AND the KINGS GO ON , with infinite taxpayer money .

Nearly $1 million science grant to bolster wind energy research led by UMaine


Posted Aug. 01, 2013, at 7:27 a.m.

BANGOR, Maine — U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King announced Wednesday that the University of Maine — along with partners Maine Maritime Academy, Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory — have been awarded a $983,997 grant from the National Science Foundation.

The funds will be used to design, develop and build a unique, multidirectional Wind-Wave generating system called W2, Collins and King said in a joint statement.

Once completed, they said, W2 will be able to simulate wave and wind conditions similar to those found in the Gulf of Maine and elsewhere. By better understanding the effects of waves and wind shears that are typical in the often inhospitable ocean environment, researchers will be able to develop new methods of capturing renewable energy.

http://bangordailynews.com/2013/08/01/news/bangor/nearly-1-million-...

JUST FOR  REMINDER , MAINE  DOES NOT USE  OIL  NOR  COAL  FOR  ELECTRICAL PRODUCTION , BUT  GAS , HYDROPOWER AND  BIOMASS

IN  A  STATE WITH   PROGRESSIVE PAUPERISATION , UNAFFORDABILITY OF HEALTHCARE , BEAT- UP INFRASTRUCTURE , MASSIVE PERSONAL DEBT FOR COLLEGE EDUCATION ,PROPERTY VALUE COLLAPSE ....WHAT ELSE  COULD HAVE  BEEN  DONE  WITH  THAT MILLION AND  ALL THE  MILLLIONS  SPENT  BY TAXPAYERS THROUGH ARRA GRANTS , PTC ,ITC ,DOE LOAN GUARANTEES FOR WINDPOWER ?...LET ALONE  THE  $50000   GIVEN  BY KURT ADAMS  FOR THE SO USEFUL UMPI  TURBINE . 

YOU CAN DECIDE .

Monique

 

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Comment by MaineHiker on August 3, 2013 at 9:56am

Wind energy research needs no bolstering. It needs concerted and total removal from Maine.

Comment by alice mckay barnett on August 1, 2013 at 11:47am

just create a wave machine that generates electricity without using electricity..

Comment by Martha thacker on August 1, 2013 at 10:30am

"The funds will be used to design, develop and build a unique, multidirectional Wind-Wave generating system called W2, Collins and King said in a joint statement."

No money for education, food stamps or jobs creation..but plenty for the corporations. Out dated technology? No problem when you are a person with Inc. behind your name. Break the law? No problem. Affiliated with mafia? Forgive and forget.

Ever wonder why our lawmakers never seem to pass laws that benefit every day people?

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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 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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