CEO of AWEA touts the installation of new wind projects in 2015 - Nearly 3600 MW of capacity - But how much real production?

https://cleantechnica.com/2015/10/23/us-wind-industry-installed-3600-mw-far-year-still-faces-policy-uncertainty/

HUMOR:

Having sat through one too many student statistical presentations, I recently noticed a striking ''correlation''.

There is nearly a perfect alignment to the traditional global warming hockey stick. Therefore, I suggest that the current apparent rise in global temperature referred to as the hockey stick is a…

In 2006 Angus King testified in favor of the wind project in Reddington Nubble , le lost ,he got really frustrated ...so did John Baldacci ...the rest is history.

please see both articles in this post 

Q. How has the transition from governor to wind developer gone so far? How does being ex-governor help or hinder your efforts?

A. I was already 4 years out of office before starting Independence Wind, and I never dreamed of having anything to do with wind during…

Great article about SunEdison!

While Green Generation stock prices go down

http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=SUNE

Conserving power products such as LED lighting by CREE is up

http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=CREE

Though their…

Angus King , a man with a vision , passed the first RPS law in the nation in 1999 !!!

Maine was the greenest state in N.E. 

The law was improved  in 2012 , then gave birth to the Expedited law in  February 2008 , just 6 months before, King had started Record HiLL Wind LLC and put on his " the sky is falling , Maine will collapse  by 2020 if we do not jump on the Renewable wagon " dog and pony show on the road and in the media and academic circles " .....gas prices…

US Wind Industry Installed 3,600 MW So Far This Year, Still Faces Policy Uncertainty

We can only hope that the PTC fails to pass and slows down this fantasy train.…

“Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. ( Saul Alinsky )"

Looks like the PSB is applying Rule Number 8 from Saul Alinsky .....renewables in Vermont not really about global warming .....it is about jobs , stable electricity prices , stable economy . ...

Chris Recchia, indeed as Vermonters get more and more educated about the…

Securing our nation’s clean energy future means unlocking the potential of hydropower to fight climate change. http://www.unlockhydro.org/ ;

Energy Office Director writes a letter which seemingly endorses EDPR's project because it gives $2 million to help Aroostook County with their heating bills. Quite frankly, for a project of this size -- the largest in the state, $2 million is nothing. It thus seems like nothing more than a FACE SAVING MEASURE so that the Governor's Energy Office can break policy which includes opposing wind because …

Congress still has the PTC up in the air between the House and Senate for this year.  It is still not to late to mount a letter writing campaign to our Senators and Congressmen and let them know the truth about wind.  It might also help to get some editorials and Letters to the Editor in the local press.  We have to let these people know the truth.…

These scam artists are so vile that they not only steal from the taxpayers as a whole, but from individual investors, old people and their retirement accounts.  How is it that they can make such a losing proposition sound like such a bed of roses.…

Kurt Adams, SunEdison’s senior vice president and a guy I have known and admired for many years, explained, “We have deep roots in Maine, many of us live here and we value the state as a special place that is worthy of protection.” Kurt said SunEdison’s folks “are excited” to be working with conservation and environmental groups “to preserve the state’s open…

http://www.maine.gov/dacf/about/calendar/meeting.shtml?id=632237

This is what will be playing soon at the Bingham project. Hundreds of bald eagles and untold thousands of other highly protected species will be killed by this project. But you will not hear about it from the Green Nazi's.

A PPH Editorial tries to make the FMM/SunEdison deal sound like a plus for both and a good compromise.  It is like putting lipstick on a pig!  I really think Sun Ed got the best of the deal and made FMM look like they had to buckle.  I only hope it may slow things down a bit.  Of course the biggest brakes that could be applied would be an end to the tax subsidies.…

The following is a copy of am email  from DEP regarding the Bingham/FMM settlement:

Mark Bergeron asked that I respond to your inquiry.  The agreement made between Friends of Maine’s Mountains and SunEdison is between those two parties.  The Department does not have any role in the deal that the two parties reached.  

The Department Order requires that Blue Sky West, LLC provide decommissioning funds in the amount of at least…

The agreement struck between FMM and Sun Edison appears at first glance to benefit Maine Environmental groups - But take closer look at some of the recipients - The Trust for Public Land - Check out the Maine Advisory Board under about us and Advisory Boards - Neil Kiely, former First Wind employee now with Androscoggin Bank, Angus King III, Sun Edison employee, and David Wilby, Sun Edison Director of External Affairs and Angus King crony.…

The Maine PUC is reviewing Emera's plans to upgrade transmission lines - Will our new PUC see through this ruse?

http://www.mainebiz.biz/article/20151013/NEWS0101/151019999