RUMFORD — By a 4-1 vote Thursday night, selectmen extended the moratorium on wind development projects by 60…
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Highland Wind a challege to 'environmental' groups (Portland Press-Herald)
I suspect that in the future some ambitious person will write a history of industrial wind power in Maine and in that book will be a chapter on the Highland Wind project in Highland Plantation.
The cast of characters, the plot and the long winding road to resolution will make for an interesting read.
Angus King, past Maine…
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When Gov. Paul LePage was running for office, his biggest selling point to me was his concern for Maine's economy and lack of good-paying, long-lasting jobs.
Next was his ability to turn…
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RUMFORD — By a 4-1 vote Thursday night, selectmen extended the moratorium on wind development projects by 60…
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SPRINGFIELD - It's not hunting season, but there's plenty of "shots" being fired in the ongoing battle to save one of the state's most historic and significant…
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Steve Bennett
Beaver Ridge Wind in Freedom is the only non-regulated industrial wind site in the state of Maine and the only one not approved by the…
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By JONATHAN CARTER
Mountaintop industrial wind development in Maine is both an ecological disaster and economic boondoggle. The mountaintop wind developers, or as I like to call them, "the…
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Below, Jeremy Payne of the wind industry decries unpredictability as an enemy of his business. I say that a good business person will figure out a way to make money in the face of unpredictability -- these are not business people, rather these are rent seekers expecting guaranteed gargantuan gains on the backs of the little person, Joe Ratepayer and Jane Taxpayer.
Also, Phil…
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Rent-seeking wind firmsIn recent years politicians have spent billions on subsidies and grants to encourage the development of wind power. The result is that rent-seeking entrepreneurs have jumped on the wind power bandwagon to cash in the subsidies. One such firm is Eolian Renewable Energy.
Eolian’s business strategy: Find a small rural community with some terrain suitable for industrial wind…
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The two candles on this cake produce more power than the UMPI wind turbine has produced much of the time.
Today is the two year anniversary of the University of Maine's $2million wind turbine…
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The following letter went to every Maine legislator today - along with the following Excel file.
*** Copies addressed to all Maine legislators via Multiple Emails ***
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Watch the video: http://www.wagmtv.com/newssource8/story/2011-05-09-umpi-windmill-update
"After a strong first…
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Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
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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 - 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."
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