December 2013 Blog Posts (38)

Wind power isn't green power (Sun Journal)

S. McGuire: Wind power isn't green power

 
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Added by Long Islander on December 16, 2013 at 1:20am — 3 Comments

MST: Maine’s growing wind power industry has also come to rely on a production tax credit

Sounds like First Wind is trying to downplay the potentially looking cessation of the mega-giveaway called the PTC. It also sounds as though they are positioning this as an occasional speed bump and that the "free money" always gets reinstated.

IT IS HIGH TIME WE STOP THE PTC ONCE AND FOR ALL AS WELL AS ALL OTHER GIFTS TO THESE INSIDER CORPORATIONS.

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Maine’s growing wind power industry has also come to rely on a production tax credit that…

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Added by Long Islander on December 15, 2013 at 12:34am — 1 Comment

65% of voters on PPH poll don't support killing of Eagles - vote now!

The PPH has a poll up on it's home page and we need to vote "no" before they take it down. Take time this morning and vote to stop the killing Eagles and other wildlife by the wind industry. It will take you 2 minutes and a big turnout is critical to keeping pressure on the media to shine a bright light on the facts about wind power in Maine. Vote now!

Added by Richard McDonald/Saving Maine on December 14, 2013 at 7:29am — 1 Comment

BBC: Giant Wind Farm Plans Abandoned

Plans for £5.4bn Argyll Array offshore wind farm near Tiree dropped

Wind turbine Up to 300 wind turbines were planned for the Argyll Array near Tiree

... Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) announced it would not proceed with the Argyll Array scheme following technical and environmental site studies. It would have had up to 300 turbines and a capacity of up to 1800MW, enough to power one million homes...…

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Added by Ellin Beltz on December 13, 2013 at 11:44pm — No Comments

Letter to Maine Audubon from James Lutz

Mr. Lutz had difficulty posting, so asked that we post this heart-felt letter to Maine Audubon for him.

Dear Friends;

I have long been a supporter of the Audubon Society, admiring your policies on saving our environment and our birds.  I have a camp on a Maine lake that only recently (in the last 15 years) has had several pairs of our most beautiful National Icon, The Bald…
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Added by Brad Blake on December 13, 2013 at 12:40am — 2 Comments

BDN - Wind farm opponents blast Maine Audubon report, saying environmental group too ‘chummy’ with developers

Wind farm opponents blast Maine Audubon report, saying environmental group too ‘chummy’ with developers…

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Added by Long Islander on December 12, 2013 at 10:33pm — 1 Comment

FMM attacks Maine Audubon on ties to industrial wind and flawed report

For Immediate Release

Friends of Maine's Mountains calls on Maine Audubon to disclose its financial ties to industrial wind and retract its new report that fails to…

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Added by Richard McDonald/Saving Maine on December 12, 2013 at 10:49am — 6 Comments

Beckfords of Rebel Hill Farm in Clifton Score Court Victory on Wednesday.

The Business and Consumer Court (Judge Horton presiding) "grants the appeal of Peter and Julie Beckford and vacates the approval of Pisgah's industrial wind energy project." The sentence pretty much leapt off page 1 of the December 11 decision. As our favorite Red Sox announcer would say, "Had 'em all the way!"

So maybe travelers won't be seeing five 450' turbines as they pass Bangor on the interstate. Maybe life will return to normal for the many Clifton residents who have had to…

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Added by Peter Beckford on December 11, 2013 at 10:15pm — 10 Comments

The Maine PUC speaks to the EUT committee about wind

Webpage to the Maine's PUC report to the EUT committee.......http://www.maine.gov/mpuc/legislative/documents/Economics%20of%20Renewable%20Energy%20Policy.pdf

Added by Dan McKay on December 11, 2013 at 7:58am — No Comments

Obama to extend eagle killing exemption from 5 to 30 years for wind developers.

I'm sure it's due to the Wyoming case where Duke Energy was held criminally (convicted) liable for killing eagles at a number of their wind farms. So, the President is going to ask Congress to pass a 30 year exemption for the developers so they can kill these poor animals without any recourse. I wonder if the developers in Maine have secured their permits to kill eagles - maybe we should call and ask the Audubon Society to comment.

Added by Richard McDonald/Saving Maine on December 6, 2013 at 11:50am — 7 Comments

All six New England governors commit to joint energy infrastructure agenda

All six New England governors commit to joint energy infrastructure agenda

Posted Dec. 05, 2013, at …
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Added by Long Islander on December 6, 2013 at 8:20am — 1 Comment

BEP rejects challenges to Hancock wind farm permits (Bangor Daily News)

Environmental board rejects challenges to Hancock wind farm permits

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Added by Long Islander on December 5, 2013 at 10:12pm — No Comments

Obamacare for Your Electrical Outlet: Will Arrogant and Inept Federal Renewable Policy Collapse the Grid?

Power struggle: Green energy versus a grid that's not ready

Minders of a fragile national power grid say the rush to renewable energy might actually make it harder to keep the lights on.

December 2, 20137:57 p.m.

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Added by Long Islander on December 3, 2013 at 1:46pm — 2 Comments

Power struggle: Green energy versus a grid that's not ready

Minders of a fragile national power grid say the rush to renewable energy might actually make it harder to keep the lights on.

December 02, 2013|By Evan Halper…
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Added by Long Islander on December 2, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Levelized Cost of Wind Power is $151/MWh

We have recently been bombarded by supporters of wind power saying that the cost of wind generated electricity is at or near parity with conventional generation.  As usual, the zealots have found ways to twist information and conveniently ignore information in the perpetually desperate scheme to push acceptance of wind power.  Willem Post is a brilliant analyst with great credentials.  His conclusion: the total levelized cost* of wind energy averages $151/MWh…

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Added by Brad Blake on December 1, 2013 at 11:57pm — No Comments

Wind Power Is Brought to Justice (Wall Street Journal)

Wind Power Is Brought to Justice



Duke Energy's guilty plea for killing protected birds is an ominous sign for renewable energy.







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Added by Long Islander on December 1, 2013 at 10:19am — 5 Comments

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CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

 

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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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