February 2020 Blog Posts (31)

Hans Ohanian: Carbon myopia in Montpelier

Hans Ohanian: Carbon myopia in Montpelier

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Added by Dan McKay on February 8, 2020 at 8:37am — 4 Comments

Wind Turbine Safety Setbacks

Wind Turbine Safety Setbacks Now Exceeding 3000 Feet



One Falmouth Massachusetts 110 Db Wind Turbine Requires Almost 3000 Feet

By Frank…
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Added by Long Islander on February 7, 2020 at 3:30pm — 5 Comments

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $64M for Components of Coal FIRST Power Plants

U.S. Department of Energy Announces $64M for Components of Coal FIRST Power Plants

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $64 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), Critical Components for Coal FIRST Power Plants of the Future.

“Coal is a critical resource for grid stability that will be used in…

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Added by Dan McKay on February 7, 2020 at 11:10am — 1 Comment

LIQUID AIR ENERGY STORAGE (LAES) IN VERMONT

Recently, Vermont Electric Co-op and Highview Power, were musing a liquid air energy storage, LAES, plant, using excess wind electricity generated with wind turbine plants, to be installed, in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, NEK.

 

Baker-Hughes is an advisor regarding LAES to Highview Power.

Baker-Hughes estimates the all-in, turnkey cost (financing, operating,…

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Added by Willem Post on February 7, 2020 at 11:00am — No Comments

Electric Vehicles in Maine: Consumer awareness and interest remains very low

................An estimated 90 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in Maine stem from burning petroleum products, and more than half of that comes from cars and trucks. And as of last year, less than 1 percent of the 1.3 million vehicles registered in Maine were all-electric vehicles, or EVs.

There are many reasons. Even with government incentives, EVs cost more than comparable gas-powered cars. Drivers have lingering concerns about running out of battery charge, so-called range…

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Added by Long Islander on February 6, 2020 at 11:17am — 4 Comments

Big Green, Inc: The Bloomberg Family Foundation and the Future of American Energy

Big Green, Inc: The Bloomberg Family Foundation and the Future of American Energy

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Added by Dan McKay on February 6, 2020 at 10:22am — 4 Comments

Wind turbines really are the ultimate example of phony “liberal” environmentalism

‘Green Energy’: Wind Turbines Are ‘Piling Up In Landfills,’ Can’t Be Recycled

Tens of thousands of aging blades are coming down from steel towers around the world and most have nowhere to go but landfills. In the U.S. alone, about 8,000 will be removed in each of the next four years. Europe, which has been dealing with the problem longer, has about 3,800 coming down annually through at least 2022, according to BloombergNEF. It’s going to get worse: Most were built more than a…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on February 6, 2020 at 6:00am — 7 Comments

A $1.0 BILLION OBAMA SOLAR FIASCO IN THE SOUTHWEST DESERT WENT BANKRUPT

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Added by Willem Post on February 4, 2020 at 11:30am — 5 Comments

1600 NEW COAL POWER PLANTS PLANNED TO BE BUILT AROUND THE WORLD

While DISGUSTA, Maine, folks are going nuts because the world is going to come to an end, if they do not blanket NORTHERN MAINE with wind turbines everywhere, the REST OF THE WORLD is busy ADDING 1600 NEW coal plants.

THESE KNOW-NOTHINGS ARE HELL-BENT to UGLIFY MAINE and make Maine much more expensive to "live" in.

Vote out Governor Mills and get rid of her lackey appointees in November, the only rational solution.

Maine needs term limits on House members and…

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Added by Willem Post on February 3, 2020 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

Eric Brakey on Wind and Solar

Eric Brakey on Wind and Solar

On Jan. 30, the University of Maine’s chapter of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) hosted Eric Brakey, a former Republican Maine state senator that is running for U.S. Congress in Maine’s 2nd District. Brakey’s visit was held as a town hall style meeting in the Donald P. Corbett Building on the Orono campus. 

Those in…

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Added by Long Islander on February 3, 2020 at 12:30pm — No Comments

John Droz, Jr: Energy & Environmental Newsletter: February 3, 2020

Some of the more important articles in this issue are:



FERC Orders PJM to Expand Minimum Offer Price Rule

Another perspective on the important FERC ruling

Intermittent & Unreliable Wind & Solar The Greatest Subsidy Scam In History

The Evolution of Electricity Rates

Wind power in France: a lie and a swindle?

The Left’s Opposition to Mining Threatens Its Green Dream

Iowa cardiologist shares health concerns over wind turbines

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Added by Long Islander on February 3, 2020 at 10:27am — No Comments

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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

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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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