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July 2010 Blog Posts (40)

Camden Hills windmill wannabes to meet August 2 on next moves. But mustn't NIMs make up part of the crew?

The Camden Hills Energy Committee Meets Monday night 5:30 p.m. in the Town of Camden's Washington Street Conference Room. News article here and below,

Their Plan: Obtain…

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Added by Ron Huber on July 31, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

The Jig is Up

What the AWEA wants is the government to make us buy their wind electricity -- at high prices. And make us pay for massively expensive, unsightly and otherwise wholly unnecessary new transmission lines so that Mainers and southern New Englanders can but this expensive electricity. Skyrocketing electricity prices coming from statewide industrial turbine and transmission blight that is…

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Added by Long Islander on July 29, 2010 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

House of Lords calls for 2km setbacks (1.24 miles)

7/29/10

Wind Turbines (Minimum Distances from Residential Premises) Bill

A bill to make provision for a minimum…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on July 29, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Secretary Chu Announces Closing of $117 Million Loan Guarantee for Kahuku Wind

Secretary Chu Announces Closing of $117 Million Loan Guarantee for Kahuku Wind Power Project

July 27, 2010

Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has finalized a $117 million loan guarantee for Kahuku Wind Power, LLC, the owner and operator of the Kahuku Wind Power project. The project includes the development of an innovative 30 megawatt (MW) wind power plant that will supply electricity to approximately 7,700 households per… Continue

Added by Oakfield Wind on July 27, 2010 at 7:07pm — 1 Comment

CMP Bulking Up For Baldacci's Wind Sprawl Scam

When this project was sold in, it was largely about 40 year old power lines. Wind was very downplayed. Now they are telling the truth, almost as if to create the impression this is the reason that had been given all along, when in fact, the primary reason they gave was the lie about 40 year old power lines.

It's high time Mainers learned about this $1.4 billion "hidden" extra cost to wind power. We are BROKE.…

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Added by Long Islander on July 27, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

T. Boone Pickens Just Dropkicked The American Wind Industry

From the Business Insider:

T. Boone Pickens Just Dropkicked The American Wind Industry

Gus Lubin | Jul. 22, 2010, 3:09 PM…

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Added by Long Islander on July 25, 2010 at 5:30am — No Comments

The wind industry is not responding well to the latest news from the U.S. Senate

American Wind Energy CEO Denise Bode

Renewable Energy Industry Chafed About Senate Energy Bill

by Timothy B. Hurst on July 22, 2010

The wind industry is not responding well to today's news that the Senate is abandoning a comprehensive energy and climate bill and that the proposed plan…

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Added by Long Islander on July 23, 2010 at 3:30pm — 6 Comments

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

In New England's electricity market, fossil-fuel generators (mostly natural gas and oil) are the marginal, or price-setting, resources. As a result of RGGI, the cost of electricity generated by these resources will increase, as they will need to procure CO₂ allowances in order to operate. As market prices for electricity increase somewhat as a result, the value of emission-free wind electricity will increase under RGGI.…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on July 23, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

High tide on Wall Street's doorstep

Mark my words:

In the light of the Congress dropping all efforts to pass "cap and trade" or any other greenhouse gas limits, I am afraid nothing will be done until high tide begins to lap at the steps of the Stock Exchange on Wall Steet, floods low-lying airports like D.C's Reagan (National), and washes away the CEOs' Palm Beach mansions.

Then, when it is too late, business interests and financiers will complain that the "scientists did not give proper warning". It is time to…

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Added by Harrison Roper on July 23, 2010 at 2:22pm — No Comments

Quick interview with Robert West of Ocean Energy Institute

I visited the grand opening of the Ocean Energy Institute. Passing a lone bagpiper holding forth (short mp3) near the entry, I joined the throng streaming upstairs, where, . Amid the roar and chatter of the many folks there, I interviewed Robert West, the managing director of the organization. Kind of a 'getting to know you' interview. An…

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Added by Ron Huber on July 22, 2010 at 12:30pm — 4 Comments

FYI: Next Phillips Hearing on Wind Ordinance

Public Hearing Town of Phillips Planning Board Meeting on Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. The Town of Phillips Planning Board will hold a public hearing at the Phillips Town Offices, 15 Russell Street, Phillips. The public is invited to attend and provide comment and review of the proposed Wind Energy Facility Ordinance.

Added by Lisa Lindsay on July 21, 2010 at 5:43pm — No Comments

UMPI Quietly Revises Its Wind Turbine Goal

If you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes. And if you don't like your oft stated annual wind turbine goal of over 1,000,000 KWH, just change it to 700,000, which is exactly what UMPI has done on its website very quietly. In fact, the UMPI website has been WIPED CLEAN of any mention of the long stated primary goal of producing 1,000,000 KWH per year, which previously had been prominent on the site. Perhaps this simply reflects the reality that in Year One, ended 5/14/10, only…

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Added by Long Islander on July 20, 2010 at 1:30pm — 8 Comments

Wind - Capacity Unavailable on Peak

"The average on peak wind capacity for the 2010 summer is forecast to be 12.1 percent

of nameplate capacity..."

From: http://www.ferc.gov/market-oversight/mkt-views/2010/05-20-10.pdf…

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Added by Whetstone_Willy on July 20, 2010 at 11:14am — No Comments

Health Effects of Wind Turbines are REAL

by Dr. Carl V. Phillips MPP, PhD. This paper was submitted to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission as testimony on whether turbine noise is having an adverse effect on human health. Dr. Phillips was recently the Editor-in-Chief for the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Alberta.

Prof. Phillips is also an award-winning researcher in epidemiology methods, focusing on making epidemiologic research more useful and honest. He teaches on these topics as well as how to… Continue

Added by arthur qwenk on July 16, 2010 at 11:46am — No Comments

Hillside Homes

Having worked for developers for the past 12 years in Western Maine, there is no doubt to me that interest in mountainside dwellings is growing. I have seen people pay well into the hundred of thousands of dollars for 2 to 5 acre lots at elevations well above 1000 feet above sea level. These are not just lots on the ski mountains of Sugarloaf, Saddleback and Sunday River, but upon hills overlooking Rangeley Lake and the ski slopes of Sunday River. The dramatic landscape views from these areas… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on July 16, 2010 at 5:44am — 5 Comments

UMPI windmill continues its dismal record of power production

Covering the past 10 days, UMPI's windmill website reports a total power output of 8339 kwh, or a daily average of 834 kwh per day. This is from a turbine that has a nominal 'capacity" of 600 kw. Do the math: 600 kwh X 24 = 14,400 kwh per day, or 140,000 kwh for a ten day period. This would be the power output if the wind were ideal, which hardly ever happens. Apparently we have been getting the equivalent of an hour and a half of good wind per day.

Just looking out the window here in…

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Added by Harrison Roper on July 14, 2010 at 9:45pm — No Comments

Governor Baldacci's 7/10/10 Radio Address on Tourism

"We’ve also made critical advances in helping to make the visit more attractive" - Governor Baldacci, 7/10/10

Governor Baldacci's radio address on Tourism (7/10/10) can be read in its entirety at:…

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Added by Whetstone_Willy on July 12, 2010 at 10:16am — No Comments

A vague business plan

It seems to me the LLC’s putting up these industrial wind projects know more about the economics of their venture than they are letting on. 5 year depreciation rate provided by federal tax law doesn’t seem to equate with the 20 year life span these developers are claiming. From the wind developer presentations I have attended , I have heard very little about local tax revenue beyond 3 years . The production tax credit is applicable but to the first 10 years . Insurance companies are denying… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on July 11, 2010 at 6:59pm — 1 Comment

Maine DeepCwind Consortium: will it factor in the climate-altering effects of their ocean energy extraction plans?

Or must it be pushed into meeting its ethical responsibility to avoid lasting harm to the climate?…

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Added by Ron Huber on July 11, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

ALASKA MOVES AHEAD OF MAINE WITH GRANTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF HYDRO AND OTHER RENEWABLES

Alaska Offers Grants for Development of Hydro, Other…

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Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on July 11, 2010 at 11:40am — 2 Comments

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U.S. Sen Angus King

THE UNTOLD STORY OF RECORD HILL WIND

The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued

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

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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/