Hi Folks,

                Would you consider this perspective? My apologies if this has been around—a distinct possibility—and I’m simply behind the curve.

                It seems to me that a critical aspect of wind and PV solar—variable and intermittent renewables—is that because they require highly flexible and absolutely reliable and dispatchable back-up in order to run on their modern grid, the failure of the back-up will require the renewable be taken off-line at the…

Meanwhile, I believe Portland prohibits wind turbines above 160' high and even lower outside of designated Industrial Zones. I wonder how the pro-wind legislators in Portland are coming down on this issue.

Those opposed to an ordinance protecting city views fear unintended economic impacts. Supporters say it will preserve treasured resources.…

New transmission line upgrades that are projected to cost $175 million over five years in Northern Maine will increase transmission rates 75% In The Bangor Hydro district.  Isn't it about time we put and end to this nonsense before every business in Maine leaves?  Write to the PUC and tell them NO!!!!…

When I read this headline with a picture of wind turbines on the front page of the Maine Sunday Telegram I thought - Finally The Press Herald et al writing the truth about wind- Wrong!

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/11/wind-foes-come-to-blows/

Jim Weigand remarks: You can not sit at a table and mitigate for impacts that are being hidden behind a wall of fraud. Yet that is what has taken place.  The wind industry along with the USFWS has used rigged research and gag orders to rig the deck.        

I was recently told by an industry informant of a great number of eagle deaths coming out of a particular wind farm. I was shown dozens of eagle carcass images found near…

Illinois Mayors Concerned Over Possible Exelon Plant Closures

The possibility of Exelon closing three of its six nuclear facilities in the state due to financial reasons has six Illinois mayors worried.…

An editorial in the Ellsworth American is spreading the word.  I hope it gets some activity.

http://www.ellsworthamerican.com/opinions/editorials/a-rational-energy-policy

With all the talk about how wind is lowering the price of energy, which we all know is an outright lie, this article explains them.  Most of us have heard them before, but this comes from the other side of the pond where they are beginning to wake up to reality.…

Apparently wide distribution planned for Bingham Wind!!!

http://bangordailynews.com/2015/10/08/news/bangor/orrington-substation-sees-upgrade-for-wind-farm-in-bingham/

Sun Edison lost $283 million last year and just sold back a company it bought only in July - So that company can file for bankruptcy on its own!  Will it do the same First Wind Who had $648 million in cumulative losses when Son Edison bought them?   This is all just another Enronesque house of cards - and no surprise!

And as for that $2.75 announcement and PR stunt pulled a couple of weeks ago - Dan McKay you are correct - Promises promises - a real wimpy move!…

Ready for a blood boil?  The corruption and influence of special interests in 2013 (very recent) control the things that get done in Maine.  This is proof that our legislators are looking out for themselves and their pocketbooks, not ours.  They are ruining Maine, the economy, jobs, the environment, energy and businesses for their own enrichment.  This has got to stop, I don't know how, but it has to stop.…

Please see the question from Kathy Sherman below.

This financial free-faller somehow recently found $2.75 million to try and buy off Mainers yet they are almost universally despised in Maine, the state where I believe most of their U.S. current and planned wind business is…

SunEdison, Shares Fizzling, Promises a New Strategy

Alternative-energy firm to stop selling solar and wind farms to its own affiliates, to lay off 1,000

The company, based in Maryland Heights, Mo., will layoff 1,000 employees, or 15% of its workforce, and stop selling solar and wind farms to…

Sen. James Lankford introduced a bill Wednesday, titled the PTC Elimination Act, that would remove the Production Tax Credit from the tax code entirely. 

This would be a big step toward making it impossible for wind companies to erect and operate turbines in the future.  Let's see if it can get passed.  Lankford is from Oklahoma where there is already Wind installed.…

STEVE THURSTON: INDUSTRIAL WIND AND SOLAR IS A DEATH SENTENCE TO VERMONT’S LANDSCAPE

And the plot gets thicker for wind developers in Vermont : the people are raising their voices in opposition to projects , GMP ( Green Mountain Power ) say : we have enough wind for the moment , a law was passed at the  last Legislature session increasing the need for renewables , and the Public Service Board  goes on permitting projects for the sake of the  "Public Good" ( which they never define except with some pictures of the 2006 BP oil spill ) ........this conundrum  is the symbol of a…

Wind Turbine Noise: What you can't hear can harm you.

What do you think of when you think of an industrial wind project? Wind developers want you to think of free, green electricity. People who live near industrial wind turbines think of noise. Let's see why.

An Industrial Wind project in Swanton proposes to install seven 499-foot tall wind turbines along 6,000 feet of Rocky Ridge (elevation 323 feet). We recently learned that the developer of this proposed project plans…

UPC First Wind (bought by SunEdison) business history is a great indicator of their future performance. 

First Wind was formerly UPC founded by Brian Caffyn. 

Brian Caffyn

Mr. Caffyn has a strong personal interest in developing environmentally friendly renewable energy, which has resulted in a dedication…

Kurt Adams, a former head of the Maine Public Utilities Commission, is leaving his job as chief development officer at wind developer SunEdison to become chief executive of Summit Utilities, Summit has announced.

.......Adams who chaired the PUC from 2005 to 2008, was previously chief development officer at First Wind, which was acquired last year by a SunEdison subsidiary. First Wind/SunEdison are the largest wind developers in…