July 2012 Blog Posts (36)
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Rules Against PUC and Therefore Iberdrola on Smart Meters
Court sides with smart-meter foes on health issues
Because the meters already are installed, it’s not clear what the practical effect of the court’s decision may be.
By Tux Turkel …
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 12, 2012 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Lynne Williams to NRCM: Please begin to listen to us
The following note to Lisa Pohlman, Executive Director of NRCM is posted on behalf of Lynne Williams, former chairperson of the Maine Green Independent Party, and candidate for the party's nomination for Governor of Maine in the 2010 election. The note is in response to Ms. Pohlmann's blog of earlier today, parts of which are excerpted immediately following Lynne Williams' note.
7/3/12
Dear…
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Added by Long Islander on July 11, 2012 at 9:00pm — 11 Comments
Shell WindEnergy exits Humboldt County: too $$$
Posted: 07/10/2012 03:45:33 PM PDT
Shell WindEnergy Inc. announced today that the company is opting to exit the Bear River wind project that has been in the works for years.
A press release from the company states it's withdrawing from the project due to “unfavorable market conditions and issues…
ContinueAdded by Ellin Beltz on July 10, 2012 at 7:37pm — No Comments
Spruce mt wind farm in wood stock
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=246082672176842&set=vb.100003253342767&type=2&theaterThis is the spruce mt wind farm from the shag pond road in Sumner video i shot today from approx 1.37 miles out dont tell me they dont make noise !!!!
Added by Norman Mitchell on July 10, 2012 at 6:48am — 7 Comments
Carbon offsets from reforestation, measuring carbon capture and sequestration
Approaches to measuring carbon capture & sequestration:
There are two methods:
One can work backwards; starting with the fuels and energy consumed and estimate how many trees it would take to offset the emissions from these fuels. Such a tool is the CLIMATE CHANGE CALCULATOR found at http://www.americanforests.org/resources/ccc/index.php
For example, if I enter 300 gal. of…
ContinueAdded by Frank J. Heller, MPA on July 8, 2012 at 4:35pm — No Comments
Real Farms and Wind Farms and Sen. Frank Lasee on Health Impacts WWR. Sunday 7/8/12 7pm ET.
Added by WWR on July 8, 2012 at 2:30pm — No Comments
Super Storm 'bombs' wind farms.
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on July 8, 2012 at 12:33pm — 5 Comments
Please come to the Save The Lakes Festival - Saturday July 14 at VA-JO-WA Golf Course
Added by Long Islander on July 8, 2012 at 7:30am — 3 Comments
How RECs Can Save Wind
A wind developer contemplating a project in New York laments that the project must be put on hold due to electrical power prices currently at an all-time low because of oversupply of natural gas. See www.windaction.org “Galloo Island Wind Farm "on hold" for at least six months; low price of electricity cited “
At some point, the electricity produced from wind has to enter the market and is subject to the current market price. Sometimes, the…
Added by Dan McKay on July 8, 2012 at 7:21am — 6 Comments
New UMPI data - same old story
As of today (July 5, 2012) the UMPI turbine website reports it has generated 379,171 kwH "since mid-November". That is 223 days; at 14,000 kwH per day "installed" capacity, that's a Capacity Factor of .118, about the same as the previous reports. No other new information is posted. As before, the site declares the full-data reporting software continues to need "fine tuning".
The turbine was shut down for 210 days before last November's fresh start-up. That's 223 days of…
ContinueAdded by Harrison Roper on July 5, 2012 at 4:21pm — 3 Comments
Fundraiser to Fight Oakfield Wind July 14
As a Massachusetts resident but lifelong summer Mainer, it has been a blessing to spend the last two weeks at my families cottages on Pleasant Lake in Island Falls. Even as I type this I look out onto pristine views that as we all know are threatened to become extinct should First Winds plans come to fruition in Oakfield. Lynne Williams, Donna Davidge and so many others have been fighting long and hard and financial support is crucial to keep the good fight going. Myself and Ben Walker,…
ContinueAdded by Brian McAuliffe on July 5, 2012 at 11:00am — 2 Comments
Wind Project Born of Backroom Deals?
Do wind projects ever come about in any other way?
Brown calls for fed probe of Cape Wind
By Hillary Chabot and Matt Stout
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 -
Tuesday, July 3, 2012 -
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown yesterday…
Added by Long Islander on July 3, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments
KEAG PARTY Thursday Night July 12
Passadumkeag that is. And hardly a party, but hopefully a turning point.
Exercise your rights as a citizen and be present at the DEP Public Meeting in Greenbush on Thursday, July 12 from 7-9 PM.
Maine Government News…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 2, 2012 at 10:00am — 11 Comments
WIND ENERGY CO2 EMISSION REDUCTIONS ARE OVERSTATED
WIND ENERGY CO2 EMISSION REDUCTIONS ARE OVERSTATED
Because wind energy is variable and intermittent, it requires backup by quick-ramping, open cycle gas turbine generators that ramp up when wind energy ebbs and ramp down when it surges which occurs at least 100 times per day. Such part-load-ramping operation is inefficient and requires extra fuel/kWh and emits extra CO2/kWh. The extras offset a significant part of what wind energy was meant to reduce, as…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 1, 2012 at 11:30am — No Comments
Tehachapi Turbine Troubles. Time-out called for in Vermont. Sun. 7/1/12, 7pm ET
Added by WWR on July 1, 2012 at 8:57am — No Comments
Imagine that government mandated that 20% of all air transport be in the form of gliders
"Imagine that government mandated that 20% of all air transport be in the form of gliders, which is what it is doing in the electricity sector."
Read the rest of this thoughtful piece here.
The Inhibiting Power of Dilute Energy
Added by Long Islander on July 1, 2012 at 7:00am — 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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