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Blowing in the wind: Maine’s energy past and future
Blowing in the wind: Maine’s energy past and future
Posted March 30, 2012, at 12:58 p.m.
Last modified March 30, 2012, at 9:18 p.m.…
Last modified March 30, 2012, at 9:18 p.m.…
Added by Long Islander on March 31, 2012 at 11:30am — 1 Comment
BREAKING: Pingree helped King get $102 million Federal loan guarantee. (From the MaineWire)
BREAKING: Pingree helped King get $102 million Federal loan guarantee
The Maine Wire has obtained a letter sent from U.S Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D- Maine) to the Department of Energy in support of Angus King’s Record Hill Wind project. Record Hill was…
Added by Steve Thurston on March 31, 2012 at 8:19am — 6 Comments
Senate Defeats Obama Oil and Gas Tax Hike Again
Senate Defeats Obama Oil and Gas Tax Hike Again
Link to Inhofe Floor Speech: Stopping the Obama War on Affordable Energy…
ContinueAdded by Hart Daley on March 29, 2012 at 3:19pm — 1 Comment
Obama, Menendez Push Economically Painful Anti-Energy Bill
Added by Hart Daley on March 28, 2012 at 6:50pm — 1 Comment
INVESTIGATORS CONTACTED KING'S WIND COMPANY DAYS BEFORE REPORT RELEASED
While U.S. Senate candidate Angus King was busy discussing the ethical benefits of selling his company, behind the scenes Independence Wind was becoming part of a congressional probe into inappropriate federal loan guarantees.Despite an increasingly tangled timeline, the former governor’s campaign maintains he had no knowledge of the probe.
Congressional investigators sent an official letter to…
ContinueAdded by Monique Aniel Thurston on March 27, 2012 at 8:39am — 4 Comments
U.S. Senate Hopeful Angus King asks "Where's Molly"?
Angus King lectures the unwashed commoner that if we don't allow his feckless wind turbines to destroy our Gardens of Eden in Maine, we are contributing to global warming.
We have of course proven this 100% false. The turbines displace virtually no CO2.
But take a look at Angus's 40" RV that guzzles gas like no other.
Its name is Molly.
But perhaps a better name would be the "Do…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 25, 2012 at 8:00pm — 7 Comments
BREAKING NEWS...Decision by Maine Superior Court pleases wind turbine farm neighbors on Vinalhaven
3/23/12
Today, Maine Superior Court ruled in favor of neighbors and against the state DEP and wind turbine operator, Fox Islands Wind. The state agency and FIW seek to invalidate a lengthy and costly effort by neighbors to obtain regulatory enforcement of state noise standards in the case of violations by the wind turbine farm operator on Vinahaven. The Court…
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Added by Long Islander on March 23, 2012 at 4:21pm — 3 Comments
The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued
In view of Angus King's intention to seek election to the US Senate, and in light of recent revelations about the lack of justification for the Federal Loan Guarantee that Record Hill Wind sought and was granted, I am reposting (1) the following blog post as well as (2) my comment to the DOE during the public comment period on the loan application, and (3) the relevant section of the report titled,…
ContinueAdded by Steve Thurston on March 21, 2012 at 10:30pm — 10 Comments
DEVELOPING: U.S. SENATE HOPEFUL ANGUS KING WIND PROJECT CITED BY CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION
I wonder whether this will also finally get some sunlight on the mysterious Delaware registered highly secretive partner of King's in this deal - "Bayroot", perhaps named after the college drinking game of same name. Of course that just might make sense as after a couple years or so it was finally revealed who this company was - the ultra well endowed Yale University Endowment Fund.…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 21, 2012 at 9:30pm — 17 Comments
Poll: Alternative energy loses support
Poll: Alternative energy loses support
Published: March. 20, 2012 at 12:21 AM
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WASHINGTON, March 19 (UPI) -- Support for development of fuel sources such as wind and solar power has diminished in the United States during the past year, a survey…
Added by Long Islander on March 21, 2012 at 7:00pm — No Comments
Society of Power Engineers: Wind power will drive up power costs
Wind power will drive up power costs: Report
Wind farms have caused outrage in rural Ontario. (QMI files)…
Added by Long Islander on March 20, 2012 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment
DEP Hearing on Canton Mtn Wind Project - Thursday
DEP hearing on Canton Mountain wind farm Thursday
Published on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:12 am | Last updated on Tuesday, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:12 am 1 Comment…
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Added by Hart Daley on March 20, 2012 at 7:52am — 1 Comment
Dixfield - 2 Selectmen Terms to Expire
Just a quick note: In the Lewiston Sun Journal there was a short article on nominations. I found out that 2 selectmen, Steve Donahue and Norrine Clark's terms are set to expire.
Therefore, I went right to the town office and took out papers and will be running for one of these seats. I only need 25 signatures for the nomination papers, which will not be a problem. Wish me luck.
Added by Hart Daley on March 20, 2012 at 7:13am — 2 Comments
UMPI website reports it's working.
As of March 15 the UMPI turbine website reported the turbine, after a "down" period of months for repair, had been generating power for 126 days; "180,240 kWh since 2nd week of November". There is no other information - the software needs "fine tuning",
Operating perfectly in ideal wind the UMPI turbine is "rated" to generate 600 kW, or 14,400 kWh per day
It has been in operation 126 days since early November.
14,400 kwh X 126 = 1,814,400 kwh. This woud be 100%…
ContinueAdded by Harrison Roper on March 19, 2012 at 11:20am — No Comments
PTC Update?
Does anyone have any new information on when the PTC will be presented to Congress AGAIN? Or if there is any deadline when these carpetbaggers can't submit it to Congress?
Added by Hart Daley on March 18, 2012 at 8:13pm — 1 Comment
An earlier Calvin Luther Martin piece on Noble - Maine's newest wind interloper
From St. Patrick's Day three years ago.
http://www.rivercitymalone.com/?p=1849
To browse for more articles about Noble, please go to:
http://www.rivercitymalone.com/articles.html
Added by Long Islander on March 18, 2012 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Subsidy Freeloading Noble "Environmental" Power Targets Beautiful Maine Lakes
The filings can be read at the DEP site right here.
Lest we forget about NOBLE:
ALBANY, NY (July 15, 2008) - Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced today the launching of an investigation into two companies developing and operating wind farms across New York state amid allegations of improper dealings with public officials and…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 18, 2012 at 11:30am — 3 Comments
Kenneth Fletcher: Governor's bill calls for accountability, transparency of Efficiency Maine Trust
MAINE COMPASS: Governor's bill calls for accountability, transparency of Efficiency Maine Trust
Kenneth Fletcher
One of the largest inhibitors, if not the biggest obstacle, to job creation in Maine is high energy costs.…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on March 17, 2012 at 10:22am — No Comments
The Wind Industry’s License to Kill - 400,000 Dead Birds a Year and Counting
Added by Long Islander on March 16, 2012 at 5:00am — 6 Comments
Frozen in Place - Woodstock Turbines Dead Still Today
As I travelled West on Route 2 in Dixfield just before the center of town, I looked to my left at the Woodstock wind project and low and behold not a single turbine was spinning. Proof positive of the absolute inefficiency of these abberations.
Added by Hart Daley on March 15, 2012 at 6:30pm — 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
******** 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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