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Monhegan floating wind - the twenty year rationale
Listen as UMaine Anthony Viselli "explains" for 45 seconds the need for the floating wind turbines to stay off Monhegan for twenty years. His claim: by the time 20 years have blown past, the two floating turbines chugging away will have earned hundreds of million dollars or…
Added by Ron Huber on May 4, 2017 at 11:00am — 3 Comments
Monhegan - testimony for and against LD 1262 MP3s. All speakers
On May 2, 2017, the Maine Legislature's Energy Utilities and Technology Committee heard testimony for and against LD 1262 An Act To Protect Monhegan Island by Limiting Wind Turbines. Below, listen to mp3s of all speakers (some misspells,…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on May 3, 2017 at 12:30pm — No Comments
ME AquaVentus floating windfarm federal review is starting. Critical pub mtgs in St George 2/28/17. Help prepare/be there!
The federal process has begun for the UMaine's Maine Aqua Ventus (MAV) project to build a pair of full scale floating wind turbines off Monhegan. Please help us have the greatest impact possible at the three coming meetings on ensuring it not threaten birds, the View, and shellfish - particularly lobster larvae.
On February 28 and March 1,2017 the US Dept of Energy will hold three scoping sessions:
* Two on Feb 28 at St. George Fire Dept meeting room. 2 to 4:00…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on February 5, 2017 at 10:00pm — No Comments
audio from Me Legislature's Energy Utilities &Technology Committee's 1/31/17 'meet and greet' with lobbyists
http://penobscotbay.blogspot.com/2017/02/me-legislatures-energy-utilities.html
Audio MP3s of the lobbyists who met the Energy Utilities and Technology Committee on Jan 31, 2017
Ben Gilman Chamber of Commerce 85sec…
Added by Ron Huber on January 31, 2017 at 6:00pm — No Comments
Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee holding Orientation , energy officials NGOs speak
Today starting 1pm the EUT will do its orientation for new committee members, followed by presentations by energy-related state officials and by concerned citiens, NGOs and companies…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on January 19, 2017 at 11:57am — 3 Comments
Maine offshore wind test center: FOAA docs shows state trying to make it a permanent windpower site.
Added by Ron Huber on December 7, 2016 at 8:00am — 2 Comments
Today at 1pm Maine legislature EUT Committee hears bill to remove 100MW cap from acceptable renewable energy providers.
Keeping an ear on Maine Legislature's windpower related committees
Friends of natural Maine breezes
It is always helpful to check in on the Maine legislature's Energy and Utilities Committee and Environment and Natural Resources Committee, to see if they are discussing windpower related bills. It is easy to do this.
Check the list of public hearings by committee and time window
Go to these two committee…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on February 5, 2013 at 10:52am — 1 Comment
Windpower bills sent to Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee before cloture
The texts are not quite available yet but here are the windpower-related titles send the EUT committee.
LR 1337 An Act To Enhance Maine's Economy and Environment Sen. Patrick of Oxford
LR 1842 : An Act Regarding Wind Power Siting in the Unorganized Territories Rep. Crockett of Bethel
LR 851 : An Act To Make Decibel Level Limits Consistent on All Wind Turbines Rep. Keschl of Belgrade
LR 1281: An Act Concerning Noise Rule Amendments To Protect the Health and Welfare…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on January 28, 2013 at 10:08pm — No Comments
Audio recording the Energy, Utilities & Technology Committee
It is always useful to listen to and when possible record the meetings of the Energy Utilities and Technology Committee when they are holding hearings or meetings of relevance. If you attend a hearing of the committee please bring a recorder along and set it on where it will record both the committee and the testifiers.
Or you may record from afar. Below is a freeware program that lets you record audio…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on January 22, 2013 at 11:47am — 1 Comment
Need spin on Maine windmill legislation - the good the bad and the ugly
Who knows anything about the plethora of Maine windpower related bills to come up in the near future Help me with yourthoughts on as many as you known anything about. ALL TO BE HEARD APRIL 24/25
The hearings are at 9:30 Monday (probably lasting all day) and 1:00 Tuesday. More details will follow. Meantime, below are links to the bills if anyone wants to start crafting testimony. Thank you.…
Added by Ron Huber on April 18, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments
Massachusetts fishermen hold firm against ocean windmills
"...several people expressed worry that participating in the review process is tantamount to endorsing the idea of wind farms atop a fishery and a critical habitat for spawning fish."
Wind farm hearing prompts howls from fishing interestsNEW BEDFORD — The first meeting of the…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on March 16, 2011 at 9:00am — No Comments
All those Maine windpower bills - any of the good ones w/ room for some language?
In Connecticut they havea statewide moratorium under review. See
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE SITING OF WIND PROJECTS UNTIL THE ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS.
Wording:
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE SITING OF WIND PROJECTS UNTIL THE ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS.…Continue
Added by Ron Huber on February 25, 2011 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment
Windmills - Fed Dept of Energy proposes new "categorical exclusions"
On January 3, 2011, the US Dept of Energy published a notice on a plan to add twenty new categorical exclusions to review of development projects as required under the National Environmental Policy Act. Windpower is, alas, part of that plan. Deadline to add your input is February 17,…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on February 4, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments
2nd Annual Maine Wind Energy Conference - live blogging DeepCwind section - Complete & edited
2nd ANNUAL MAINE WIND CONFERENCE 1/25/11 Edited Morning and afternoon sessions
(edited=removal of twitter links)
Live blogged by "DeepCwind Consortium"
Speakers for Morning DeepCwind Session
Jake Ward UMaine's Dept of Industrial Cooperation
Gary Hunt, UMaine's School of Economics
Caroline Noblet, UMaine's School of Economics
Mario Teisl, UMaine's School of Economics.
START LIVE…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on January 25, 2011 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments
Maine ocean wind power - Outgoing DMR head George Lapointe's swan song presentation
Outgoing Maine Dept of Marine Resources commissioner George Lapointe's final presentation on ocean windpower off Maine.
(Photo is from a meeting a month earlier)
In his 9 slide powerpoint George has a share-the-resource POV. Selling out ocean natural…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on January 14, 2011 at 11:30pm — 2 Comments
Dozens of windpower bills before Maine legislature for 2011
The following is a list of 29 bills relating to windpower (one or 2 include tidal energy) that will come before the Maine legislature between now and the close of the 2011 session. It comes from this list of more than 1,000 submitted bills accepted by the Maine legislature for this session. (58 page pdf file) More about the Maine legislature…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on January 14, 2011 at 1:24am — No Comments
PEER: Feds flying blind in Cape Wind approvals.
PEER (Public Employees for environmental Responsibility) lifts the rock under which the Cape Wind political maggots have been hiding, gnawing away at our environment. Something to consider as Maine looks to de-wind its waters.
FEDERAL AGENCIES FLYING BLIND IN CAPE WIND APPROVALS — Internal E-Mails Admit Huge Data Gaps, Inability to Monitor and Pursue Mitigation
For Immediate…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on December 24, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment
Maine ocean windpower wannabees hear from Mass & Rhode Island windpower officials & stakes AUDIO
At the Offshore Wind: Tools and Information for Maine Coastal Stakeholders" meeting in Belfast on December 145h , one of the afternoon panels was called Lessons Learned from Siting Renewable Energy Projects. Panelists included the Mayor of Block Island off Massachusetts, a Rhodes Island commercial fisherman, a representative of the Massachusetts Coastal Zone…
ContinueAdded by Ron Huber on December 16, 2010 at 1:45am — No Comments
NRCM, Environment Maine & other ocean windrush boosters should look before leaping offshore.
The announcement of a federal decision to fast-track the siting of ocean windmills off the US Atlantic coast, risks leaving many environmental impacts,including some potentially harming Maine's lobster and scallop fisheries, unexplored until after the windmills are in place. See… Continue
Added by Ron Huber on December 1, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments
Latest Blog Posts
- Monhegan floating wind - the twenty year rationale
- Monhegan - testimony for and against LD 1262 MP3s. All speakers
- ME AquaVentus floating windfarm federal review is starting. Critical pub mtgs in St George 2/28/17. Help prepare/be there!
- audio from Me Legislature's Energy Utilities &Technology Committee's 1/31/17 'meet and greet' with lobbyists
- Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee holding Orientation , energy officials NGOs speak
- Maine offshore wind test center: FOAA docs shows state trying to make it a permanent windpower site.
- Today at 1pm Maine legislature EUT Committee hears bill to remove 100MW cap from acceptable renewable energy providers.
Most Popular Blog Posts
- Maine inshore wind wannabes try to spin their legislative Waterloo.
- Problems of Maine offshore wind energy extraction. Part 1
- LePage Admin's choice: exploit the Gulf of Maine for ocean wind power for Boston? Or for lobsters, scallops & haddock for Maine?
- Help block federal rollback of Maine's law keeping ocean windmill wannabees at least ten miles offshore
- Feds sets up Maine Offshore Wind Task Force. State told: map offshore wind sites. AUDIO
- Maine Lobstermens Association - copy of their written testimony on LD 1810
- Biostitute Alert: wind industry bird consultants set to spew guano in Camden March 18th
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
******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********
(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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