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October 2011 Blog Posts (45)
Gordon L. Weil: Wind not seen as the wave of our energy future
Wind not seen as the wave of our energy future; traditional fuels and conservation are
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October 18, 2011 © Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
October 18, 2011 © Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting
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Oakfield-Chester First Wind: 59 Miles of Impact - Public Comments Accepted Until October 19
For Immediate Release:
Sept. 20, 2011
Release No. ME 2011-086
Contact:Tim Dugan, 978-318-8264
timothy.j.dugan@usace.army.mil
Evergreen Wind Power II, LLC, and Maine GenLead, LLC seek Corps permit to place fill material to build wind power facility
CONCORD, Mass. – The Evergreen Wind Power II, LLC and the Maine GenLead, LLC, are seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District to conduct…
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LePage Pushes to Eliminate Maine's Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard
| LePage Pushes to Eliminate Maine's Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard | |||
| 10/13/2011 Reported By: Susan Sharon | |||
Gov. Paul LePage says it's time to wean Maine off its dependence on oil, and turn instead to… |
Added by Long Islander on October 18, 2011 at 7:00am — 1 Comment
Wind Industry: "The more people know about wind energy, the less they like it"
ROBERT BRYCE
America’s Worst Wind-Energy Project
Wind-energy proponents admit they need lots of spin to overwhelm the truly informed.…
Added by Long Islander on October 18, 2011 at 7:00am — No Comments
Mike DiCenso: Lost to wind sprawl
Lost to wind sprawl
The failure of LURC to protect the Donnell Pond area from wind sprawl is another reason to tighten up their guidelines before any more areas are lost to industrial-scale wind turbines.
The area was protected from development by the Land for Maine’s Future program. The turbines are too close to the protected areas and counters the original idea to save the area from development. The towers are intrusive and impossible to ignore.
The claim by the…
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We the 99% have the power to do something!!!!
I think maybe it is time that we the 99% join with the young people in all the nations around the world that have been active in the Occupy world wide protests against corporate greed and government bailouts. There has been almost a total media blackout on this since it's inception. Please check out the links listed below. …
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Bangor Daily News
The Bangor Daily this weekend
In the “Frankfort’s ordinance is fair” letter In the article: Friday, Oct. 14, 2011: “Quimby, theater and tipping,” I managed to get a comment posted.
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011: Wind power, table games and the Maine Heritage Policy Center posted Saturday, Oct.…
ContinueAdded by MaineHiker on October 16, 2011 at 8:08am — 1 Comment
The world in a desperate state
Here we are a year later and still no National Monorail System. The movements are starting up all over the country. Not knowing what the next good idea is or will be other than to tax wall street. That is fine but it will not create jobs, generate electricity, offer fast and clean transportation. The National Monorail System will create all this and more..... The President of the United States could not even give me a reason not to start this massive infrastructure. now that we are getting…
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Our Federal Government on Crack: Secretary of Interior's Speech to AWEA
AWEA Offshore Wind Conference Remarks
Ken Salazar
10/11/2011
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s great to be here with you in Baltimore. We did this last year in Atlantic City and the year before that in Chicago. I’m glad to be back. I see a lot familiar faces in the audience.
Like AWEA’s fearless CEO, Denise Bode and President of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition Jim Lanard. Thank you for having me – and thank you for your…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on October 12, 2011 at 2:41am — 2 Comments
Frankfort’s wind power ordinance is fair
October 12, 2011
Frankfort’s ordinance is fair
Contrary to what many people with a lot to gain would have us believe, the group writing Frankfort’s proposed wind power ordinance did so in an unbiased and fair manner.
As someone who attended many of the committee’s weekly meetings, I can tell you that members reviewed numerous existing ordinances and reams of data on potential health concerns, safety (fire and ice from the blades), property and municipal tax…
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UMPI turbine website partially, almost working
The UMPI turbine website has partially come to life, after 173 days of ...nothing. The "View Live Turbine Data" now comes up - but with no data at all, just zeroes. The power production bar chart continues to go only thru March.
Also, we were at our camp in Danforth today, on the hill and down by the water. All of the 19 visible Stetson turbines were turning, in a good wind and with some white caps on Hot Brook Lake. They are more than 2 miles away from the beach - we did not…
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FERC BREATHES LIFE INTO FIRST WIND
One of the problems of installing wind turbines in remote locations such as Maine is having a highway for energy shipment. First Wind, Bangor Hydro and National Grid have an answer :
WALTHAM, Mass., Jul 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- National Grid and Emera Inc. subsidiary, Bangor Hydro Electric Company, have taken a major step in…
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Added by Long Islander on October 7, 2011 at 9:39pm — 1 Comment
What's All the Fuss About Population Growth in the Northeast?
Download Excel analysis at:
Population_Projections_10-7-11.xls
We keep hearing that unless the Maine Power Reliability Program (CMP upgrade) is built out, our grid may fail at some point in the future.
Population growth is always cited as one of the reasons.
But a quick look at U.S. Census data reveals that between 2010 and 2030,…
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Electricity resource planners credit only a fraction of potential wind capacity
Added by Long Islander on October 6, 2011 at 3:20pm — No Comments
Senator: Powering the country on wind is the energy equivalent of going to war with sailboats
Added by Long Islander on October 6, 2011 at 9:08am — No Comments
Europe to Maine: European Public Has Turned Against Wind Turbines
Europeans look to UMaine for answer to wind energy problems
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Co-Chairs' comments on Saddleback draft permit
Dear Mr. Margerum,
We oppose the issuance of a permit for the Saddleback Wind project and submit the following comments in response to the draft permit issued for the Saddleback Wind Project:
Criteria 5. Noise
In the draft permit the Department relies on testimony by former MCDC director Dora Mills in the BEP citizens’ rulemaking process, wherein she states, “"there is no credible scientific evidence at this time supporting directly caused health problems,…
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The Green Jobs Fallacy
Added by Long Islander on October 3, 2011 at 10:30pm — No Comments
‘Green jobs’ farm in Colorado sheds jobs after receiving $200M in stimulus funds
Added by Long Islander on October 3, 2011 at 10:00pm — No 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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