"I think if you look at the interest in wind, wind power, I think people are still skeptical that that has a bright future," says NMCC President Tim Crowley. The state's changing political landscape, he says, also may have affected interest in the program.
Some industry observers say interest has shifted toward solar. And Jeremy Payne, executive director of the Maine Renewable Energy Association, says…
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NEW: Link at Bangor Daily News:
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/09/22/news/aroostook/mars-hill-wind-power-legacy/
"A Texas company, for instance, hopes to build what would be Maine's largest wind farm just 10 miles away from Mars Hill in the commercial timberlands around Number Nine Mountain."
If this supposed Texas company is…
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John Podesta to Serve as Senior Advisor to the "President" for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation;
Ali Zaidi to Succeed Gina McCarthy as Assistant to the "President" & National Climate…
Added by Long Islander on September 6, 2022 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments
I guess the "Inflation Reduction Act" is not the only way that our federal income taxes are being transferred into the hands of the administration's "green" friends.
South Portland launches rebate program for electric vehicles, lawn equipment
Open to low- and moderate-income residents, it's one of several local funding efforts to reduce carbon emissions in Maine.
By Kelley BouchardStaff…
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Tucker Carlson: The Green New Deal means poverty
Tucker Carlson dissects the energy shortage in Europe and what it could mean for the United States
INCLUDING: Must see 17 minute Tucker Carlson segment on the energy shortage in Europe…
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Please read these and other important articles at the link below:
How electric cars fail miserably in ordinary driving situations
Short Video: How Much Energy Will the World Need?
The Completely Fraudulent "Levelized Cost Of Electricity"
Renewables subsidy chaos coming
Corporate welfare: Federal giveaways to wind, solar sectors are about to explode
John Kerry's climate office rife with ties to far-left green…
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Thank you to all the "environmentalists" who have blocked new natural gas pipelines to Maine from some of the country's largest natural gas deposits which are relatively nearby. And thank you to all the green criminals in government who have done the same and slowed down or stopped drilling. The legions of poor folk who typically support this ilk of politician may soon see a big thank you in the form of no electricity.
EXCERPTS
At least 20 million…
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Protective ordinances is key. Any town that wishes to avoid becoming a dead zone needs to enact a protective ordinance....and fast.
Updated: August 22, 2022
Jeremy Payne, the director of the Maine Renewable Energy Association,…
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By Jon Chesto Globe Staff,Updated August 9, 2022, 5:53 p.m.
The hottest clean-energy contest currently underway in New England doesn’t involve offshore wind farms, at least not this time. Instead of the waters south of Martha’s Vineyard, this race to tap into…
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Roy says climate bill opens door to Maine onshore wind purchases
Bruce Mohl Jul 28, 2022
THE CLIMATE AND ENERGY bill sitting on the governor’s desk contains two policy sections that could open the door to clean energy procurements involving onshore wind from Maine and nuclear power from Connecticut, according to one of the key drafters of the legislation.
Rep. Jeffrey Roy of Franklin, the House chair of the Legislature’s Telecommunications, Utilities, and…
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Maine Public | By Carol Bousquet
Published July 27, 2022 at 5:42 PM EDT
The Maine AFL-CIO is opposing the consumer-owned utility referendum, saying a publicly-owned utility would threaten the rights of workers and create uncertainty for consumers.
Union President Cynthia Phinney said the majority of workers at CMP and Versant do not support the proposal, which could prompt a buyout of the two investor-owned utilities and reclassify union workers as public…
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You can't make this stuff up. Yet one more use of taxpayer money to stoke fear it would seem. What does this cost us? Think about that every time you pass a disabled vet with no place to live. I noticed there…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 26, 2022 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments
The developers of a $1 billion hydropower corridor running from the Canadian border through western Maine will be able to keep access to a key permit if they prevail in two court challenges.
The permit over public lands was first granted by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to the New England Clean Energy Connect project but…
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Well of course you are going to praise buyers of solar nonsense. "An uneducated consumer is your best customer"
Article:
by David Marino Jr.
A solar executive of a leading national clean energy company praised Maine’s renewable energy efforts and steps toward fighting climate change during a trip to Portland.
Mary Powell, CEO of Sunrun, a San Francisco-based multibillion-dollar clean energy company, said that Gov. Janet Mills’ climate goals are…
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Why am I not surprised that this article doesn't touch upon any of the negatives associated with batteries on the grid. Maybe start with what all these new batteries, including all of those in EV's, will do in terms of damaging the environment. Maybe tell me how much it costs and compare that to all the alternatives. Puff pieces are an important part of brainwashing. Me? I do NOT accept the inevitability of an all electric future and am very sick and tired of how one sided are the…
ContinueAdded by Long Islander on July 19, 2022 at 8:30pm — 4 Comments
How about taking a look at Germany before throwing one more cent of good money after bad? Any candidate for office enabling this march of lemmings to the cliff needs to be questioned. It's not like we haven't been warned of the coming costs. Lessons abound.
Credit: By Mara Hoplamazian | New Hampshire Public Radio | July 6, 2022 |…
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Big batteries and efficiency are chosen as an alternative to a new Brunswick-Topsham power line, thanks to a new law that pushes utilities to explore new ways to assure reliability.
BY TUX TURKEL STAFF WRITER
On a scorching summer evening a few years from now, big batteries at locations that might include Bowdoin College or the Topsham Fair Mall could discharge for five hours or so into the area’s electric distribution system. Commercial…
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Published Thu, Jun 30 2022
The decision is a major setback for the Biden administration’s agenda to combat climate change, specifically the goal to zero out carbon emissions from power plants by 2035 and cut in half the country’s emissions by 2100.
Added by Long Islander on June 30, 2022 at 11:57am — 6 Comments
Former Gov. Paul LePage says if reelected in November, he would not proceed with Gov. Janet Mills' application to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to site a wind-energy farm about 30 miles off Maine's coast.
"My minimum is 40 miles out. If you're out 40 miles or 50 miles I'll be all supportive. In the fishing waters I will not support windmills," he says.
LePage spoke at an event in Windham, where his candidacy was endorsed by…
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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
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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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"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."
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