Frank Haggerty's Blog – October 2024 Archive (10)

GE Vernova, LM Wind, Vineyard Wind, NREL, Massachusetts: Regulatory Capture

 GE Vernova, LM Wind, Vineyard Wind, NREL Massachusetts, Blade Testing: Regulatory Capture 
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Regulatory capture is when a special interest is prioritized over the public's general interest. 
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Groups with high-stakes…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 31, 2024 at 11:07am — 4 Comments

VINEYARD WIND 107 METER BLADE TEST PROCEDURE

GE / LM Wind Company Blade Failure Rate 6 Percent Cut Them…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 27, 2024 at 9:45am — 7 Comments

Vineyard Wind A Very Bad Investment

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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 26, 2024 at 9:42am — 5 Comments

Nantucket Vineyard Wind Blade Tests Fudged

THEY CUT THE BLADE IN TWO PARTS

Federal and state officials had to take shortcuts in testing and certifying large wind turbine blades to help reach renewable energy goals by 2025, 2030, and 2050.

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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 25, 2024 at 10:33am — 3 Comments

Nantucket Offshore Wind Turbines Lack Torsion Testing

LM Glassfiber, Denmark: 1997 Aware of Torsion But Never Tested New Blades For…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 24, 2024 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

Vineyard Wind Blades Depart USA Despite Nantucket Investigation

Cherbourg France LM Wind Company 

Vineyard Wind Blades Depart USA Despite Nantucket Investigation 

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In 2019, GE and LM Wind developed a new hybrid blade that was easy and cheaper to produce. The…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 21, 2024 at 5:58pm — 1 Comment

Nantucket Wind Turbine Worst Ever Built

Nantucket Wind Turbine Worst Ever Built Another Yugo …

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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 12, 2024 at 9:21am — No Comments

Officials Hacked Vineyard Wind Blade To Pass Torsion Test

Officials Hacked Vineyard Wind Blade To Pass Torsion Test 
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In 2020 federal and state officials were tasked with testing a brand-new prototype "hybrid" 107-meter blade (350 feet). 
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The blade was made in Cherbourg France…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 11, 2024 at 1:03pm — 1 Comment

Vineyard Wind's New "Hybrid" Blade Never Had Torsion Tests

In 2019 a new record-length hybrid blade measuring 107 meters ( 350 feet) was built in Cherbourg France. 
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The offshore wind turbine blade needed to be tested and certified to produce hundreds of new blades at Vineyard Wind off Nantucket and Dogger Bank, Europe.…
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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 10, 2024 at 9:26am — No Comments

Massachusetts Offshore Wind Blade Testing Flaw

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Added by Frank Haggerty on October 7, 2024 at 7:29am — No 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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