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Why Wind Won't Work

Should wind developers be paid for electricity when conditions within the grid forces them to stop production ?                                               A recent revelation: "Approximately 25 TWh (yes, 25 terawatt-hours) of wind energy was curtailed (idled) in the U.S. last year to keep the off-peak grid energy price from frequently going negative.  That is about equal to the energy in 700 million gallons of gasoline just being thrown away.… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on April 1, 2011 at 8:27am — 1 Comment

March 10th ........ The Ruckus in Dixfield

I feel it is imperative we reach all the people we can from area towns and alert them to this upcoming event. I have received assurance from one of our area state representatives that they will attend.

If we can keep our story(ies) in the spotlight, by the press, by the facebook, by the numerous websites from now to March 10th, this will definitely exceed the rally we had in Dixfield with our last forum. Dixfield is right in the center of all these projects. Patriots is getting…
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Added by Dan McKay on February 22, 2011 at 9:50am — No Comments

Looking At The Same Thing In Two Ways

Now, here is the DEP response to the fact that the turbines in Mars Hill have exceeded rule limits :

This 2 dBA exceedance is within what is an imperceptible change in noise level to the average person.  These findings above the 50 dBA limit are a minor deviation from the compliance standard

We heard from the same DEP at the Woodstock appeal that sound modeling included an additional 3dBa to model calculations. One commissioner asked how to quantify this and was told 3dBa was…

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Added by Dan McKay on February 5, 2011 at 9:53am — No Comments

BEP DENIES US

After hearing testimony ( testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter.) regarding a friend suffering a heart attack attributable to wind mills near his home, how can anyone with any semblance of connection to human welfare so callously show such disregard .Is it really happening or just a nightmare.

Added by Dan McKay on February 4, 2011 at 7:44pm — 4 Comments

Stuck In The Recession With You, Wind

Wind developers love to engage in conversation about the mechanical aspects of turbines which steers people away from the truth about how utterly useless they are at grid scale . Even bad ideas can bring wealth to the game players, ( developers, a few landowners and money hungry town governments ) but this money has to come from somewhere and at some cost. The money comes from the taxpayers and the ratepayers ( you and I ) . the cost is loss of economic engine as wind forces aside the… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on January 30, 2011 at 11:52am — 3 Comments

NO MORE WIND CONTRACTS, PLEASE



Finally, we recognize that the linked standard offer and entitlement arrangements approved in this Order create certain obligations and risks for CMP that should be properly borne by customers rather than shareholders.  We are informed by our staff that CMP agrees to accept the obligations and risks as long as it is compensated for the financial consequences of satisfying those obligations.  Therefore, we explicitly find that any direct or…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 30, 2011 at 9:34am — No Comments

I SAY THE STATE SHOULD FIGURE REDUCTION IN HEATING WITH OIL AS CREDITS TO THE RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD

QUIETLY, MAINE IS REDUCING OIL CONSUMPTION AND ENTERING RENEWABLE ELECTRICAL GENERATION BY TRIED AND TRUE ENERGY RESOURCE. WOOD, PERHAPS TRANSITIONAL,  PERHAPS NOT, BUT THERE IS NO WIND IN THE PORTFOLIO.






Maine’s Colby College has begun construction on a new biomass heating plant that will replace about one million gallons of…
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Added by Dan McKay on January 30, 2011 at 7:01am — No Comments

BEP DRAFT ORDER DECISION ON APPEAL REQUEST BY FRIENDS OF SPRUCE MOUNTAIN


 

Added by Dan McKay on January 29, 2011 at 6:11am — 3 Comments

Try, Try Again ?

In spite of having government backing them ( Al Gore was Vice President ) and the first and best locations for wind resource, Mr. Bradley, a previous employee describes Enron's lack of success with " Green " energy:

Bradley: Enron’s green investments lost money year-by-year despite the taxpayer subsidies, so yes. The ‘green’ kick also got management off track—got the company off of a consumer-driven track onto a government-driven track. That is a bad trade even in…

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Added by Dan McKay on January 28, 2011 at 6:13am — No Comments

Kick Iberdrola out of this State

Can anyone tell me why Iberdrola should be allowed to control delivery of electricity and build generation plants in Maine ? BTW, they are a foreign company very much involved in Spain's current fall towards bankruptcy.

Added by Dan McKay on January 27, 2011 at 6:38am — 11 Comments

Demand Transparency

With power purchase agreements becoming the favorite mechanism for sale of electricity from wind developments, why are they declared " priority information " and kept secret. We, the taxpayers, subsidize the existence of wind projects. This information contains pricing which helps reveal the impact wind will have on electric rates. How are we to know if wind can deliver 6 cent per kilowatt electricity if these " power purchase agreements" are allowed to be secret, Governor.

Added by Dan McKay on January 27, 2011 at 6:28am — 6 Comments

Make It End, Please

GE CEO has been given the reigns of our economy by the President:

 This item has achieved "Innovative Award " by GE : A Cloth Windmill

 

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Added by Dan McKay on January 22, 2011 at 11:28am — No Comments

To The Residents of Carthage, Maine

Folks,



The Saddleback Mountain Wind Project has entered DEP review. Either due to oversight or outright arrogance, they have failed to include a developing homesite on their maps depicting homesites closest to project turbines. This developing homesite has been cleared and stumped and a camper trailer has been moved there. This camper trailer has provisions to allow it to be used for living quarters, and, in fact, a person has been there for several overnight stays.

The issues… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on November 20, 2010 at 7:30am — 3 Comments

Rumford Ordinance Proposes 40 Decibel Limit

Why isn’t the mathematical modeling of sound derived for wind turbines working for the Maine DEP ? Has something been left out of the equations used by the computers to generate the colorful graphs showing us how sound travels ? Anyone familiar with computers sooner or later realizes the output is only as good as the input. Make a mistake with your input, your output will never be right., which can be as simple as a mistype.

Recently, in Rumford, at a wind ordinance workshop, we heard Mr.… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on September 11, 2010 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Finally , The Studies The State Didn't Conduct On Industrial Wind

Industrial Wind Power Meeting:

Friends of Maine’s Mountains and the The River Valley Alliance are holding a public meeting on the noise and economic effects of industrial wind projects sited on the mountains of Maine. Rob Rand of Brunswick, an Acoustical Engineer, will present his recordings and the results of his noise studies on two industrial wind developments in Maine. J. Dwight of Wilton, an Investment Advisor, will present his finding on the economic consequences of industrial wind… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on August 14, 2010 at 10:31pm — No Comments

Wind Education Event in Dixfield

Friends of Maine’s Mountains and the River Valley Alliance is holding a public meeting on the noise and

economic effects of industrial wind projects sited on the mountains of Maine. Rob Rand of Brunswick,

an Acoustical Engineer, will present the results of his noise studies on two industrial wind developments

in Maine. J. Dwight of Wilton, an Investment Advisor, will present his finding on the economic consequences

of industrial wind on electrical costs for Maine’s… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on August 12, 2010 at 4:38pm — No Comments

Good Reporting

Wind Power Bandwagon Hits Bumps in the Road

WRITTEN BY NAOMI SCHALIT SENIOR REPORTER MAINE CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST REPORTING

FRIDAY, AUGUST 06, 2010 AT 8:38 AM

AUGUSTA — The Wind Energy Act of 2008, which gave developers a fast track to putting up wind turbines in some of the state’s treasured high ground, was a special interest bill justified at the time in the name of jobs, energy independence and climate change.



“There is tremendous potential for Maine to become… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on August 7, 2010 at 7:45pm — No Comments

David Wilby, member of Baldacci's wind task force must think wind power would be competitive in the free market

WHAT CENTRAL MAINE POWER DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW

Dave Wilby, Executive Director, Independent Energy Producers of Maine

Angela O’Connor, President, New England Power Generators Association

Are Maine consumers better off now that energy generation is deregulated? The answer

is yes.

In fact, Maine consumers are much better off contrary to the recent commentary by Sara

Burns of Central Maine Power. Wholesale electricity prices in New England have

declined by… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on August 7, 2010 at 7:41pm — No Comments

Natural Gas............Good to go for America's electrical needs

By BEN CASSELMAN



CADDO PARISH, La. -- A massive natural-gas discovery here in northern Louisiana heralds a big shift in the nation's energy landscape. After an era of declining production, the U.S. is now swimming in natural gas.



Even conservative estimates suggest the Louisiana discovery -- known as the Haynesville Shale, for the dense rock formation that contains the gas -- could hold some 200 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. That's the equivalent of 33 billion… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on August 7, 2010 at 7:35pm — No Comments

Hillside Homes

Having worked for developers for the past 12 years in Western Maine, there is no doubt to me that interest in mountainside dwellings is growing. I have seen people pay well into the hundred of thousands of dollars for 2 to 5 acre lots at elevations well above 1000 feet above sea level. These are not just lots on the ski mountains of Sugarloaf, Saddleback and Sunday River, but upon hills overlooking Rangeley Lake and the ski slopes of Sunday River. The dramatic landscape views from these areas… Continue

Added by Dan McKay on July 16, 2010 at 5:44am — 5 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

******** 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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