Don't ever count out the greedy push of the wind developers but according to this Bloomberg.com post, the revival of the wind industry's sacred Production Tax Credit may be dead this year.

Here is the lead in to the article, followed by the link:

By Alex Nussbaum Mar 11, 2014 5:18 PM ET

A federal tax credit…

CMP wants Mainers who feed grid with solar, wind to pay more

And of course this Spanish company (with heavy backers from the Middle East) already nailed ratepayers for a $1.5 BILLION transmission upgrade, needed solely for its fellow wind "farmers". Iberdola (CMP) is one of the world's largest developers of wind projects. And only a few years ago it received enormous ARRA stimulus funds, including those for its so called "smart meters" in guinea pig state Maine.

TAKE,…

UMaine faces offshore wind rival for federal funding

The university-led venture competes with a former partner for millions of dollars and a leg up in an emerging industry.

By Tux Turkel tturkel@pressherald.com

Staff Writer…

Committee passes bill requiring wind projects to lower rates, create jobs

http://bangordailynews.com/2014/03/07/politics/state-house/committee-passes-bill-requiring-wind-projects-to-lower-rates-create-jobs/?ref=regionstate

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 you can  listen Live at  http://www.maine.gov/legis/audio/Utilities_cmte.html

An oldie and a goodie that now looks like a greatee.

Energy firms announced deal despite risk posed by legal appeal

By: NAOMI SCHALIT AND JOHN CHRISTIE | June 27, 2012

Less than two weeks ago, a Canadian energy company and a major wind power developer with turbines in Maine …

The pendulum is headed back in the direction of sanity. Hang on Maine, light is starting to get into this tunnel of traitors, thieves and useful idiots.

http://www.commdiginews.com/environment/renewable-energy-in-decline-less-than-1-of-global-energy-11004/

Update, Monday, Mar 3 at 4PM:

See the map at:

https://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2014/02/28/wind2050-multidisciplinary-study-on-local-acceptance-and-development-of-wind-power-projects/

The following links shows a map of wind opposition groups in several countries including the U.S., the UK, Denmark, Sweden…

Gee, I guess wind power is just not in the cards when it comes to reducing energy prices. Great for reducing property values and those pesky tourists though.

An article on this in the Portland Press-Herald can be read at:…

LePage wants to get rid of state’s wind-power goals

A bill introduced by the governor recently would do away with Maine’s megawatt targets.

A bill recently introduced by the governor would do away with the megawatt targets and replace them with goals to expand economic opportunities and lower electricity prices. Wind proponents call it an attack on renewable energy, but LePage’s administration says it will spark a conversation about how the state can bolster…

In the fight against proliferation of destructive, sprawling wind power sites, the scenic and environmental impact and noise problems are important. But I usually lead with the economic argument. Wind Turbines are a useless, expensive source of electricity that would not even exist except for overly generous subsidies (per MWH) and heinous mandates. Before we destroy more of our beautiful state with wind turbines, Congress should take heed of the disastrous results of Europe's folly with…

One of the most troublesome problems with the proliferation of industrial wind projects in Maine is their encroachment on the "treasures" of the state that we have purchased to protect for future generations.  We have passed a number of bond issues totaling more than $200 million (principal & interest) for the Fund for Land for Maine's Future.  We have leveraged with these funds millions of dollars more from other sources to preserve places like the Mahoosuc Range, Rumford…

Robert Bryce U.S. Senate Testimony: Killing wildlife In the name of climate change

Thank you for the better website map of wind opposition, Eric.  It appears to be the tip of the iceburg; I see two of our websites and others that are missing.  Perhaps not the networking done to "see" these websites, but it is interesting to know they have not identified all effective opposition. Not by a long shot! Our Minnesota citizens took five years to effectively shut down the "AWA/New Era" Wind Project in southeastern Minnesota with all permits revoked as of October 2013.  Fight…