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Massive Energy Corporation Says Up To 30% Of Its Wind Turbines Could Be Malfunctioning
Siemens Energy announced Thursday that it will be undergoing a technical review after it was found that up to 30% of its wind turbines could have faulty components, according to statements made by the company.…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on June 24, 2023 at 6:19am — 2 Comments
Solar Panels Need Air Conditioners to Maintain Efficiency
How Does Heat Affect Solar Panel Efficiencies?
It may seem counter-intuitive, but solar panel efficiency is affected negatively by temperature increases. Photovoltaic modules are tested at a temperature of 25 degrees C (STC) – about 77 degrees F., and depending on their installed location, heat can reduce output efficiency by 10-25%. As the temperature of the solar…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on June 24, 2023 at 6:15am — No Comments
In the Not Too Distant Future
Your monthly allotment of power supply
EV Range Dips Nearly 25 Percent While Carrying Load: AAA
Imagine, carrying a load in the winter
EV Range Dips Nearly 25 Percent While Carrying Load: AAA (theepochtimes.com)
Added by Dan McKay on June 18, 2023 at 8:36am — 3 Comments
Negative Prices: How Green Electricity, Like the Northern Maine Renewable Project, Destabilizes the Grid
Projects that secure Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) underwritten by ratepayers without their permission get to bid zero prices because they get guaranteed revenue with a PPA as long as their output is entered into the market, which a zero-offer price assures they will.
Because a PPA is a device of the Maine PUC, the contract parties are the wind/solar project owner and an…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on June 18, 2023 at 8:32am — No Comments
Latest PUC Filings in Northern Maine, LS Power/King Pine wind
Notice the concerns over "negative pricing", the most assured way to drive reliable generators out of the market and assuring Maine ratepayers pay the maximum amount for this unwarranted amount of fickle wind energy transmitting through the entire length of our state, thrashing the hell out of generation plants along the way.…
ContinueAs REC Prices Soar, Maine Gives Away RECs to Out-Of-State Developers
- : "REC markets provide the opportunity to claim renewability without having to make a long-term commitment of purchasing or generating physical power"
- Solar arrays on any size generates RECs, a monetized claim to renewability
Added by Dan McKay on June 17, 2023 at 6:16am — 3 Comments
Hacking of Voting Machines - a sealed report
16 states use voting machines that can easily be hacked from anywhere on the planet
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on June 16, 2023 at 5:56am — 3 Comments
Jim LaBrecque (Stranded Costs)
Mr. LaBrecque explains how the Seth Berry-led legislature has screwed the people of Maine.
REWIND 06 14 Jim LaBrecque (Stranded Costs) 1400 | VOM (wvomfm.com)
California Power Companies Propose Fixed-Rate Bill Based on Income, Not Usage
KTLA reported:
ContinueSouthern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric, and San Diego Gas & Electric submitted a joint proposal to the state’s Public Utilities Commission last week that outlines the new rate structure. It follows last year’s passage of Assembly Bill 205 which requires a fixed rate and…
The Power to Control the Electric Market Always Goes to The Biggest Users
Massachusetts has an aggressive policy to de-carbonate electricity generation, as do all the New England States.
Added by Dan McKay on June 10, 2023 at 7:45am — No Comments
Blackouts Are Expected This Summer Due to Biden’s Green Energy Transition
Added by Dan McKay on June 9, 2023 at 12:52pm — No Comments
ISO-NE Doesn't Seem to Notice it's Been Overcast with Rain for the Week
JUNE 8, 2023
Canadian wildfires impacting solar production, electricity demand in New England
In recent days, smoke from wildfires in Canada has traveled to New England, significantly lowering production from solar resources in the region compared to what ISO New England would expect absent the smoke.
Most solar resources in…
Surging New England Energy Prices: No Surprise
By Steve Goreham -- May 30, 2023
“New England home heating and electricity prices are on the rise with no end in sight. Consumers paid record high energy bills last winter, even though the winter was not unusually cold. Shortages of natural gas and green energy policies will drive New England prices higher and raise the chance of electricity blackouts.”
Residential energy bills in New England this year were the…
ContinueWhere O Where is Maine Getting Its 51% Renewables
April 2023 Generation in New England
A Grid Screaming for Nuclear
“California’s Duck Curve Hits Record Lows”
“The forced energy transformation crowd continues to be in denial about how badly the California grid has been compromised by wind and solar, how…
Added by Dan McKay on May 23, 2023 at 5:41am — 2 Comments
The Chase for Carbon Zero is Futile With Wind and Solar, With or Without Storage
The following is a guest article by Bryan Leyland.
Many governments in the Western world have committed to “net zero” emissions of carbon in the near future. The US and UK both say they will deliver by 2050. It’s widely believed that wind and solar power can achieve this. This belief has led the US and British governments, among others, to promote and heavily subsidize wind and…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on May 21, 2023 at 6:02pm — 2 Comments
All Clean Energy Paths Point to Dispatchable Nuclear
The Six New England States Have Lofty Renewable Targets
Connecticut @ 100% Target
Massachusetts @…
ContinueAdded by Dan McKay on May 20, 2023 at 6:59am — No Comments
At the Heart of a Proposed CMP and Versant Takeover
Added by Dan McKay on May 19, 2023 at 5:25am — No 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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