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Source: http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/avgwind.html
And you have the gall to call the people in Maine NIMBY's.
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(from National Windwatch)
In a closing comment on page 17 his firm's June 8, 2010 report of to the Adams County Board (Quincy, Illinois), professional real estate appraiser Michael S. McCann states, in part:
When people react to the negative influences (of industrial wind energy) in ways that would normally seem extreme, such as filing lawsuits or selling their properties for steep discounts from what they…
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I am glad to read that UMPI plans to "reduce its building cooling load" when the wind does not generate power. That is the first mention I had seen of load management as a consideration in living with wind power. It's about time someone thought of it.
Here in northern Maine when we have a hot day (like today and yesterday) there is usually little if any wind. Turning down the air conditioners is a good way for UMPI to save power, and good for them for thinking of of it.
When I…
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Summertime, and the living is breezy --- NOT.
Just as the air conditioners are starting to crank up in earnest, the wind turbines stop turning. They hardly produce any electricity in the windier winter. And they produce almost zero electricity when Maine turns on its air conditioners. Brilliant, simply brilliant.
UMPI's $2 million (and counting) wind turbine experiment is clearly elucidating the gross failure of wind…
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FYI:
The Phillips Planning Board will hold a public hearing and informational meeting regarding the progress of their work on the Wind Energy Facility Ordinance for the Town of Phillips. The public is invited to attend 6 p.m. on Monday, June 28, at the Town Offices, 22 Russell Street, Phillips.
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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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"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."
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