The federal process has begun for the UMaine's Maine Aqua Ventus (MAV) project to build a pair of full scale floating wind turbines off Monhegan. Please help us have the greatest impact possible at the three coming meetings on ensuring it not threaten birds, the View, and shellfish - particularly lobster larvae.

On February 28 and March 1,2017 the US Dept of Energy will hold three scoping sessions:

* Two on Feb 28 at St. George Fire Dept meeting room. 2 to 4:00…

The center’s report in January revealed that a single supplier, Constellation and its corporate predecessors, had won every bid to be the program’s energy supplier since its inception. As part of its agreement with Maine PowerOptions, Constellation, a subsidiary of energy behemoth Chicago-based Exelon, pays all of the program’s operating expenses, including the salaries of the quasi-state electricity consortium’s staff.…

This report summarizes extensive research by staff of the Solar Energy Research Institute and its subcontractors conducted to establish the origin and possible…

Falmouth Massachusetts Faces Three Upcoming Wind Turbine Trials

Subject: 3 Trials Set To Take Place Falmouth Superior Court & Massachusetts Land Court 2017

2 Barnstable Superior Court Trials

1 Massachusetts Land Court Trial

MassCourts…

From Seeking Alpha...First Wind is in the cross-hair of Congressional Investigators.  Buzz words, "ENRON", "Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002", "Federal Stimulus"  

This should come as no surprise! SunEdison received huge amounts of US Government grants and loan guarantees under the Obama administration! Most of them from wind or wind related projects! Is the veil finally going to be pulled back?…

For those that wish to attend.

Tuesday: 2/7/2017

House/Senate 10:00

1:00 PM – Update on Maine Offshore Wind Development

 Jake Ward, University of Maine VP Innovation and Economic Development

 Dr. Habib Dagher, Director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and

Composites Center and Principal Investigator of Aqua Ventus Project

Sign-up as an interested party can be done at …

Last month, treasury secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin told the Senate Finance Committee that he would retain and support the PTC phase-out but that might change once President Trump is made aware of the cost and true impacts of Big Wind.

During the month of February, we will be posting a series of articles that examine wind energy in the U.S. and offer specific recommendations that, if implemented by the new administration, will help reset priorities and ensure the interests of the…

AUGUSTA, Maine — It didn’t go far enough for Gov. Paul LePage, but Maine utility regulators rankled advocates on Tuesday when they rolled back a policy allowing homeowners with solar panels to be credited for excess power sold to the grid.

The move was opposed by pro-solar groups, and it’s likely to be followed by another bid in the Maine Legislature to liberalize solar policy........Dylan Voorhees, clean energy director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, called the…

http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2017/02/me-legislatures-energy-utilities.html

Audio MP3s of the lobbyists who met the Energy Utilities and Technology Committee on  Jan 31, 2017



Ben Gilman  Chamber of Commerce 85sec…

On land, 97 percent of that wind power is proposed for Maine, which still requires significant power line improvements to get electricity from wind-rich areas to population centers. The same goes for getting Canadian hydropower into the New England system.

“Connecting wind farms in northern New England or bringing hydro energy from Canada will require extensive transmission expansion, which will be costly and take years to build,” van Welie said.

Considering offshore wind…

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