Ron Huber's Blog Posts Tagged 'Maine' (76)

Problems of Maine offshore wind energy extraction. Part 1

While many consider offshore Maine locations for windfarming to be preferable to the building of more and more wind utility operations in Maine's majestic mountains, a decent respect for the opinions of humankind requires we take a careful look at what effects ocean wind extraction operations could have on Maine's ocean weather and currents, and thusly on the wild fishes shellfish whales plankton birds and others that already occupy that oceanic environment.


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Added by Ron Huber on June 23, 2010 at 9:00pm — 2 Comments

Ragged Mountain could get three to 7 turbines if Camden, other towns take the bait.

How many? That fundamental question nearly went unanswered during the hour long presentation and Q&A session at the June 15th meeting of the Camden Selectboard, by George Baker of the Island Institute's "Maine Community Wind" group, the institute's for-profit subsidiary. Listen to Baker (30 minutes) and to the question and answer session afterward.(24…
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Added by Ron Huber on June 16, 2010 at 2:00am — 2 Comments

Tonite at 7pm Camden Selectboard hears from Ragged Mtn Wind wannabes

Tonight the Island institute's lucrative community wind subsidiary will be giving a dog and pony show to the Camden Maine selectboard about their plan to put windmills on Ragged Mountain. They are agenda item 3.


Listen to a 7 minute recording discussing this plan from May 20th, of (1) Des Fitzgerald of principle power and of the Camden Energy Committee describing what the 'Tute and he and various…
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Added by Ron Huber on June 15, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Maine's wildlife whacking wind apologist at Ocean Energy 2010

At Energy Ocean 2010 in Ft Lauderdale Florida this week, consultant Richard Podolsky will explain, as the title of his talk says, that his..

"Year-Long Seabird Surveys Indicates Acceptable Risk For Offshore Wind farm
Richard Podolsky, Ph.D., Senior Ecologist, Avian Systems
Abstract: Year-long surveys were conducted during 2007-2008 in order to assess the potential for…
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Added by Ron Huber on June 8, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

The Big Wind Regatta in Maine - are you there? Anyone?

If any CitizensTask Forcers are at that Big Wind regatta? Tell us about it! Anyone knows the email of someone there, contact 'em and lets get a blow-by-blow account....

Added by Ron Huber on June 5, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

Island Institute & Richard Podolsky on the negatives of windfarming

Richard Podolsky, wind industry consultant, and Susan Pude of the Island Institute/Maine Community Wind had to say something about the adverse effects of windfarming. Wasn't easy for them. Here are excerpts on that dodgy subject, pulled from their complete talks



Here's Mr.Podolsky…

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Added by Ron Huber on May 25, 2010 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

Rockport Wind Forum: Ragged Mountain plan; UMaine Prof says no more land windfarms: its time to go 20-50 miles offshore.

The May 20, 2010 wind energy forum at the Rockport Opera House was extraordinary for several reasons. Listen to podcasts of the meeting; below the picture.


1.Camden Windfarm Plan. On June 15th George Baker and assorted hangers-on will present a plan to Camden Select Board for a Ragged Mountain windfarm. The wind snatchers have set their eyes on the Camden Hills. (cont'd below picture) Already a meteorological tower has been set up. But don't worry,…
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Added by Ron Huber on May 21, 2010 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

Maine Deepwater Windmill R&D Site: New Development in court case

I've just received the "Administrative Record" that Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands was required to supply me and Maine Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Hjelm. Please help me…
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Added by Ron Huber on May 18, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

U Maine's offshore wind vision in one graphic

This diagram is also available online on the KJ's website Click here. This sends a chill through a cod hunter's heart










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Added by Ron Huber on May 13, 2010 at 2:51am — 1 Comment

Coming up: Maine Wind Week

May 9-15th is official Maine Windthieves Week During the week there will be open houses, facility tours, and public events. Time for the Truth Force to emerge and dog the governor and… Continue

Added by Ron Huber on May 2, 2010 at 11:24pm — 1 Comment

FOIA'd MDEP and BPL post-legislature wind, wave and tidal energy documents for March 24th to April 9, 2010.

Used the Maine Freedom of Access Act to request documents from DEP and BPL from close of committee decision on LD 1810 to two weeks later when filed request.…


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Added by Ron Huber on April 29, 2010 at 7:20pm — No Comments

Nantucket Shoal wind sprawl plan approval- at least it's not in the Gulf of Maine.

So we'll get to watch and learn the actual impact of these machines on coastal tourism, fisheries, birds, bats, local weather, etc. Sounds cold to say "better there than here", but there it… Continue

Added by Ron Huber on April 28, 2010 at 1:02pm — 2 Comments

Wind at the university - hearts and minds at stake

We mustn't cede the universities to the wind thieves. Winning hearts and minds is the thing. We must occupy the moral high ground, as industry occupy the economic high ground. To do this, we need to think of "University" in a larger context. Such talkers as George Baker the scholar speaking at UM Fort Kent will draw from the engineering and business administration students, appealing to them with predictions of vast wealth and gigantic power devices spawning limitless clean electrical…
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Added by Ron Huber on April 21, 2010 at 4:58pm — No Comments

Veterans for wind? "Rally" Tuesday 2pm at U Maine Orono. Someone please speak truth to (wind)power!

This is a media release just sent me about the "Veterans for American Power Tour" visit to University of Maine Orono. Tuesday, March 30 @ 2:00 p.m. in the University of Maine Memorial Union, Woodbury Bumps Room.…


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Added by Ron Huber on March 29, 2010 at 8:19pm — 11 Comments

IT ISN'T FARMING. IT'S AN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY.

The thing about Wind Farming: IT ISN'T FARMING.…

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Added by Ron Huber on March 28, 2010 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments

Rockland area newspaper on the Maine offshore wind bill

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Added by Ron Huber on March 26, 2010 at 2:06am — No Comments

LD 1810 Maine offshore wind bill. Final work session audio w/written summaries.

Short summaries of each audio section from Wednesday's final work session on LD 1810. Click on "Part" links for the audios themselves. All audios…
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Added by Ron Huber on March 24, 2010 at 6:30pm — 6 Comments

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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

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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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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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