All six Maine land based wind project bids rejected by State of Connecticut yesterday
All six land based Maine wind projects that had submitted proposals in response to Connecticut's "zero carbon" electricity RFP were rejected yesterday, 12/28/18. Southern New England may be starting to understand that non-dispatchable electricity is useless and unnecessary.
Two nuclear plants win 'zero carbon' energy contracts in Connecticut
Gov. Dannel Malloy on Friday announced the winners of a major clean energy procurement, and the selection of Millstone Power Station in Connecticut and Seabrook Nuclear Power Station in New Hampshire effectively secured the role of atomic power in the state's climate strategy.
https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/12/nuclear_solar_offsh...
The Connecticut announcement only announces the winners and does not name who lost, including the six wind projects in Maine.
CT Selects Bids For Offshore Wind, Solar And Nuclear
https://nawindpower.com/ct-selects-bids-for-offshore-wind-solar-and...
Click on the names below of the six rejected Maine wind projects to find various Bidder responses.
The Six Maine Wind Rejects
Downeast Wind - Apex Clean Energy
Proposed for Columbia Falls/Cherryfield by Apex, aka Paul Williamson
Proposed for Aroostook, and would be anywhere from 250 MW to 600 MW just north of Baxter State Park
Weaver Wind - Longroad Energy also click on the following to see the actual Weaver Wind filing, albeit redacted CT%20DEEP%20RFP%20Weaver%20Wind%20Proposal_FINAL%20CONFIDENTIAL%200...
Has applied at DEP for its permit near the Bull Hill project
Moose Wind & Penobscot Wind - Nextera Bidding Affiliates
Would have also included a 114 mile “energy highway” that the developer (NextEra) would need to build from just north of Eustis to Lewiston.
RoxWind LLC - Palmer Management Corporation
Has applied at DEP for its permit near the Record Hill project
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Comment by John F. Hussey on December 30, 2018 at 8:49am
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Penobscot Indian Nation.... Really sad... Sometimes I think they'd sell their mothers...
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Comment by Dan McKay on December 30, 2018 at 8:04am
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The Alder Stream project is a collaboration with the Penobscot Indian Nation and has previously received federal DOE money in regards to developing a wind project. The sovereignty of the PIN is a barrier to stopping this project moving forward.
NextEra is an intervenor in the NECEC project seeking PUC permit. It is trying hard to stop the project and has played a part in delaying the PUC decision into March, 2019.NextEra is seeking an interconnection approval from ISO-NE prior to the PUC approval of the NECEC and claims it's position in the ISO-NE interconnection queue is ahead of the NECEC project.Presently, it is one project against the other as upgrades to the transmission system proposed by both projects are essentially the same and confined to a maximum 1200 megawatts.NextEra is eyeing to implement a full 1200 mw qualification to include wind and solar projects, beyond Alder Stream and Moose River projects.Is it a coincidence that CMP has been afflicted with "villain" status ? Will NextEra play a role in upcoming legislation ? Will Representative Berry's disdain for CMP be important ? He is chair of the EUT Committee and has entered comment in the PUC docket opposing the NECEC projectSo far, ISO-NE has not qualified either CMP's project or NextEra's project.
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Hi Long Islander,
Here is some info showing just how much environmental space hogging is done by wind and solar and how little electricity production there is per acre of space. PLEASE READ THE URL
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/land-and-sea-area-for-v...
The areas occupied by power systems for electricity generation by various energy sources for 60 years are shown in table 1. Wind and solar have short lives, i.e., 20 to 25 years, but nuclear has a life of about 60 years. Any large-scale build-out of wind and solar would have a much larger area “footprint” than nuclear.
- Nuclear produces 84 times more electricity per acre than solar during 60 years.
- Nuclear produces 612 times more electricity per acre than onshore wind during 60 years
- Nuclear produces 980 times more electricity per acre than offshore wind during 60 years
In addition:
- All PV panels would be replaced in about year 25 and year 50, which would reduce generation during a 60-y period.
- Onshore wind turbines would require major refurbishment and replacement in about year 25 and year 50, which would reduce generation during a 60-y period, based on European onshore wind experience.
- Offshore wind turbines would require major refurbishment and replacement in about year 20 and year 40, which would reduce generation during the 60-y period, based on European offshore wind experience.
http://energyskeptic.com/2018/wind/?fbclid=IwAR3u-kxMrxTGSDHNBS-_-E...
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Hi Long Islander,
I had made a comment, but it disappeared.
Gee, it is about time folks in Connecticut are finally waking up and realizing CO2-free nuclear has to be a major part of the energy mix.
France has among the lowest household rates in Europe, because it is 75 to 80% nuclear, and the rest is mostly hydro.
Wind and solar are space hogs.
They take large spaces in many places all over New England, and that means there has to be grid all over the place, onshore and offshore.
They are dependent on sun and wind.
About 30% of the hours of the year the sum of wind and solar is nearly zero, per ISO-NE hourly data.
So back up gas turbines are required for peaking, filling in and balancing.
Nuclear is there all the time, 24/7/365, no matter what the weather
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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
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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 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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