Pineo Girl's Blog (145)

Yes - There are places in the world that can be 100% renewable - all located near the equator, all lacking substantial industry, many underdeveloped. Solar will work for them. This cannot be accomplished for cold weather developed nation, who have an industrial base or highly sophisticated research and development for the purposes of medical advancement, etc.  …

We are off to a good start!  Myron Ebell, known as a consensus climate change scientist, will head the EPA transition team!…

Hallelujah!  With a lot of help from our friends Steve and Monique Thurston, Republican Phil Scott, an anti wind candidate, was elected handily in Vermont!  Congratulations all you Vermont woodchucks!

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2016/11/08/resultsscott-sails-into-governors-seat/92782910/

Of course! Its not over yet! The vote specifically mentioned Iberdrola! They could sell te project to someone else!

http://www.windaction.org/posts/45901-vote-doesn-t-rule-out-wind-turbines-at-stiles-brook#.WCXlrC0rJ0x

With a resounding NO voters nix the Stiles Brook project in Grafton and Windham Vermont. Iberdrola will honor vote.

http://watchdog.org/281424/voters-say-no-stiles-brook-wind-energy-project/

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University of Maine acquires another partner for its offshore wind project Maine Aqua Ventus. The article touts the fact that floating turbines can be placed far off shore.  

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/emera-partners-with-maine-offshore-wind-turbine-builders-1.3834971

TransCanada Corp. has sold its Kibby Wind project.  Was the deal sweetened by the Franklin County TIF?  My guess is absolutely - More foregone taxpayer dollars in TransCanada's pocket!

http://renewables.seenews.com/news/ls-power-to-buy-132-mw-wind-park-in-maine-plus-gas-assets-545274

All Maine wind projects plus the CMP and Emera transmission projects were rejected by Southern New England in the Clean Energy RFP!  The only project selected in Maine is Ranger Solar, located at Loring Air Force Base!  This is fabulous news for wind warriors, our ridgelines and mountaintops and a major blow to wind developers!!! Without expanded transmission, the constraints on new development will be substantial. …

To be sure , this is a metaphor, but when it comes to renewable energy, Massachusetts is finding out the hard way!  You can legislate anything you want - but if you are expecting the impossible - forget it!  Massachusetts requires 9450 gigawatts of renewable energy - And there is no way that is coming from wind or solar power as we in Maine know.  Hydro-power works - but transmission is still the problem!…

Grafton and Windham Vermont are experiencing the worst that wind energy can bring to a community. Imagine if John Baldacci gets his way in Maine and Iberdrola, now called Avangrid, is allowed to both deliver and produce energy in Maine!

https://vtdigger.org/2016/10/02/graftons-biggest-taxpayer-says-no-turbine-plans/…

No surprise here! Otmar Edinhofer, the former Vice Chair of the UN Intergovernmental Committee on Climate has stated clearly - The UN Paris Climate Change Accord is not about climate change - It is about the transfer of wealth!  Brought to you by Barack Obama! Meanwhile - 65% of the world's greenhouse gases are coming from developing nations!  There is now a rush to get the US  to turn over the billions the US has agreed to pay before the 2016 election!…

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http://www.centralmaine.com/2016/10/04/franklin-county-approves-amending-transcanada-tif-pact/

With Nuclear, oil, and coal fired electricity generation plants shutting down, New England is facing a power shortage.  What we know - don't rely on wind!  

http://www.unionleader.com/Editorial/Precarious-New-Englands-energy-crisis-10032016

The rest of the world is discovering what we already know in Maine - Wind power is not reliable!

http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/02/expert-wind-farms-violent-fluctuations-left-1-7-million-without-electricity/

An article in the New York Times today touts the positive nature and success of the University of Maine floating wind turbine design. …

We have heard about the outrageous bird killings for years from Jim Wiegand- It is time to do something about this in Maine! We all know that Maine Audubon has sold out completely to the wind industry- with their list of major donors including wind developers and their cronies!  And lets not forget about Maine Audubon's bogus "study" of the Impact of wind projects in Maine (financed in part by the former First Wind)! It is time to start bringing attention to the damage wind turbines do to…

LUPC has issued a revised agenda for the meeting to be held in Lincoln, Maine on Wednesday,September 28, 2016, regarding the removal of Carroll Plantation from the Expedited Wind Zone. The meeting begins at 3:15 PM, with the public hearing on Carroll Plantation to begin at 5:30 PM.  Please urge as many people as you can to attend!

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEDACF/bulletins/165ed5b

Even though this DEP workshop on wind permitting is not a public hearing, it is critically important for people to show up! Numbers count as we know from the Bowers DEP/BEP hearings! There may also be an opportunity to have your voice heard!…

During remarks at the Milton substantive review hearing, Nick Livesay of LUPC stated to date, 1 million acres of land have been removed from the Expedited Wind Zone. 27 Unorganized Territories have been removed  with Milton and Carroll Plantation awaiting substantive review decisions, and 13 more UT removals pending. Details can be found on the LUPC web site. Great work by everyone involved!…