This article is from ISO NE about how we should beware of the boost in Canadian Power. They cite the fact that transmission lines would have to be run to bring it down from the North. I think I would rather have continuous, cheap, reliable power run over new transmission lines than towering spinning blades and flashing lights. ISO NE is completely in the bag for wind. And our prices will be going up, driving any hope for new business and jobs. Wind kills jobs, not makes…
ContinueAdded by Eskutassis on August 3, 2015 at 4:49pm — 4 Comments
Now we are being deluged with articles touting the positive green power of Canadian Rivers. For over a century we powered our mills and homes with Hydro Power, the cleanest and most economical power there is. There is little or no initial investment, at least not like the kind for solar or wind, and it is extremely reliable, unlike wind and solar. There is also no fuel investment. Modern dams can be built to allow the migration of fish to spawning grounds, yet we are tearing them out of…
ContinueAdded by Eskutassis on August 3, 2015 at 4:37pm — 11 Comments
.....Wind turbines are put up solely for the Production Tax Credit given to the multinational organizations who end up owning them. Those who make a minuscule percentage of the profit are the few farmers who have the wind towers on their land, the real profits go to those corporations. Wind turbines have nothing to do with wind, green energy or more cost efficient electricity. It is big government…
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Why destroy thousands of miles of ridge lines and mountain tops when we could be using hydro??
Added by Pineo Girl on August 2, 2015 at 2:53pm — 1 Comment
Bipartisan energy legislation submitted to the U.S. Senate yesterday includes an extensive section that explicitly defines hydroelectric power as a renewable, while also improving on existing hydropower regulation.
Introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., the "Energy Policy Modernization Act…
ContinueAdded by Frank J. Heller, MPA on August 2, 2015 at 10:38am — 1 Comment
The Number Nine project in Bridgewater is supposed to be a big boost to employment in the County. There will be 300 TEMPORARY jobs to build the project and the 50 mile spur to hook up to the grid. As in the past, most of these jobs will be filled from out of state and the 16 PERMANENT jobs will probably only be half filled by locals. There is $2 million to be distributed to the locals to put in heat pumps and upgrade their homes for heat. That is a pretty small amount and would only…
ContinueAdded by Eskutassis on August 2, 2015 at 9:18am — 3 Comments
.....We are a high-growth, globally diversified renewable energy company that owns long-term contracted wind, solar and…
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More lies from the wind industry to try and trump up their base to get more subsidies. The writer talks up the wind industry in the southwest and west and says the East coast is not as well suited for wind. How did Maine get talked in to being the Saudi Arabia of Wind?
http://augustafreepress.com/wind-energy-part-of-the-renewable-mix/
Added by Eskutassis on July 31, 2015 at 6:32pm — 1 Comment
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AG Janet Mills has thrown a monkey wrench into the decision by the PUC to nix the controversial energy efficiency rule. I hope this will not spill over into the wind decisions.
Read below…
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The subsidy question just keeps on rolling in DC. It is really important to write to your Senators and Congresspersons and try and explain why this is a big mistake. Use all the facts we have on our side. Read below.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2015/0729/If-wind-energy-is-strong-why-does-it-need-subsidies
Added by Eskutassis on July 30, 2015 at 9:42pm — 2 Comments
Thank You PUC - for understanding that when it comes to wind - Church and state have been separated!! I think there may be hope!
https://bangordailynews.com/2015/07/29/business/maine-regulators-nix-cmp-land-deal-for-wind-farm/
Added by Pineo Girl on July 30, 2015 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment
Patriot Renewables takes a page from First Wind to try to make people think wind is a good thing!
Added by Pineo Girl on July 30, 2015 at 4:35pm — 7 Comments
Rep Beth O'Connor has written a brilliant piece about our future. Please read it below.
http://www.fosters.com/article/20150728/NEWS/150729424/14332
Added by Eskutassis on July 28, 2015 at 7:32pm — 1 Comment
I certainly hope the recent ruling on Unorganized Territories will take the lead in fighting this next waste of our money and viewshed. A Texas company ruining our land and spending our money in another fruitless endeavor of greed, and sending the energy to Connecticut over lines that have not yet been built (which we will have to pay for). Sigh!…
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..... If we want to build a healthier American economy, Congress must eliminate the Production Tax Credit, a tax that hurts competition, enables waste, and works against the middle class. (…
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It is hard to believe that this lady cleared all the hurdles she must have had to clear to get fresh, not processed, farm products to go from Maine to Boston. I see this as a step in the right direction in using wind for a greater cause. …
ContinueAdded by Eskutassis on July 26, 2015 at 1:55pm — No Comments
For anyone who ever spent time on the islands off Massachusetts and Rhode Island, fishing and enjoying the good life that has long been a playground for the rich and famous, this is a desecration above all. The cost and expense of this folly can NEVER be repaid except for the subsidies given out by the lawmakers in Washington and our State Capitols. No picture taken from hence forth will take away the tears and restore the memories of those trips.…
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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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"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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