Long Islander's Blog – September 2013 Archive (27)
Connecticut Extends Ban on New Wind Turbines - unless they're not in Connecticut
But totally OK to force their ratepayers to buy wind power from Maine. BRASS.
Connecticut panel rejects large-scale wind power rules…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on September 26, 2013 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
Opinion: Connecticut RPS should not promote wind power sites in Maine
Opinion: Connecticut RPS should not promote wind power sites in Maine
By Brad Blake
Monday, September 23, 2013
http://www.ctmirror.org/op-ed/2013/09/23/connecticut-rps-should-not-promote-wind-power-sites-maine
Added by Long Islander on September 24, 2013 at 6:58am — 4 Comments
BDN - Business consultant: LePage intervention in Statoil deal could damage Maine’s image in global energy market
The smallest amount of googling shows this business consultant has long been stumping for wind. For example, from October 6, 2009:
EmploymentDevelopment Trends inGermany’s Wind Industry as a Modelfor Maine…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on September 23, 2013 at 9:45pm — No Comments
PPH - LePage officials tried to scuttle state's done deal on wind, Statoil
LePage officials tried to scuttle state's done deal on wind, Statoil
Documents provide a glimpse into negotiations over the wind project among administration officials, lawmakers, lawyers and other stakeholders.
By ALANNA DURKIN The Associated Press…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on September 23, 2013 at 12:52am — 1 Comment
"Portuguese Harvester of U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Descending on Aroostook County"
Yesterday we learned of the Number Nine Wind Farm, a 250 megawatt wind project to be built in Aroostook County, Maine. The developer is EDP Renewables North America LLC, which the state described as "an international leader in large-scale wind…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on September 21, 2013 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments
GIANT Maine wind farm announced - by Connecticut!
Funny, but as best I can tell, not a single person from Maine was interviewed for this article. Maybe the folks who leave their lights burning in their Fairfield County mansions need to hear from the people in Maine whose lives get turned upside down by these projects. Actually, to blame the people of Connecticut is probably not right as it's highly doubtful that the average person…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on September 20, 2013 at 7:30pm — 3 Comments
Wind investments blow Pickens off the Forbes 400 list
Wind investments blow Pickens off the Forbes 400 list
Businessman T. Boone Pickens was dropped from the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans after losing much of his fortune in the wind farming industry.
According to Forbes, Pickens’ fortune …
Added by Long Islander on September 20, 2013 at 1:00am — 1 Comment
BDN - Report recommends improvements at Maine Public Utilities Commission, cautions against bias
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PPH - UMaine pressured to release wind proposal - Environmental groups also ask the PUC for details.
UMaine pressured to release wind proposal
Environmental groups also ask the Public Utilities Commission for wind power project details.
By Tux Turkel …
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on September 18, 2013 at 3:01am — No Comments
Wind turbines near residential areas are devastating to home values
Wind turbines near residential areas are devastating to home values
Added by Long Islander on September 17, 2013 at 10:35am — 1 Comment
Wind Turbines Kill Nearly 600,000 Birds a Year — and No One's Doing Anything
Wind Turbines Kill Nearly 600,000 Birds a Year — and No One's Doing Anything
Added by Long Islander on September 17, 2013 at 9:30am — 4 Comments
Mary Kay Barton - New York Wind Wars: Hiding the Facts
New York Wind Wars: Hiding the Facts (PTC allows Invenergy to desecrate)
EXCERPT:
According to NYISO’s Goldbook, New York State’s installed wind factories averaged a pathetic 23.5% Capacity Factor in 2012. New York State wind factories are …
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on September 13, 2013 at 8:30am — 1 Comment
How Renewable Portfolio Standards Can Subvert Your Economy (Huffington Post)
How Renewable Portfolio Standards Can Subvert Your Economy
Added by Long Islander on September 12, 2013 at 7:00am — No Comments
Yahoo Home Page: Alarming Discovery About Wind Farms
The word is getting out.
Perhaps wind industry employees who pick up the daily bird kill will have to find other work someday.
See:…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on September 12, 2013 at 5:30am — 1 Comment
Study: Wind farms killed 67 eagles in 5 years
Study: Wind farms killed 67 eagles in 5 years
By DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press
Updated 2:33 pm, Wednesday, September 11,…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on September 11, 2013 at 5:40pm — 1 Comment
Response to Office of Energy Independence and Security
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…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on September 11, 2013 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments
Iberdola Calling for Cuts in Wind Subsidies?
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…
Added by Long Islander on September 11, 2013 at 2:00pm — No Comments
Federal Contracts for First Wind and Iberdrola
Army awards third technology, wind, under $7 billion renewable energy MATOC
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, …
Added by Long Islander on September 10, 2013 at 1:44pm — 4 Comments
Maine DEP Revised Submission Requirements for Wind Projects
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
Good morning-…
Added by Long Islander on September 10, 2013 at 12:50pm — 4 Comments
New England anti-wind farm groups oppose development
Added by Long Islander on September 10, 2013 at 1:00am — 1 Comment
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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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