March 2020 Blog Posts (24)

Wind Turbine Industry Vs Ventilators

(Image Credit : Wind Energy's Absurd )

What has the wind industry volunteered to do to help stop the spread of …
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Added by Frank Haggerty on March 30, 2020 at 8:30am — 6 Comments

Robert Bryce Assails the Wind Industry Greed

Robert Bryce has been on the forefront of criticism of the heinous wind industry scam.  It was galling to see the wind industry put pressure on getting an extension of their heinous Production Tax Credit into the Covid-19 bill this week.

Please read this insightful article by Robert Bryce.…

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Added by Brad Blake on March 29, 2020 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

List of so called environmental groups requesting Congress aid wind developers

Among the groups signing the letter to Congress are some familiar names:

National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, Environment America and the League of Conservation Voters

Read the letter and see all its signatories here:…

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Added by Long Islander on March 28, 2020 at 12:00pm — 5 Comments

American Wind Energy Association Statement on The COVID-19 Phase Three Stimulus Bill

3/25/20
Washington – The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today issued the following statement on the COVID-19 phase three stimulus bill. …
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Added by Long Islander on March 25, 2020 at 2:30pm — 9 Comments

Filibustering the $1 trillion-plus Covid-19 bill hoping to include tax credits for solar and wind energy

Jeff Brady | NPR News | March 24, 2020 | www.npr.org

Clean energy and climate advocates say the huge stimulus bill Congress is negotiating should address not only the economy, but also climate change. But a split over that appears to have contributed to delays in passing the bill.

“Democrats won’t let us fund hospitals or save small businesses unless they get to dust off the Green New Deal,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said…

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Added by Long Islander on March 23, 2020 at 5:30pm — 7 Comments

Lisa Linowes: Say No on a PTC Extension in COVID-19 stimulus

Lisa Linowes - March 21, 2020

As the White House and Congress negotiate a massive Covid-19 stimulus, the wind and solar industries are pushing for more PTC/ITC extensions. They are shameful and our political class can't be trusted. This letter to Congressional leaders emphasizes why the subsidies should expire as promised in 2015.

We are among the millions of taxpayers who watched in stunned disbelief as Senator Grassley and others in leadership reneged on their…

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Added by Long Islander on March 22, 2020 at 1:00pm — 5 Comments

VERMONT CO2 REDUCTION OF EVs IS BASED ON MISREPRESENTATIONS

Vermont has a Comprehensive Energy Plan, CEP. The capital cost for implementing the CEP would be in excess of $1.0 billion/y for at least 33 years, per Energy Action Network annual report. See URLs.

 

http://eanvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/EAN-2015-Annual-Report-Low-Res-Final.pdf …

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Added by Willem Post on March 21, 2020 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

Maine Supreme Court upholds PUC approval of energy corridor

The state supreme court has rejected a challenge of utility regulators’ approval of a 145-mile power transmission corridor that would serve as a conduit for hydropower from Canada.

NextEra Energy Resources appealed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court after the Public Utilities Commission granted its approval to the $1 billion New England Clean Energy Connect.

In its unanimous ruling, the panel brushed aside NextEra’s complaint that the PUC made…

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Added by Long Islander on March 19, 2020 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

EDP Number Nine Wind Farm / China Global Investment Tracker

The mammoth Number Nine wind complex envisioned for Maine may be presently on hold given a current lack of transmission lines. The project's website is here: https://numberninewindfarm.com/

This project was recently noted on this site as being part of "751 Megawatts of Proposed Wind for…

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Added by Long Islander on March 18, 2020 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Greenbacker makes 15MW Maine gain

A subsidiary of Greenbacker Renewable Energy has bought the rights to build an over 15MW wind farm in the US state of Maine for an undisclosed price.

The 15.3MW RoxWind project has been developed by Palmer Management Corporation and other unnamed parties.

It is contracted to sell electricity through long-term off-take agreements with four local municipal utilities.

RoxWind is expected to come online in the third quarter of 2021.

Sheppard…

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Added by Dan McKay on March 18, 2020 at 10:16am — 5 Comments

Skullduggery in Augusta this Morning

NECECkiller.pdf

As legislators got to their desks an hour ago, they received a piece of legislation which would order the PUC to reverse its decision that granted a “certificate” to the NECEC. 

This is even more brazen than the Wind Act.

Never mind…
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Added by Art Brigades on March 17, 2020 at 11:30am — 7 Comments

ENERGY ACTION NETWORK REPORT TO REDUCE CO2 IN VERMONT

Vermont has a Comprehensive Energy Plan, CEP. The capital cost for implementing the CEP would be in excess of $1.0 billion/y for at least 33 years, per Energy Action Network annual report. See URLs.

 

http://eanvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/EAN-2015-Annual-Report-Low-Res-Final.pdf …

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Added by Willem Post on March 16, 2020 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Trends in Maine From Introduction of Wind Power

>Added nearly 1000 megawatts of wind 2007 - 2019

Wind Produced 2,450,000 megawatthours 2019…

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Added by Dan McKay on March 15, 2020 at 10:04am — 2 Comments

Robert Bryce's New Book: A Question of Power: Electricity and The Wealth of Nations

Please note there are two links to visit:

Robert Bryce on Electricity

Mar 11, 2020

Robert Bryce discusses electricity and it's significance in society.…

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Added by Long Islander on March 14, 2020 at 12:30pm — No Comments

CMP power line project wins initial approval from Maine DEP

While backers applaud the draft permit for the $1 billion transmission line to bring electricity from Quebec to Massachusetts, opponents say the project would provide "no verifiable reduction in greenhouse gases."

By Scott Thistle Staff Writer

Central Maine Power Co.’s plan to build a transmission line through western Maine’s mountains cleared a significant hurdle Friday when the Maine Department of Environmental Protection issued a draft permit for the $1…

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Added by Long Islander on March 14, 2020 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Mass AG calls for exploring expanded carbon pricing

Bruce Mohl Mar 9, 2020

ATTORNEY GENERAL MAURA HEALEY released a white paper on Monday that calls for the creation of a New England task force to explore expanded use of carbon pricing in electricity generation to achieve region-wide greenhouse gas emission reductions.

The white paper’s recommendation is drawing attention because…

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Added by Long Islander on March 12, 2020 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Gov. Janet Mills gives lift to Maine’s offshore wind initiatives

A TRILLION dollar industry? That's 1,000 Billion or one Million Million. Guess who's pockets benefit. Guess who's pockets get picked.

Gov. Janet Mills gives lift to Maine’s offshore wind initiatives

By Abigail Curtis, BDN Staff • March 11, 2020 3:15 pm

Updated: March 11, 2020 4:14 pm

SEARSPORT, Maine — With the cold breeze off Penobscot Bay whipping around her, Gov. Janet Mills said here on Wednesday…

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Added by Long Islander on March 11, 2020 at 11:00pm — 8 Comments

751 Megawatts Of Proposed Wind For Maine - ISO-NE Project Queue

As of March 10, 2020, ISO-NE shows 751 MW of proposed wind projects in Maine :



72.6 MW Hancock County " Weaver Wind "  Has DEP Permit In Hand



15.3 MW Oxford County  " RoxWind "  Has DEP Permit In Hand



20 MW Penobscot County  " Silver Maple-Pisgah MTN "  Under DEP Review



126 MW Washington County  " Downeast Wind "  Preparing documents for DEP



517.5 MW Aroostook County  " Number Nine " ??   No News Lately…

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Added by Dan McKay on March 10, 2020 at 12:03pm — 3 Comments

Maine Voices: Power line referendum sets a dangerous precedent

By Robert Daigle Special to the Press Herald

Central Maine Power is trying to build a power line to bring hydroelectric power from Canada into New England and some people are not happy about it. Recently, these opponents submitted enough petition signatures to the Secretary of State to likely trigger a public referendum on the project this November. The referendum would direct the Maine Public Utilities Commission to, contrary to their findings, reverse their decision and rule…

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Added by Long Islander on March 9, 2020 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

Massachusetts Unwisely Chooses Additional Wind Turbines In Maine

Massachusetts had a renewable energy goal of 2000 megawatts of commercial land-based wind turbines by the year 2020.
 
Since 2005 Massachusetts has only installed around 125 megawatts of land-based wind turbines. Twenty-one communities were destroyed by the poor…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on March 9, 2020 at 9:56am — 2 Comments

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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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