"In EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2011, wind’s generation in 2030 is projected to be 159 billion kilowatt hours, about 70 percent higher than wind generation in 2010, but still a mere 3.2 percent share of generation. In EIA’s recent analysis evaluating an 80 percent clean energy standard by 2050, wind generation nearly doubles from the agency’s prediction in the Annual Energy Outlook by 2035. But an almost doubling in wind generation only provides a 6.3 percent share. EIA’s analysis of a 25…
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Added by Dan McKay on December 7, 2011 at 6:05pm —
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NORWOOD — Massachusetts
In a move toward energy efficiency, the Board of Selectmen, working as the town’s light commissioners, voted on Tuesday, May 25, to buy 17 percent of Spruce Mountain Wind Project’s electricity output.
“It’s a good move for the town to buy into the ‘green’ (energy) at a reasonable cost,” Selectman Bill Plasko said.
The electricity from Maine-based Spruce Mountain Wind Project makes up about 3 percent of the Norwood Light…
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Added by Dan McKay on October 30, 2011 at 4:10pm —
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First, they had problems finding an avenue of transmission for their Stetson project.It was resolved, but required some expensive people to convince some other expensive people. Then they had problems selling Rollins Wind Project output through CMP and Bangor Hydro. Resolved with help from the Maine PUC and the Renewable Portfolio Law. Then, they encountered problems convincing Rumford residents that they were the second coming of salvation. They left.
Now, they have problems with LURC and…
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Added by Dan McKay on October 23, 2011 at 7:08pm —
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One of the problems of installing wind turbines in remote locations such as Maine is having a highway for energy shipment. First Wind, Bangor Hydro and National Grid have an answer :
WALTHAM, Mass., Jul 11, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- National Grid and Emera Inc. subsidiary, Bangor Hydro Electric Company, have taken a major step in…
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Added by Dan McKay on October 8, 2011 at 4:00pm —
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"DiMasi business ties questioned: His killing of bill benefited friend"
By Frank Phillips, (Boston) Globe Staff, May 1, 2008
Just months after House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi killed a bill that was designed to block a controversial liquefied natural gas project from being built on 73 acres in Fall River, the landowner,
Jay Cashman, sold the property to the terminal developers and made a $14.2 million profit, according to a Globe review of real estate and…
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Added by Dan McKay on October 3, 2011 at 7:08pm —
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Former Mass. House Speaker Sal DiMasi found guilty
Guilty of conspiracy, extortion and fraud
What can this mean to you ? READ ON
BOSTON — An amendment that critics say would open Buzzards Bay to…
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Added by Dan McKay on September 19, 2011 at 8:24pm —
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To those who would want to change the scenery of Maine with their monstrous wind machines, Please take the time to read the Comprehensive Plans adopted by many communities throughout the rural part of this State. Almost every Comprehensive Plan recognizes the physical assets of local geographic features. Many allude to the beauty of mountainous views even as municipal congestion takes place below these same mountains.
Then, take note, that the unorganized territories became…
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Added by Dan McKay on July 10, 2011 at 8:48pm —
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THE MONSTROUSITY OF A MACHINE, AFFECTIONALLY KNOWN AS “ THE GREEN MACHINE “ OR “ THE FEEL-GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS ’ IS QUICKLY BECOMING THE WORST INVENTION OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY. THE INDUSTRIAL WIND MILL.THE NEWEST MODELS STAND OVER 400 FEET TALL WITH BLADES EXCEEDING 150 FEET IN LENGTH. ATOP A HOLLOW STEEL TUBULAR STRUCTURE SIT’S THE GUTS OF THE MACHINE WEIGHING AS MUCH AS 60 TONS WITH BLADES ADDING 40 TONS. IN ORDER TO KEEP FROM TOPPLING WITH ALL THIS WEIGHT CONCERNTRATED AT THE…
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Added by Dan McKay on June 25, 2011 at 11:21am —
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Woodstock wind towers to be in place by fall
By Ken Briggs
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Jun 09, 2011 12:00 am
WOODSTOCK — Andy Novey, from Patriot Renewables, told Woodstock Selectmen that his company is "aiming to start generating electricity by the end…
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Added by Dan McKay on June 12, 2011 at 11:54am —
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As Congress hammers out legislation to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to address the issue of global climate change, independent producers are elbowing in a place at the table for North American natural gas.
The top 28 independents – which deliver about 40 percent of U.S. natural gas…
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Added by Dan McKay on April 2, 2011 at 6:47pm —
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I must say, Iberdrola Renewable’s presentation in Bingham last week was a learning session for me. There’s obviously magic in them windmills. When I asked one man, proudly standing by with a colorful chart displaying a 10 mile per hour wind velocity differential between the high point of a particular blade tip to the low point of a particular blade tip, wouldn’t the differential wind forces set up by this cause imbalance at the rotor. He explained that the wind machine has properties…
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Added by Dan McKay on April 1, 2011 at 9:18am —
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Should wind developers be paid for electricity when conditions within the grid forces them to stop production ? A recent revelation: "Approximately 25 TWh (yes, 25 terawatt-hours) of wind energy was curtailed (idled) in the U.S. last year to keep the off-peak grid energy price from frequently going negative. That is about equal to the energy in 700 million gallons of gasoline just being thrown away.…
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Added by Dan McKay on April 1, 2011 at 8:27am —
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I feel it is imperative we reach all the people we can from area towns and alert them to this upcoming event. I have received assurance from one of our area state representatives that they will attend.
If we can keep our story(ies) in the spotlight, by the press, by the facebook, by the numerous websites from now to March 10th, this will definitely exceed the rally we had in Dixfield with our last forum. Dixfield is right in the center of all these projects. Patriots is getting…
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Added by Dan McKay on February 22, 2011 at 9:50am —
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Now, here is the DEP response to the fact that the turbines in Mars Hill have exceeded rule limits :
This 2 dBA exceedance is within what is an imperceptible change in noise level to the average person. These findings above the 50 dBA limit are a minor deviation from the compliance standard
We heard from the same DEP at the Woodstock appeal that sound modeling included an additional 3dBa to model calculations. One commissioner asked how to quantify this and was told 3dBa was…
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Added by Dan McKay on February 5, 2011 at 9:53am —
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After hearing testimony ( testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter.) regarding a friend suffering a heart attack attributable to wind mills near his home, how can anyone with any semblance of connection to human welfare so callously show such disregard .Is it really happening or just a nightmare.
Added by Dan McKay on February 4, 2011 at 7:44pm —
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Wind developers love to engage in conversation about the mechanical aspects of turbines which steers people away from the truth about how utterly useless they are at grid scale . Even bad ideas can bring wealth to the game players, ( developers, a few landowners and money hungry town governments ) but this money has to come from somewhere and at some cost. The money comes from the taxpayers and the ratepayers ( you and I ) . the cost is loss of economic engine as wind forces aside the…
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Added by Dan McKay on January 30, 2011 at 11:52am —
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Finally, we recognize that the linked standard offer and entitlement arrangements approved in this Order create certain obligations and risks for CMP that should be properly borne by customers rather than shareholders. We are informed by our staff that CMP agrees to accept the obligations and risks as long as it is compensated for the financial consequences of satisfying those obligations. Therefore, we explicitly find that any direct or…
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Added by Dan McKay on January 30, 2011 at 9:34am —
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QUIETLY, MAINE IS REDUCING OIL CONSUMPTION AND ENTERING RENEWABLE ELECTRICAL GENERATION BY TRIED AND TRUE ENERGY RESOURCE. WOOD, PERHAPS TRANSITIONAL, PERHAPS NOT, BUT THERE IS NO WIND IN THE PORTFOLIO.
Maine’s Colby College has begun construction on a new biomass heating plant that will replace about one million gallons of…
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Added by Dan McKay on January 30, 2011 at 7:01am —
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Added by Dan McKay on January 29, 2011 at 6:11am —
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In spite of having government backing them ( Al Gore was Vice President ) and the first and best locations for wind resource, Mr. Bradley, a previous employee describes Enron's lack of success with " Green " energy:
Bradley: Enron’s green investments lost money year-by-year despite the taxpayer subsidies, so yes. The ‘green’ kick also got management off track—got the company off of a consumer-driven track onto a government-driven track. That is a bad trade even in…
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Added by Dan McKay on January 28, 2011 at 6:13am —
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