Dear All:



Here is a review of important events of the past year related to neighbors of the wind turbines on Vinalhaven.

 

Last August, FIWN (Fox Islands Wind Neighbors) appealed in Superior Court against the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). For two years, neighbors of the Vinalhaven wind turbines fought for restoration of the peace and quiet they used to enjoy.

 

The neighbors sought to obtain compliance on the violation of state noise standards.…

The audio for this can be heard at http://www.maine.gov/governor/lepage/news/radio_addresses/index.shtml

From snowmobile clubs to fire departments to historical societies, and from fuel assistance funds to youth programs to libraries; the wind industry in Maine has a long history of spreading its money around the communities wherein it hopes to build grid-scale industrial wind facilities.

The latest example of a wind corporation’s ‘largesse’ here in Maine can be…

The DEP's "third party" noise expert, Warren Brown, has until now maintained that measurement of low frequency turbine noise is "preliminary and unrefined".  Studies like this should help Brown accept the mounting evidence that turbine noise causes Wind Turbine Syndrome and needs to be regulated accordingly.  

Cape Cod Online 

FALMOUTH — A study released last week concludes wind turbines in Falmouth negatively affect abutters' health.

The analysis was partially…

Newry voters approve restrictive wind power ordinance

This comes on the heels of the restrictive ordinances approved by MAINE CITIZENS on and since Election Day last month:

Frankfort

Deer Isle

Caratunk

Peru…

Opinion

Why the Wind Industry Is Full Hot Air and Costing You Big Bucks

By Robert Bryce

Published December 20, 2011

The American Wind Energy Association has begun a major lobbying effort in Congress to extend some…

at one time I read that Maine's 8% share in transmission upgrade for ISONE was $5,000 a household.

I think it was Paten Pete?   true?

Rethink renewable energy mandates

Leading Bird Conservation Group Formally Petitions Feds to Regulate Wind Industry 

Petition presents a viable alternative to inadequate, unenforceable voluntary guidelines drafted by the government 

MEDIA RELEASE

Contact: Robert Johns, 202-234-7181 ext.210, …

I asked the Governor what his thoughts were on.."should Unorganized Townships be able to enact local ordinances...especially protection from GRID scale WIND?" Andrienne Bennett passed the buck to Beardsly of Department of Conservation and then to Patricia Aho of Department of Environmental Protection.  Governor grabbed the microphone on the way to Aho and said, "If you do not like WIND tell your legislators and representatives. It is election year. The UT's will be…

Terence Corcoran: The dark side of green energy

Terence Corcoran  Dec 5, 2011 – 8:52 PM ET | Last Updated: Dec 6, 2011 12:45 AM ET…

Angus King-Yale Endowment DOE loan guarantee and First Wind  DOE loan guarantee referenced in lawsuit

Department of Energy Approved Solyndra and Other Projects Allegedly Without Required Oversight, Say Plaintiffs.

"In EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2011, wind’s generation in 2030 is projected to be 159 billion kilowatt hours, about 70 percent higher than wind generation in 2010, but still a mere 3.2 percent share of generation. In EIA’s recent analysis evaluating an 80 percent clean energy standard by 2050, wind generation nearly doubles from the agency’s prediction in the Annual Energy Outlook by 2035. But an almost doubling in wind generation only provides a 6.3 percent share. EIA’s analysis of a 25…

Green energy’s fair shot

Hello Willem Post - Sorry, I simply do not know how to do a spreadsheet. I am 79 years old and most details of the internet have escaped me.  But you have a very good idea;  I hope someone will spot this and do the project for you. 

  To me, it is self-evident that actual power production (and the lack thereof) will eventually prove to be the deciding factor in whether the turibnes will endure.  From what I have seen in monitoring the UMPI turbine's poor output for 2.5 years,  inland…