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So the SIERRA CLUB is a paid lackey for the wind industry, now what?
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ContinueAdded by Frank J. Heller, MPA on October 13, 2017 at 5:40pm — 2 Comments
Wind Turbines in Puerto Rico 'decapitated'
An entire hill side of busted wind turbines .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiiw24X33uU 20 sec. into video, plus a shot of a large blade in a field.
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on September 23, 2017 at 10:44am — 7 Comments
CONFRONTING MAINE AUDUBON reps. at Common Ground's environmental tent.
Confronted the people from Maine Audubon yesterday at Common Ground on their support of wind farms.
They were very defensive, and had a scripted response which evaded specifying wind farms; but what emerged is they don't directly do any investigation of bird or bee kills or the effects of herbicide spraying in transmission R.O.W. or destruction of bird habitat; they rely on third parties to do that.
Take some pic's of dead endangered species and keep confronting them. Find…
ContinueAdded by Frank J. Heller, MPA on September 23, 2017 at 10:34am — 7 Comments
How the SIERRA club profits from promoting Wind Energy.
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Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on August 8, 2017 at 9:36am — 2 Comments
Canadian Wind Farm dismantled....didn't last as long as vendors predicted!
The oldest commercial wind power facility in Canada has been shut down and faces demolition after 23 years of transforming brisk southern Alberta breezes into electricity — and its owner says building a replacement depends on the next moves of the provincial NDP government.
TransAlta Corp. said Tuesday the blades on 57 turbines at its Cowley Ridge facility near Pincher Creek have already been halted and the towers are to be toppled and recycled for scrap metal this spring. The…
ContinueAdded by Frank J. Heller, MPA on June 14, 2017 at 9:45am — No Comments
Flaws in DEEP DECARBONIZATION theory
Got my copy of POWER magazine and in it was a technical article by Kennedy Maize titled "THE DEEP DISPUTE OVER 'DEEP DECARBONIZATION'". and it discussed the impossibility of making the Paris agreement to work through reducing CO2 emissions by 70% to 90% by 2050.
"Each decade, the world would have to cut CO2 emissions from energy use in half. That may be easy from 2017 to 2020. It gets much tougher for 2020 through 2030, and even more difficult for 2040 through…
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on June 4, 2017 at 10:41am — 2 Comments
Portland Phoenix features 'clean energy'
Read this and you'll find me 'liberally' quoted...note shift in emphasis
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on May 25, 2017 at 12:10pm — 8 Comments
Constructing and maintaining wind farms...a very risky business
http://digital.renewableenergyworld.com/renewableenergyworld/20160506?pm=2&fs=1&pg=25#pg25
"Minimizing worker safety risks in the wind industry...using 2014 date from UK.
What I got from this is this is an industry with pros who travel from site to site; and not one which would hire locally...making those employment statics a bit misleading.
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on May 17, 2016 at 10:01am — No Comments
U.S. Supreme Court BLOCKS impact of Maine Solar and wind favoritism.
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Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on April 26, 2016 at 9:07am — 1 Comment
Finally, a federal program to help reforest Maine to sequester carbon...ROOTS
"Rhizosphere Observations Optimizing Terrestrial Sequestration (ROOTS)
Improving the ability for plants to store carbon in the soil has the potential to significantly reduce atmospheric CO2 levels. The ROOTS program is making up to $30 million in funding available to pursue technologies that develop new crop breeding approaches for improved root and soil function that will help plants to store more carbon in the ground and take up nutrients and water more…
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on April 26, 2016 at 9:04am — No Comments
JOHN MUIR's LEGACY PORTRAYED ON PBS....
wonder what he'd do about wind turbines lining the slopes of the mountains he worked so hard to protect?
Time to shame the SIERRA CLUB over their destruction of his vision for America.
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on April 26, 2016 at 8:36am — 1 Comment
photo of major wind turbine failure
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on April 5, 2016 at 12:54pm — No Comments
Towards designing the 'perfect' wind ordinance...my response to John Droz's model.
DESIGNING A WIND ORDINANCE....John Droz has a model ordinance; and I commented on it:
HI….I’ve been through the development of two wind ordinances—Lisbon Falls, and Portland Maine, and addressed a large forum of town planners on the elements of a ‘model’ ordinance, so it’s not without experience I suggest you take this one apart and break it into sections:
- Environmental Impact:
o Acoustical
o Migratory insects and birds
o Loss of…
ContinueAdded by Frank J. Heller, MPA on March 31, 2016 at 12:16pm — 1 Comment
What is the overall value of forest removed for wind farms...This is one study done for London's urban forest.
This is one example calculated from scientific studies, using i-TREE software:
"The results of London’s i-Tree Eco project are now available in a comprehensive report which details the significant benefits that trees provide one of the world’s great cities. The study highlights the essential role that green infrastructure plays in providing ecosystem services and making London a vibrant place to live, visit and work. Recognizing the many contributions of…
ContinueAdded by Frank J. Heller, MPA on March 11, 2016 at 12:42pm — No Comments
Concerns over VIEWS are a concern of Planners...E2TECH conf. in S. Portland.
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on March 1, 2016 at 4:44pm — 5 Comments
FORUM ON PENDING EXPANSION OF THE ENERGY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
E2TECH IS SPONSORING THIS:
New England Clean Energy Procurement Project Proposals
Date: Friday, March 11, 2016 |
Time: 7:15 AM - 10:00 AM |
Location: Maple Hill Farm, 11 Inn Road, Hallowell… |
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on February 19, 2016 at 9:57am — No Comments
International Hydropower Association sees a renaissance....but not Maine?....is the obsession w/wind blinding us?
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on January 28, 2016 at 2:22pm — 4 Comments
Overview of a clean energy future using undeveloped hydropower resources.
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on January 28, 2016 at 2:06pm — 4 Comments
GRANITE STATE Hydropower Association makes video on 1899 water powered mill still in operation
Maine's potential in restoring hydro is at least twice as much as New Hampshires. Here's a video showing one installation http://www.granitestatehydro.org/about-us.html
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on January 28, 2016 at 2:03pm — No Comments
Yes, there are limits to wind power.....
Researchers at the University of Kansas are looking at how wind turbines affect the wind when a larger number of turbines remove the energy of atmospheric motion.
The Smoky Hills Wind Farm as seen from Interstate 70 in Kansas. Source: KU, Credit: Drenaline via WikiCommonsThe research group evaluated…
Added by Frank J. Heller, MPA on November 6, 2015 at 11:26am — 2 Comments
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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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