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WSJ: The Wind Subsidy Bubble
- DECEMBER 20, 2010
The Wind Subsidy Bubble
Green pork should be a GOP budget target.
Ethanol isn't the only heavily subsidized energy source that won a multibillion dollar jackpot in last week's tax deal. The other big winner was the wind industry, which received a one year extension of a $3 billion grant program for renewable energy projects.…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on December 20, 2010 at 1:24pm — 3 Comments
Maine ocean windpower wannabees hear from Mass & Rhode Island windpower officials & stakes AUDIO
At the Offshore Wind: Tools and Information for Maine Coastal Stakeholders" meeting in Belfast on December 145h , one of the afternoon panels was called Lessons Learned from Siting Renewable Energy Projects. Panelists included the Mayor of Block Island off Massachusetts, a Rhodes Island commercial fisherman, a representative of the Massachusetts Coastal Zone…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on December 16, 2010 at 1:45am — No Comments
Will Snowe and Collins to Stand by their No Votes on Industry Subsidies in the Tax Bill?
On December 4th, Senators Snowe and Collins voted against an amendment to the Federal Tax Relief bill that would have given away billions of dollars in Public subsidies to industrial wind development corporations.
That amendment was brought forth by Senator Max Baucus of Montana, as part of the Federal Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. The Senator has vowed to see the multibillion dollar 1603 cash grant program extended for so-called…
Added by hillary on December 14, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments
E-mail or fax members of your Congressional delegation today and ask that they let the 1603 grant program expire
WindAction Editorial
An exclusive feature of WindAction.org
Please tell Congress: No more billions for big wind
(Posted December 9, 2010)
The pressure is on to finalize the proposed tax bill before Congress that would extend the Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans. Last minute amendments are expected in order to garner…
Added by Long Islander on December 10, 2010 at 2:08am — 1 Comment
Maine Voices (Donald Smith): An 82-year-old got tired of spitting into the wind, went out on a limb
Maine Voices: An 82-year-old got tired of spitting into the wind, went out on a limb
By risking arrest to oppose wind power, he drew attention from media far and wide.
LINCOLN - My name is Donald Smith. I am 82 years old…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on December 6, 2010 at 4:51am — 2 Comments
How could the DEP sign in september Rollins permit ???
work for small local businesses and clean energy for about 23,000 homes/
*Boston, MA*—*December 3, 2010*—First Wind a href="http://www.firstwind.com/">http://www.firstwind.com/>,
an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, today announced that it
has obtained $98 million in financing for its 60 Megawatt (MW) Rollins
Wind project in Penobscot County, Maine.
First… Continue
Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on December 3, 2010 at 6:04pm — No Comments
Something Old and Exciting
Added by Allen Barrette on December 2, 2010 at 7:15am — 2 Comments
Governor-elect Paul LePage Questions TransCanada Wind Exec on Wind's Electricity Price
Excerpted from the 12/1/10 Portland Press-Herald:
Policy makers should consider jobs, clean air and other benefits of wind, NRCM's Voorhees said, not just today’s price of electricity. If the cheapest possible power today was the only goal, he said, the only option would be to build coal-fired generators.
But the complexity of the issue was highlighted Tuesday, at a business forum in Augusta attended by LePage.
LePage asked Tom Patterson, a development…
ContinueAdded by Thinklike A. Mountain on December 2, 2010 at 12:30am — 1 Comment
more questions in the Rollins financial capacity deal
DEP James Casseda signed the OK for Rollins financial capacity in September 2010 , yet the financial deal will be wrapped in December according to First Wind ,
How could James Casseda ,DEP employee , accept First Wind financial capacity as written in September?
Please write to him and ask him that question .
thank you
For our FOLL friends ( scroll down please )
Monique
First Wind Maine Deal Details Emerge
--Brian… Continue
Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on December 1, 2010 at 7:27pm — No Comments
NRCM, Environment Maine & other ocean windrush boosters should look before leaping offshore.
The announcement of a federal decision to fast-track the siting of ocean windmills off the US Atlantic coast, risks leaving many environmental impacts,including some potentially harming Maine's lobster and scallop fisheries, unexplored until after the windmills are in place. See… Continue
Added by Ron Huber on December 1, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments
suit filed by Friends of Lincoln Lake MPBN
Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on November 30, 2010 at 8:03pm — No Comments
corrections on schedule of LURC meeting on December 1st
[Update: since posting this, I have recieved the following notice from LURC, with a link to the updated agenda. DC]
Subject: LURC – December 1, 2010 Commission Meeting Agenda has been updated
Good morning,
The “MDIFW proposed amendments of P-FW… Continue
Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on November 30, 2010 at 5:06pm — No Comments
Friends of Lincoln Lakes against DEP
A new legal action has been filed to the Supreme Judicial Court (sitting as the law court) concerning the Rollins Wind Turbine project being developed by First Wind in Lincoln, Maine. The Friends of Lincoln Lakes v Department of Environmental Protection of Maine is requesting suspension of the project until such time that the financial capacity of First Wind can be determined to exist, satisfying the permitting conditions under Maine Site… Continue
Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on November 30, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments
Stetson and Mars Hill real power output
I have some figures on efficiency for the Stetson and Mars Hill "wind farms" for the second quarter of 2010: Stetson produced 17 % of its rated capacity; for the same period, Mars Hill produced 28% of its rated capacity. Mars Hill, in Aroostook county, is higher and more exposed than the Stetson I & II site,which is about 50 miles to the south in Washington County.
Both of these industrial wind installations were promoted and built by First Wind. Some information on generators'…
ContinueAdded by Harrison Roper on November 29, 2010 at 5:01pm — 2 Comments
LURC meeting on Sisk
What is happening on our Mountains, and in our ‘Halls of Power’ is wrong. If you agree, perhaps you will find time to support the Friends of the Boundary Mountains, and all those who are fighting for the Citizens and the Mountains of Maine, by attending the LURC meeting on Wednesday, December 1, 2010.
I have posted the latest information from Bob Weingarten and the Friends of the Boundary Mountains here:…
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Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on November 28, 2010 at 8:19pm — No Comments
Let us all vow that Rollins the the last project to get built in our state!!!
Let us all vow that Rollins will be the last wind project to get built in our state!!!
Today is Thanksgiving. I give thanks to all the wonderful people I have met in our cause to stop the proliferation of industrial wind across our beautiful state. I give thanks for the local victories we have attained as well as the progress we are making state-wide with our ever increasing visibility.…
ContinueAdded by Brad Blake on November 26, 2010 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments
THE ALLURE OF TECHNO-GLAMOUR (from the WSJ)
When Robert J. Samuelson published a Newsweek column last month arguing that high-speed rail is "a perfect example of wasteful spending masquerading as a respectable social cause," he cited cost figures and potential ridership to demonstrate that even the rosiest scenarios wouldn't justify the investment. He made a…
Added by arthur qwenk on November 26, 2010 at 2:47pm — No Comments
how much do they suck from the grid?
FAA rquires red light
Hydraulics need heat source
remote controls must need warmth
at zero wind how much energy is needed per turbine?
Added by alice mckay barnett on November 26, 2010 at 11:08am — 8 Comments
Industrial Wind Action Group: AWEA's employment claims questioned
Industrial Wind Action Group: AWEA's employment claims questioned
Data supporting the American Wind Energy Association's employment claims are spongy at best.
In 2007, AWEA touted that the industry represented 50,000 employees in the U.S., a figure that jumped to 85,000 in 2008. Twenty thousand of these jobs were in manufacturing but according to AWEA CEO, Denise Bode, this dropped by 1500-2000 jobs in 2009 due to…
Added by Long Islander on November 25, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments
written for spruce Mountain but posted for Art and Cheryl Lindgren
Through the exponential growth of technology and chemistry, the medical profession has reached a level of human life improvement that would have been considered unthinkable just few… Continue
Added by Monique Aniel Thurston on November 24, 2010 at 11:37am — 4 Comments
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Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.
Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********
(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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