Eskutassis's Blog – August 2015 Archive (35)

Number Nine is out bribing the County to get the permits through for the biggest industrial wind facility in the New England market.  It will despoil the hills of the County and send all the power to Connecticut, again using Maine when she really does not need the help.  There will be fewer than 10 permanent jobs created and thousands of citizens lives and pocketbooks disrupted.  I hope Aroostook County can see through the ruse.  …

The 2016 budget calls for an end to coal fired electricity and substituting instead Wind and Solar.  This is an extremely expensive way to provide needed capacity and makes electricity extremely expensive for both business and households.  Even the EPA says this will not help the CO2  levels in any way, only cause more jobs to be sent overseas and to states where nuclear and hydro keep the price of electricity down.  Even Gas is a better alternative to renewables.  Read…

One of the facts about wind production here in Maine is that it is inconsistent and not suitable for inclusion in a grid that is perfectly designed for gas, hydro or biofuel production.  We have known this and have spoken out about it for years.  FERC is just now making a case for the problem.…

You have heard "Bigger is Better" and that is just what the wind industry is planning.But what are the costs and ramifications of "bigger."

Read below:    http://globalnews.ca/news/2157956/wind-turbines-reach-for-new-heights/

For those of you who don't have to look through flashing lights and rotating blades, if we have a clear sky go outside starting tonight for the next week and see the Perseid Meteor Shower.  Here are some tips that might make it more fun.…

Emera and CMP are scheming to build more lines to beef up their grid for wind, which will in turn raise our rates again.  Our rates go up so citizens of NY and Connecticut can get power from our windmills.  Maine already has the highests rates in the nation for power, why not make it more!…

The PPH has written an article touting wind again.  It says 66 gigawatts of wind power has been installed nationwide, which we all know is actually only a quarter of that amount or 17 gigawatts.  They say 66 gigs is about 5% of the total US consumption, but at 25% it is minuscule.  They also say that the average cost of wind is now 2.35 cents per kilowatt hour, but is only like that because of the generous subsidies.  This might be a reply alert.…

Colorado is the big benefactor in the extention of the PTC by Congress.  Vestas has built three plants there to make parts for wind turbines.  It is totally built on the backs of taxpayers, as they wwere almost out of business when the PTC expired last year.  Since its 1 year reinstatement, business is booming.…

Sun Edison, who has been on a spending spree buying up smaller wind and solar companies, finds itself in trouble.  $11 BILLION in debt.  Lets hope the subsidies die and we can help them fail even further.  It's about time these greedy subsidy sucking companies get theirs.…

Article spells out all the reasons we already know to be true.  Very well written and up to date article that any of us can use to make comments on future articles.  Read below…

Joe Bastardi is a meteorologist writing about the topic of climate change.  You might find this interesting and scientifically relevant to the cause.  

http://patriotpost.us/opinion/36771

I hope this is not just a little stumbling block put out there.  I hope this means someone is finally looking at the real economics of the Green Energy Movement.  There is a good reason Maine is dead last in solar development, it is because during the 8 months a year we really need power, we have little or no sunlight.  It does not take a rocket scientist to figure that out.…

This article is from ISO NE about how we should beware of the boost in Canadian Power.  They cite the fact that transmission lines would have to be run to bring it down from the North.  I think I would rather have continuous, cheap, reliable power run over new transmission lines than towering spinning blades and flashing lights.  ISO NE is completely in the bag for wind.  And our prices will be going up, driving any hope for new business and jobs.  Wind kills jobs, not makes…

Now we are being deluged with articles touting the positive green power of Canadian Rivers.  For over a century we powered our mills and homes with Hydro Power, the cleanest and most economical power there is.  There is little or no initial investment, at least not like the kind for solar or wind, and it is extremely reliable, unlike wind and solar.  There is also no fuel investment.  Modern dams can be built to allow the migration of fish to spawning grounds, yet we are tearing them out of…

The Number Nine project in Bridgewater is supposed to be a big boost to employment in the County.  There will be 300 TEMPORARY jobs to build the project and the 50 mile spur to hook up to the grid.  As in the past, most of these jobs will be filled from out of state and the 16 PERMANENT jobs will probably only be half filled by locals.  There is $2 million to be distributed to the locals to put in heat pumps and upgrade their homes for heat.  That is a pretty small amount and would only…