September 2013 Blog Posts (35)

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,…
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Added 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…

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Added 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…

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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, …

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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-…

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Added by Long Islander on September 10, 2013 at 12:50pm — 4 Comments

New England anti-wind farm groups oppose development

September 08. 2013 9:38PM

New England anti-wind farm groups oppose development

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Added by Long Islander on September 10, 2013 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

A Letter To New England's Governors

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...........

Download the letter here:…

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Added by Long Islander on September 7, 2013 at 10:00pm — No Comments

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

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

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Added by Long Islander on September 4, 2013 at 9:26pm — 1 Comment

TONIGHT in Falmouth: Maine Audubon Wind Power & Wildlife in Maine (Open to Public/Free)

Community Report: Wind Power & Wildlife in Maine

  • Wednesday, Dec 4, 2013 6:00pm – 8:00pm
  • Location: Gilsland Farm, Greater Portland
[map]

  • Free

More Wind Turbines Join us for a community presentation and discussion about…

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Added by Long Islander on September 4, 2013 at 3:30pm — No Comments

BDN - Emera and others to commercialize UMaine floating wind turbine technology/PUC keeps confidential

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,”…

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Added by Long Islander on September 3, 2013 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

Wind Noise Modeling Consistently Below Actual Post Construction Measurements

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…

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Added by Brad Blake on September 2, 2013 at 12:18am — 1 Comment

New 45 Minute Wind Video from Harmed Citizens in Massachusetts

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Added by Long Islander on September 1, 2013 at 5:30pm — 3 Comments

Troubled wind project target of FBI scrutiny

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…

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Added by Long Islander on September 1, 2013 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

Maine Sunday Telegram writes major article about "apparent" Maine PUC Conflicts of Interest

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. …

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Added by Long Islander on September 1, 2013 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

MORE INFORMATION ON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE KATHADIN AREA BY FIRST WIND

  •  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.  …
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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on September 1, 2013 at 10:06am — 6 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

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(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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