November 2016 Blog Posts (75)

“Decades of corruption, poor decision-making and wealthy special interests controlling Augusta” have left the state shouldering higher-than-necessary costs for energy, the governor said......LePage seeks to end initiatives aimed at bolstering wind and solar use that call for above-market-rate payments that proponents say are needed to get the renewable sectors off the ground. He prefers to move toward more use of natural gas and imported hydropower.......…

The renewable energy industry got a boost last year when Congress approved a five-year extension of tax credits for new power projects fueled by solar panels and wind turbines, and the industry’s main concern in Washington is to ensure they are not withdrawn in Trump’s first term, or allowed to expire should he win a second.…

Yes - There are places in the world that can be 100% renewable - all located near the equator, all lacking substantial industry, many underdeveloped. Solar will work for them. This cannot be accomplished for cold weather developed nation, who have an industrial base or highly sophisticated research and development for the purposes of medical advancement, etc.  …

With the "Greenfather" leaving office on January 20, the self appointed and so called environmentalists, along with the mainstream media that toils in lockstep with "progressive" social engineering, have upped their decibel level, ruing the fact that the American people voted against their gravy train on November 8.

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SULZBERGER: Well,…

Efforts to reach attorneys for First Wind to determine if an appeal might be filed were unsuccessful Tuesday.

The 2011 contract required the wind power companies to act in good faith to finalize the sale to the cooperative of a 12.54-mile section of transmission line connecting two wind farms located on Stetson Mountain in northern Washington County and another on Rollins Mountain near Lincoln in Penobscot County to the electric power grid, according to a press release issued Monday…

November 22, 2016

“One thing Mr Trump kept returning to was the issue of wind farms. He is a complete Anglophile and also absolutely adores Scotland which he thinks is one of the most beautiful places on Earth. “But he is dismayed that his beloved Scotland has become over-run with ugly wind farms which he believes are a blight on the stunning landscape.”…

Pohlmann writes "The EPA has proposed the Clean Power Plan to curb the biggest source of carbon emissions: power plants". However, she fails to point out that this is absolutely not the case in Maine, where power plants are a virtal non-factor and the main source of carbon "pollution" is transportation. Rather disingenuous I'd say. One has to wonder why these organizations went from protecting the environment to advocating against CO2. Does it have something to do with redistribution of…

“Phyllis may have reported more stories about conservation issues in Maine than anyone,” St. Pierre said. “It was not just the extensive breadth of issues Phyllis wrote about, it was her approach that stood out. Always thorough in her reporting, she was respected by virtually everyone she covered, whether or not they agreed.”

An avid hiker, she trekked the Himalayas in Nepal and in the Scottish Highlands. Her last piece “On Reaching the End of the Trail” was published in the…

Some of What Needs to Be Fixed in Three E’s

Energy:

Change national energy slogan to: “All of the Sensible”

Terminate Wind Energy Production Tax Credit (PTC)

Change grid rules that give wind & solar favorable treatment

Fix the NDAA so that military has better protections from turbines

Fast-track Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as an energy source

Seriously investigate Deep-Drilled Geothermal…