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Offshore Wind Blades Not Too Big To Fail

350 Foot Blade 

#Some of the material was derived from the late Edgar Gunter PhD who taught mechanical engineering for 34 years at the University of Virginia (UVA) Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear…

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Added by Frank Haggerty on August 24, 2024 at 8:43am — 2 Comments

Video of RFK Jr's Trump Endorsement Speech - Friday, August 23, 2024

The entire speech

https://www.c-span.org/video/?537941-1/robert-f-kennedy-jr-makes-presidential-campaign-announcement

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President Trump and RFK Jr. standing on a stage in Glendale, Arizona............such a fine sight to…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on August 23, 2024 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment

RFK Jr. Shreds Democrats for Abandoning Democracy

RFK Jr. Shreds Democrats for Abandoning Democracy

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Added by Willem Post on August 23, 2024 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

Maine PUC case on stranded costs is scratching at some unpleasant truths that lots of players don’t want scratched.

On August 13 Tony Buxton submitted a clump of data requests that has nearly every party objecting.

See https://mpuc-cms.maine.gov/CQM.Public.WebUI/Common/CaseMaster.aspx?CaseNumber=2024-00137

Added by Long Islander on August 23, 2024 at 12:06pm — 1 Comment

ISO-NE: Mostly wind and solar resource build out would necessitate 18 times current capacity

ISO-NE’s EPCET study highlights possibilities and challenges of the clean energy transition

Renewable-only build-outs may be vast. 

If the future resource build-out is almost entirely wind, solar, and batteries, the region will need to add roughly 18 times its current combined capacity of these resources to achieve…

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Added by Long Islander on August 23, 2024 at 11:49am — 4 Comments

ISO-NE: New Mechanisms May be Needed to Ensure Future Grid Reliability

This is the truth that your government, media and so-called environmental groups won't tell you about the evil scheme to destroy our current, advanced energy structure based on energy density.

Transferring energy into battery storage is inefficient and drives up costs…

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Added by Dan McKay on August 23, 2024 at 7:00am — 1 Comment

Power Outages due to Hurricane Brings EV Buyers' Remorse

Power Outages due to Hurricane Brings EV Buyers' Remorse

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Added by Willem Post on August 22, 2024 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

50 Republican Service Members and Veterans Slam Governor Walz for Embroidering His Military Service Record in Scathing Letter

50 Republican Service Members and Veterans Slam Governor Walz for Embroidering His Military Service Record in Scathing Letter

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/50-republican-servicemembers-and-veterans-slam-governor-walz-for…

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Added by Willem Post on August 22, 2024 at 10:30am — No Comments

Where will wind developers in Maine dispose of the giant wind turbine blades?

So recently we were assured the landfill problem (running out of room) was not a concern because the blades could be finely ground up. This article says that is cost prohibitive. So what is the exact plan in Maine? 

August 21, 2024



Where are all the expired and busted wind turbine blades going?



By Olivia Murray

This is pretty interesting, because wind turbine blades are gargantuan pieces of…

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Added by Thinklike A. Mountain on August 22, 2024 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Trump Chides White House on Revision of Jobs Report

Trump Chides White House on 818,000 Downward Revision of Jobs Report, from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024, with another 300,000 downward revision by August 31, 2024

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Added by Willem Post on August 21, 2024 at 6:00pm — No Comments

US Jobs Revised Down By 818,000 In Election Year Shocker, Second Worst Revision In US History

US Jobs Revised Down By 818,000 In Election Year Shocker, Second Worst Revision In US History

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/us-jobs-revised-down-by-818-000-in-election-year-shocker-second ;

BY TYLER DURDEN…

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Added by Willem Post on August 21, 2024 at 5:00pm — No Comments

BDN - Why Maine businesses are facing crippling solar fees

by Billy Kobin
 
August 21, 2024
EXCERPTS

Solar subsidies have been a controversial topic in Maine for years, and crippling cost increases that recently took effect for certain businesses are just the latest example.

They are an outgrowth of policies…

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Added by Long Islander on August 21, 2024 at 3:05pm — 2 Comments

Dormant for Decades, US Uranium Producers Are Regaining Traction

Shuttered mines in Wyoming, Arizona, Texas, and Utah are reopening as federal legislation, new programs spur investment in the nuclear power supply line.

Epoch Times

August 20, 2024

Since the Senate unanimously passed the Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act and President Joe Biden signed it into law in May, at least five shuttered uranium mines across four U.S. states have been reactivated in response to accelerating global demand for nuclear-powered…

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Added by Long Islander on August 20, 2024 at 12:41pm — 1 Comment

Where to email comments on Farm Protection from Solar rule

Please consider taking five minutes for an email before August 29th if you'd rather see farmland than more of the hideous solar arrays which have sprouted up everywhere.

Public Hearing: Chapter 575: Solar on HVAL Rulemaking

Division / Program: Agriculture Resource Development

Date: August 19, 2024

Time: 9:00 AM

Location: 90 Blossom Lane, Deering Building, Room 101, Augusta, Maine OR…

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Added by Long Islander on August 20, 2024 at 11:06am — 1 Comment

30 Miles Southeast of Portland: Nation’s 1st floating offshore wind power research lease

State, feds finalize agreement for nation’s 1st floating offshore wind power research lease

The deal brings Maine one step closer to creating the nation's first floating wind facility, tentatively a 15-square-mile array that will include up to a dozen turbines floating nearly 30 miles southeast of Portland.

August 20, 2024

Daniel Kool

Press Herald…

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Added by Long Islander on August 20, 2024 at 10:51am — 3 Comments

PPH - Solar and wind developers must pay extra to build on farmland. The question is, how much?

As demand grows for solar projects, the Legislature directed that rules be drawn up to govern compensation paid by solar developers to boost farmland conservation.

August 20, 2024

Stephen Singer

Press Herald

 

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If developers of solar and wind projects want to build on Maine farmland, they soon will have to pay an extra fee.

A state law enacted last year requires…

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Added by Long Islander on August 20, 2024 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

JD Vance roasts Tim Walz over military service and handling of Minneapolis riots at Philly campaign event

JD Vance roasts Tim Walz over military service and handling of Minneapolis riots at Philly campaign event

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/jd-vance-roasts-tim-walz-over-military-service-and-handling-of…

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Added by Willem Post on August 19, 2024 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Walz’s Climate Policies Could Leave the Midwest in the Dark

Walz’s Climate Policies Could Leave the Midwest in the Dark…

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Added by Willem Post on August 19, 2024 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Consumer advocates oppose power line upgrade

This is in NH but Maine would share in the cost.

Maine Public | By Peter McGuire

Published August 16, 2024

Advocates for New England electric customers are raising alarm at the cost of a transmission line upgrade in New Hampshire.

Eversource Energy wants to replace more than 500 wooden poles with steel versions on a…

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Added by Long Islander on August 18, 2024 at 9:41am — 3 Comments

Dangers of electric vehicles are becoming more apparent every day

Dangers of electric vehicles are becoming more apparent every day

https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/dangers-of-electric-vehicles-are-becoming-more-apparent-every-day.

By Sterling Burnett…

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Added by Willem Post on August 17, 2024 at 10:30am — 9 Comments

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THE UNTOLD STORY OF RECORD HILL WIND

The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued

 

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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