August 2013 Blog Posts (30)

FIRST WIND WIND WILLING TO TRASH MAINE !!!

   -FIRST  WIND  WILLING  TO  TRASH MAINE-

BY  JONATHAN  CARTER   , SUNJOURNAL  

 

 

 "First Wind of Boston is proposing the largest industrial wind project to date for Maine's western mountains. It will stretch more than 25 miles, from Bingham to Parkman. The 64 500-foot turbines First Wind plans for that remote stretch of the Maine Woods will be highly intrusive and visibl... 

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on August 11, 2013 at 8:13am — 8 Comments

Big Maine Wind Gathering One Week From Today in Island Falls

Be there or be square :)

And if it's been awhile since you have seen Katahdin, then there's even more reason to make this part of your plans.

This is very important - Island Falls needs our…

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Added by Long Islander on August 10, 2013 at 10:00pm — No Comments

In the Shadow of Katahdin: MEDWAY - "Some big land owner from Mass or Connecticut who doesn't want their identity known"

Here's a head's up as to another First Wind project, "Molunkus" - this one somewhere near Medway in the shadow of Katahdin.
By the way, a few years ago in that general area right to the east of the East Branch of the Penobscot off the Grindstone Road there was a devastating clear cut. Never saw anything like it. When people tried to find out who the landowner was that allowed this…
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Added by John Gates on August 10, 2013 at 8:30am — 4 Comments

See attached list of wind projects (Many in Maine) - Ct. Mandate Aims to Ruin Maine

Please see the attached document (PDF and Word copies) listing listing responding wind projects.

Connecticut%20DEEP%20Renewable%20Procurement.doc

CT%20Mandate%20Aims%20to%20Ruin%20ME%20Mountains.pdf

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Added by Long Islander on August 8, 2013 at 11:17pm — 2 Comments

HOW CONNECTICUT NIMBYS SATISFY THEIR GREEN CONSCIENCE ? by blasting Me, Vt and NH mountains!!!

 
FROM OUR  FRIENDS  AT  WINDACTION.ORG WE  HAVE  LEARNED THAT: RECENT CHANGES TO  CONNECTICUT RPS  NOW REQUIRE THAT 4 % DEMAND BE  MET WITH LONG TERM POWER  PURCHASE  AGREEMENTS ( PPA) FOR CLASS 1 RENEWABLES (WIND  AND SOLAR )   
1) The CT RFP is a very public process since the State is the entity that's selecting and negotiating the contracts. This is in contrast to a near identical RFP issued in MA that is being…
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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on August 8, 2013 at 10:35pm — 1 Comment

BDN - Bowers Jack Gagnon Letter

And also please read:

Maine environmental commissioner denies First Wind’s proposal for Bowers Mountain

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/08/06/business/maine-environmental-commissioner-denies-first-winds-proposal-for-bowers-mountain/

The answer is no

In April 2012,…

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Added by Long Islander on August 8, 2013 at 12:19pm — 5 Comments

STEEEE-RIKE TWO! For the Bowers Project!

This afternoon DEP Commissioner Patricia Aho signed the final denial document for First Wind's planned Bowers Mountain Wind Project in Carroll Plt and Kossuth Twp.

I have not read the entire decision document but at a glance it appears very similar to the draft that was circulated last week.  Of course First Wind has the right to appeal to BEP and…

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Added by Gary Campbell on August 5, 2013 at 8:21pm — 3 Comments

Maine ratepayers paying for the wind barons and... windpower , the grid operator nightmare

Posted:Today Updated: 6:36 AM    

Inadequate transmission lines keeping some Maine wind power off the grid

Ratepayers will likely bear the cost of future upgrades to fix the problem, which could get worse.

By  Tux Turkel tturkel@mainetoday.com Staff Writer

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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on August 4, 2013 at 10:21am — 2 Comments

The Great Wind Energy Bait and Switch

The Great Wind Energy Bait and Switch is a scenario that should have been avoided. 

Ratepayers have been assured by the industry that wind energy is a reliable energy

source that would reduce electricity costs, and these promises were parroted by our

policy makers. Only after spending billions of public dollars on wind, we are being

informed by the beneficiaries of our largess,…
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Added by Barbara Durkin on August 4, 2013 at 10:10am — No Comments

AND the KINGS GO ON , with infinite taxpayer money .

Nearly $1 million science grant to bolster wind energy research led by UMaine



Posted Aug. 01,…
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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on August 1, 2013 at 7:59am — 3 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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