After many months, the "live wind data" page of the UMPI turbine is reporting something! But the turbine is still not generating power.Iin a 12 mph wind,  rotor rpm and generator rpm are zero, and power output is MINUS .4 kWh. That's 400 watts of grid power, being used to keep the machine working. At least something is working, and there is an effort to get it all…

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012 4:00 A.M.

The Cost of Wind-Energy Jobs

The “our industry creates jobs” argument is the last refuge of a subsidy seeker.…

Angus King's partner in Independence Wind, Robert Gardiner, sent the following letter to the Governor's Task Force on Wind Power's chairman Alec Giffen.  Gardiner's suggestions about preventing objections based on scenic impact and the unrebuttable presumption about wind power's benefits were incorporated into the law.   At the time King and Gardiner already had their MET towers up in Roxbury, and they needed to bulletproof the project against it's drastic impacts on the scenic character of…

The following article outlines some of the best information regarding the Wind Industry throughout the world.  I think it is imperative we know all the facts, and where to find data to back them up.  It is quite a read, but well worth it.…

Canton wind moratorium proposal stirs comments

LePage’s energy czar questions offshore wind plan

1. Columbia Journalism Review's "Darts and Laurels"…

September 13, 2012

A new television spot by a national Republican group blasts independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King and Democrat Cynthia Dill for their support of industrial wind. 

The 30-second spot is part of a reported $600,000 advertising buy from the National Republican Senatorial Committee. The ad, entitled "Caught," builds off recent attacks by Republicans who say that King shouldn't…

The financial capacity requirements of the DEP permitting process are quite clear. 

Chapter 373:               …

WORSE THAN SOLYNDRA: OBAMA ADMIN BUYING MAINE SENATE SEAT WITH CRONY ENERGY LOANS

the latest angus king/solyndra comparison is perfect.  He has no dignity, no scruples, as he and his family line their pockets with taxpayer money under the guise of green energy.

Bernie Madoff is a saint compared to the wind scam in maine.   

Let's hope the Maine voters see thru this ruse as it is - a scam disguised as green energy solutions to the world's problems.   Wind power overtakes the former oldest profession.  the taxpayers of maine and the electric…

But that’s not where the story ends. It seems that before he left the company, King helped apply for a Department of Energy grant worth some $33 million. Which means one of two things: either the company was thriving, in which case King was helping bilk taxpayers for an additional $33 million; or the company was having financial difficulties, in which case the $33 million grant was designed to help cover the cost of the loans, $23 million of which was coming due with a maturity date of April…

Angus King made this statement in an interview for Wind Powering America: 

Q. What do you hope to accomplish as a wind developer?

A. I would like to be associated with the development of substantial  projects in Maine and make a dent in Maine's energy demand and climate impact.  The bottom line is that we need to DO something about climate change instead of  just…

For Immediate Release: Friday, September 07, 2012  

Contact: Evan Beal (207) 287-5086

Trading Maine's Ridges for Virtually Nothing as Illustrated by NRCM's Very Own CO2 Data

Katahdin from Rollins Wind Project (photo by Brad Blake) - and the wind companies' test towers have since moved far closer to this greatest…

Another angle on the fraud and theft Angus and Chellie and Obma have done to us.  It's time to speak out and expose it.

 http://themaineteaparty.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2731571%3ABlogPost%3A107337&xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_post

Dear Editor,

The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has deployed an army of paid lobbyists to capture the American government, much in the way King George III sent his hired Hessian troops in their crisp green uniforms, armed with long muskets, tipped with long sharp bayonets, and to kill the life out of the American independence movement.

Big Wind, disguised in “green-mindedness”, has been crushing anyone and everyone who happens to be in its way. Residents in towns and…

The need to be heard

I live in an Unorganized Territory. There is no recognized “town government” in Lexington. We’re too small for that. But we’re still American citizens. We believe that our voices and our wills should not be disregarded simply because we live in rural Maine.

More than 80 percent of our residents signed petitions opposing Iberdrola Renewables’ proposed industrial wind facility planned for the mountain summits rising above our homes. But because…