Study: Wind farms killed 67 eagles in 5 years

By DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press

Updated 2:33 pm, Wednesday, September 11,…

An earlier post being reposted for the benefit of new members.

The following is a written response to the issues raised in the review of wind power permitting by the Office of Energy Independence and Security as requested by the legislature in resolve LD 1366.   As co-chairs of the Citizen’s Task Force on Wind Power, a statewide coalition of more than 400 citizens…

Eon, RWE and Iberdrola have joined with six of Europe's other leading utilities to warn that the EU's energy policies are putting security of supply at risk, the FT reported this morning. 



GDF Suez chief executive Gérard Mestrallet and Paolo Scaroni, head of Italian oil group Eni, were expected to present proposals from the group of companies for the reform of the system to the European Parliament today (Tuesday). 

The pair were…

Army awards third technology, wind, under $7 billion renewable energy MATOC

Email sent to select list of recipients dated 9/10/13 below.

Need to isolate what the exact revisions are.

DEP_Site_Location_Development%29application_text.pdf

September 08. 2013 9:38PM

New England anti-wind farm groups oppose development

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These generation projects create serious, often intractable problems. Those of us who have been forced to live near utility-scale wind projects you have promoted, and the individuals and groups we are working with, have learned through direct experience the consequences of these projects which include...........

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First Wind appeals Department of Environmental Protection’s rejection of Bowers Mountain project

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Community Report: Wind Power & Wildlife in Maine

Too confidential for the public to know, but it is the public that will be nailed with the ripoff bill for this shoving of the snouts in the public trough.

EXCERPTS:

“UMaine believes this is a strong proposal from the newly formed Maine-based company Maine Aqua Ventus I GP LLC — a company formed by Cianbro, Emera and Maine Prime Technologies LLC, in addition to other partners — to commercialize UMaine floating wind turbine technology,”…

Below is a chart presented by Mark Cool of the Firetower Wind Watch group in Massachusetts.  He has assembled a number of wind projects actual post construction dBA measurements and compares them with the noise modeling numbers presented in the wind developers' applications.  Shown on the chart is the range of dBA to which the measured readings exceed the developers' calculations based on modeling.  Remember, the section on modeling always touts the fact that the estimates are weighted to…

The project below is in Minnesota, but it's worth noting as some of the dynamics would appear to apply right here in Maine.

Here is contact information for the FBI field office in Boston:

One Center Plaza, Suite 600

Boston, MA 02108

Phone: (617) 742-5533

Fax: (617) 223-6327…

The major lead article happens to focus on water, but because it is really about "apparent" CONFLICTS, it is very relevant to the industrial wind power disgrace in our beloved state. …

•  There is a  report  called the  Dodge Report which is what the state puts out for construction companies to keep track of construction work coming up in the state so union and nonunion groups can bid on jobs.  All this is public information, but you need to pay to access this particular database.  …