's Maine EUT Wind Work Session Starting 1:00PM - Listen on Web (Thursday Jan 16)
Energy, Utilities, and Technology (EUT)
Added by Long Islander on January 16, 2014 at 10:00am — No Comments
Maine legislators once again contemplate setting state renewable goals - this time for solar
There you go again.
http://www.pressherald.com/news/Lawmakers_looking_for_Maine_s_place_in_the_sun_.html?pagenum=full
The article references the German experience. Here's some more on that:
Economic impacts from the promotion of renewable energies:The German experience
Excerpt:…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on January 16, 2014 at 12:30am — 3 Comments
P.T. Barnum is smiling in his grave
Added by Long Islander on January 15, 2014 at 6:23pm — No Comments
All that matters in a crony capitalist world is closeness to state power
INEQUALITY IN A CRONY CAPITALIST WORLD
All this new concern ignores a main cause.
Crony capitalism is an expression that’s used a great deal these days, so let’s be clear what it means. Crony capitalism is not criminal activity or outright corruption — though it verges on, and often enters, these spheres. Crony…
ContinueAdded by Thinklike A. Mountain on January 15, 2014 at 4:34pm — No Comments
MIT Professor: Politicians and the green movement portray catastrophe from climate change
MIT Professor Urging Climate Change Activists To ‘Slow Down’
“Global warming, climate change, all these things are just a dream come true for politicians. The opportunities for taxation, for policies, for control, for crony capitalism are just immense, you can see their eyes bulge,” he says.
“Even many of the people who…
Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on January 15, 2014 at 10:38am — 1 Comment
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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
******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********
(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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