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Friends of Maine's Mountains calls on Maine Audubon to disclose its financial ties to industrial wind and retract its new report that fails to…

The Business and Consumer Court (Judge Horton presiding) "grants the appeal of Peter and Julie Beckford and vacates the approval of Pisgah's industrial wind energy project." The sentence pretty much leapt off page 1 of the December 11 decision. As our favorite Red Sox announcer would say, "Had 'em all the way!"

So maybe travelers won't be seeing five 450' turbines as they pass Bangor on the interstate. Maybe life will return to normal for the many Clifton residents who have had to…

Webpage to the Maine's PUC report to the EUT committee.......http://www.maine.gov/mpuc/legislative/documents/Economics%20of%20Renewable%20Energy%20Policy.pdf

First Wind signs deal to send Hancock County wind farm electricity to Vermont

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/12/09/business/firstwind-signs-deal-to-send-hancock-county-wind-farm-electricity-to-vermont/

Wind turbines, wildlife can coexist in Maine, report says

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/12/05/business/wind-turbines-wildlife-can-coexist-in-maine-report-says/

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I'm sure it's due to the Wyoming case where Duke Energy was held criminally (convicted) liable for killing eagles at a number of their wind farms. So, the President is going to ask Congress to pass a 30 year exemption for the developers so they can kill these poor animals without any recourse. I wonder if the developers in Maine have secured their permits to kill eagles - maybe we should call and ask the Audubon Society to comment.

All six New England governors commit to joint energy infrastructure agenda

Environmental board rejects challenges to Hancock wind farm permits

Power struggle: Green energy versus a grid that's not ready

Minders of a fragile national power grid say the rush to renewable energy might actually make it harder to keep the lights on.

By Evan Halper

December 2, 2013, 7:57 p.m.

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We have recently been bombarded by supporters of wind power saying that the cost of wind generated electricity is at or near parity with conventional generation.  As usual, the zealots have found ways to twist information and conveniently ignore information in the perpetually desperate scheme to push acceptance of wind power.  Willem Post is a brilliant analyst with great credentials.  His conclusion: the total levelized cost* of wind energy averages $151/MWh…

Wind Power Is Brought to Justice

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/letters/0001/11/30/barnett-so-much-sound-testing/1457029

http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/update-saddleback-ridge-wind

Jonesport to vote on moratorium on new wind energy projects

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Let the wind production tax credit expire

11/26/2013

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Despite this generous support for over two decades, the wind industry has very little to show for it besides higher electricity prices and disappointing production results. Wind energy accounts for a disappointing …

Wind Turbines Are Climate-Change Scarecrows

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Using wind alone to stop the growth in carbon dioxide emissions would require us to cover about 1,000 square kilometers with wind turbines — a land area about 17 times the size of Manhattan Island —…

11/25/13

When give-and-take is mostly gain: Maine and New England’s energy future

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With wind, the probability that more turbines will be erected in Maine brings urgency to theneed for an open, comprehensive review and update of the state’s…

Should RI Pay For Power Lines Running Through Northern New England?

TUE NOVEMBER 26, 2013

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 “We start from a position that those who stand to benefit from a transmission project in service of their public policy goals,” said Johnson, “that they should fund the project.”

Johnson is worried about the impact on electric rates if the new projects are built. He points out that new transmission lines to carry electricity to…