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80% to 90% of Revenues for Solar Come from RECs-30% to 50% for Wind

"The profitability of wind and solar units in the region is intricately linked with state policies, with both resource types generally relying on additional revenue streams to those in the wholesale markets to be economically viable."

"Between 2021 and 2023, the solar unit would have earned 80% to 90% of its revenues from the sale of renewable energy credits; similarly, 30% to 50% of the wind unit’s revenue would have been attributable…

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Added by Dan McKay on February 3, 2025 at 7:42am — 2 Comments

Bill proposed to block Sears Island wind port

What about onshore wind?

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published January 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM EST

State Rep. Reagan Paul, a Republican from Winterport, has proposed legislation that would prevent the state from building a planned facility on Sears Island to support a nascent offshore Gulf of Maine ocean wind power industry.

The measure was floated as President Donald Trump froze further ocean…

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Added by Long Islander on February 2, 2025 at 1:30pm — 4 Comments

Faulty Electric Buses Cause Massive Headaches for Multiple School Districts, including Maine

Faulty Electric Buses Cause Massive Headaches for Multiple School Districts, including Maine

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/faulty-electric-buses-cause-massive-headaches-for-multiple-school

By Ben Zeisloft    …

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Added by Willem Post on February 2, 2025 at 10:30am — 4 Comments

Biden Administration Issued SouthCoast Wind Permit Prematurely

Nantucket, Massachusetts 
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President Biden before leaving office shoveled as much offshore wind money out the door as possible. 
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on December 20, 2024, approved offshore wind…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on February 2, 2025 at 9:43am — 3 Comments

ISO-NE Warnings. Will the Legislature React?

With limited options for storing natural gas, most natural-gas-fired plants rely on just-in-time fuel delivered to New England through interstate pipelines. However, interstate pipeline infrastructure has only expanded incrementally over the last several decades, even as reliance on natural gas for home heating and for power…
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Added by Dan McKay on February 2, 2025 at 6:50am — 3 Comments

Reforming the FBI the smart way

Reforming the FBI the smart way

I last wrote about the FBI on January 19, 2025 in The FBI sweeps DEI under the rug. An excerpt:

It would seem…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on February 1, 2025 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Natural Gas Plants in New York Raking in the money from New England Ratepayers

The Portland Natural Gas Transmission Service (PNGTS) is Maine's delivery system of natural gas providing natural gas for homes, industrial plants and electric generation plants. Getting natural gas into Maine is crucial as a cost-effective fuel for home heating and cooking. Portland, Bangor, Augusta, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Falmouth have natural gas service utilizing PNGTS. A recent PUC case involved BlackRock's and Morgan Stanley's purchase of PNGTS. These Big Boys " are…
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Added by Dan McKay on February 1, 2025 at 6:17am — 2 Comments

Massive solar farm proposal alarms tiny Aroostook town (Hersey)

by Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli January 31, 2025

 

PATTEN, Maine — A solar developer faced community blowback during an informational session this week on a proposed 5,000-acre solar farm in the tiny northern Maine town of Hersey.

“Just tell me now if this is something you want,” said Next Phase Energy Services President Dave Fowler during the meeting with Hersey residents.

They responded that they…

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Added by Long Islander on January 31, 2025 at 8:18pm — 8 Comments

The Green Energy Scam Takes on Norway...Wants Energy Nationalism

Norway’s Government Collapses Over EU Net-Zero Energy Policies Dispute…

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Added by arthur qwenk on January 31, 2025 at 8:00pm — 1 Comment

Maine Republican legislators write Trump asking for further action to stop offshore wind

Why not onshore wind as well?

Maine Republican legislators write Trump asking for further action to stop offshore wind

By: AnnMarie Hilton - January 30, 2025

Maine Republican legislators wrote a letter to President Donald Trump thanking him for his…

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Added by Long Islander on January 31, 2025 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

CDU Votes With AfD for Emergency Immigration Legislation – Failed Scholz and Greens Are Outraged

CDU Votes With AfD for Emergency Immigration Legislation – Failed Scholz and Greens Are Outraged

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/cdu-votes-with-afd-for-emergency-immigration-legislation-failed

By Paul Serran  

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Added by Willem Post on January 31, 2025 at 11:30am — 1 Comment

Ukraine ‘an invented state’ – Romanian election frontrunner

Ukraine ‘an invented state’ – Romanian election frontrunner

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/ukraine-an-invented-state-romanian-election-frontrunner.
Calin Georgescu anticipates an “inevitable”…
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Added by Willem Post on January 30, 2025 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

AI needs electricity that the current grid can't handle. Enter CRE and a fossil fuel friendly federal government

What is Consumer Regulated Electricity? Why do we need it? How do we get it?…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 29, 2025 at 9:31am — 3 Comments

Utility concerns delay Passamaquoddy solar project

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire
Published January 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM EST

From behind the wheel of a pickup truck, Trevor White points out several landmarks in Indian Township, one of two Passamaquoddy reservations in…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 29, 2025 at 9:05am — 1 Comment

When will renewable energy lower our electricity costs in Maine?

Supply Rates reflect a State's Renewable Energy Policies. More Policies, Higher Rates.

Can you guess which New England State is foregoing ridiculous renewable energy policies?…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 28, 2025 at 8:38am — 2 Comments

Offshore Wind Evacuation Plans 2025

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Speaker of the House Ron Mariano, and Senate President Karen Spilka are working hard to alter Article 97 of the Massachusetts Constitution to take local property rights from citizens to help offshore wind contractors. Article 97 establishes a right to a clean environment, including its natural,…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on January 28, 2025 at 8:16am — No 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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