July 2016 Blog Posts (67)

The American Wind Energy Association is holding its annual propaganda event in Portland and, as usual the scare tactics abound - supported of course by Angus King.  We are all aware that temperatures have risen 1.2 degrees (c) in the last 150 years - And the Atlantic Ocean has risen 8 inches.  But the truth is no one really knows why!  The permafrost is melting beneath the Arctic ice layer and the Pacific Ocean is shrinking with the shifting of tectonic plates beneath it. So why…

D.E. Shaw's founder, billionaire David Shaw,…

Note that Pierce Atwood is offering to assist (the wind industry presumably in drafting comments and that comments are due August 8. Please be sure to read this and pass it on to all you know. We need to submit every comment we can.

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has announced that it is developing a new Site Law rule that will address certain development standards for wind projects. The standards…

Beliveau said the battle isn’t over -- “You’ve made a choice, and it’s unfortunate,” he told selectmen. Representing EDP Renewables, attorney Mark E. Beliveau, a partner at Pierce Atwood LLP in Portsmouth, told the selectmen........

http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140716/NEWS05/140719204

One week to go until July 26 - prepare for the coming fight which will forever affect Maine as we know it.

The projects altogether would add another 2,140 megawatts of wind power capacity in Maine.

That’s about 3.5 times the capacity of Maine wind turbines online in November 2015.…

Connecticut's Process to For Feelgood Wind Power at Mainers' Expense

The following, which was found at the website of Connecticut's Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. (DEEP), discusses their process for soliciting bids from wind power generators, as part of their three state effort with Mass and RI.

"DEEP will ultimately review the responses to all three RFPs, compare the projects against each other, and identify the best mix of…

Hello-

Given your past involvement in wind energy issues in Maine, I wanted to ensure that you have seen the pre-rulemaking draft of new rules related to wind energy development in Maine that DEP has just released.  You can find the link to the draft rules on our website at:

http://www.maine.gov/dep/comment/comment.html?id=696084

Please note that comments are…

...Gary Campbell, the president of PPDLW, told me that his group got no help from national environmental groups even though the wind project -- which was being pushed by the now-bankrupt alt-energy outfit, SunEdison  -- was to be built adjacent to some of Maine’s most scenic lakes. “Every time we approached Maine Audubon, they slammed the door in our face,” Campbell told me. Campbell’s group fought the project for six years with no paid staff and no attorneys. Their total spending: about…

SunEdison has aroused opposition to wind power in the Greenville area with a proposal for a 26-turbine wind farm on Misery Ridge, near Moosehead Lake. But the project has been mired in uncertainty since April, when SunEdison declared bankruptcy. The company has sold some of its other Maine projects.…

Have DEP follow current noise science!

https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/simple-guidelines-for-siting-wind-turbines-to-prevent-health-risks/

Can anyone explain why a rapid drop in wind power output into the ISO-NE real time market coincides with a rapid drop in prices( often going negative) ? It is usually followed by a rebound in output and prices. This has been occurring almost everyday lately during the early morning hours.