Google Earth has collected "street view" imagery for a high percentage of America and Europe's rural areas and most of that work has been done very recently so street view can be used to explore many existing wind farms.
Below are some screen shots of a 250 turbine wind farm near Zeewolde, Netherlands. The wind farm is old enough that GE imagery shows the turbine pads. To explore the wind farm go to Layers in Google Earth and turn on "street view". Then go to Gallery and turn…
ContinueAdded by Charlie on February 28, 2010 at 6:50pm — 7 Comments
This is a very important piece and is also posted in the NewsShare section of this website:
http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/wind-project-comes-at-great-cost_2010-02-26.html
12/28/10
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Added by Dan McKay on February 28, 2010 at 8:59am — 2 Comments
Well, Dan's post inspired me to share what is our experience here in Buckfield. The planning board proposed that a core group of members commit to meeting weekly in order to do the extensive work necessary to formulate a cohesive ordinance. We refer to the weekly meetings as "workshops" so that we aren't restricted in terms of quarum etc. We are not doing any official "voting" - instead formulating recommendations to take to the entire board for the voting.
The history here…
ContinueAdded by Stacey Scotia on February 27, 2010 at 5:34pm — 17 Comments
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Maine Economic Growth Council cites energy costs as an obstacle to Maine’s economic growth…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 26, 2010 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment
2/25/10
In a unanimous vote today, the six person Maine Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices said Rep. Jon Hinck, D-Portland, co-chairman of the legislative committee that deals with energy issues, does not have a conflict of interest in voting on legislation regarding wind power by virtue of the fact his wife, Juliet Browne, represents several wind power developers at the Verrill Dana law firm in Portland.
Here is information about…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 25, 2010 at 9:35pm — 5 Comments
This long awaited section is brand new to the UMPI website (2/24/10) http://www.umpi.edu/wind
Although the $ 2 million turbine was commissioned nine months ago (see May 15, 2009 Bangor Daily News
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Added by Ron Huber on February 24, 2010 at 4:00pm — 18 Comments
The Nimby club is about to get a LOT larger because a Canadian developer has proposed to put 165 windmills on Lake St. Clair. This may be the first time in the US there is a proposal to put windmills in full view of a major metropolitian area and on water as precious to the locals as Nantucket Sound is to people on the east coast. (Where are those native american sunrise worshipers when you need them.)
Suppose the Canadian side of the lake is fully developed wiith turbines.…
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You can read the whole Angus King opinion piece that was in today's Maine Sunday Telegram here:
http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/wind-power-myths-blow-away_2010-02-19.html
In the piece, Mr. King names four "myths" and proceeds to debunk them. What is truly scary is that he presumably has people who could have helped him with this, yet his debunking is frankly an…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on February 23, 2010 at 8:00pm — 15 Comments
...I was in the store and saw the Tuesday "Franklin Journal" (out of Farmington) was out. The headline? "Farmers Fighting Wind Power." I thought, "Oh, wow, great, more support." I then read the article and it was about farmers opposing the changes to the military fly-overs due to the potential impact they will have on their livestock. Just a copyediting blunder, but I had to laugh and wonder if perhaps more and more editors have wind on their minds.
By the way, the article was…
ContinueAdded by Lisa Lindsay on February 23, 2010 at 2:33pm — 2 Comments
"If everybody says that it totally makes no sense,…
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Is Saddleback in Carthage the equivalent in raw beauty to such areas as the Grand Canyon or Glacier National Park? Of course not. I lived in Washington state and have traveled all around the country. I've camped in the national parks and climbed mountains that tower over Saddleback and I love those places. But when my friends from Seattle came to my wedding here, my father explained to them that while "their"…
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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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