SEARSPORT — “Maine needs a new 100-acre port where enormous floating wind turbines can be built, launched, and towed to a new wind farm proposed for the Gulf of Maine, as part of the State’s plan to develop new sources of renewable energy,” said Friends of Sears Island, in a news release.
Searsport’s Mack Point and Sears Island are under consideration to serve as this new “marshalling” port.
An open meeting will be held on Saturday, May 20, at the Searsport Community Center, 42 Prospect St., Searsport, to share the latest information available about the proposed plan, and to hear questions and concerns from the public. Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. for free coffee, tea, baked goods and socialization, and presentations will be from 10 a.m. to noon.
Audience members will learn more about how this proposed new port will affect not only Searsport, but the entire Midcoast region and beyond. Presentations will include information about the history of proposals to develop Sears Island; a description of the marshalling port, including the most recent diagrams of how the port would fit on Mack Point or Sears Island; the expected timeline for permitting, decision-making, and construction; an overview of Sears Island’s natural, recreational, and other resources; a discussion of why many believe Mack Point should be the chosen location, if a wind port is to be built in Penobscot Bay; and how the public can let their thoughts and opinions be known to the decision makers.
This event is free and open to all, presented by Friends of Sears Island with support from Islesboro Islands Trust, Sierra Club Maine, and other interested individuals.
https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/wind-port-searsport-public-meet...
https://friendsofsearsisland.org/event/a-wind-port-for-searsport/
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The 10 to 15 MW monsters that will be built and towed will be 850 tall, after the rotor blades are attached on the water
The Empire State Building is 1400 ft tall.
Their STROBE LIGHTS will be visible about 30 miles from shore.
They will kill sea birds, lobsters and other fish, and whales, just as they have been doing in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
Maine needs a 100-acre industrial construction zone like another hole in its head.
None of this would be happening without the humongous subsidies for the tax shelters of the yacht, plane, club multi-millionaire class who likely are foreign or out of state.
SCREW THE ALREADY-POOR, OVER-TAXED MAINERS TO CODDLE THE ALREADY-RICH, MULTI-MILLIONAIRES
U.S. Sen Angus King
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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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