Clyde MacDonald has been warning Maine about the potential for wind turbine caused forest fires for years

Clyde MacDonald has been warning Maine about the potential for wind turbine caused forest fires for years. Please see the links below. Now that the UMPI turbine had an apparently serious fire, the state should now be compelled to ensure fire safety with regard to these ticking time bombs in the Maine Woods.

It looks as though there were no trees near the turbine. What if there were and what if we were in a drought and what if there were strong winds blowing? 

Wind Turbines and Forest Fires by Clyde MacDonald (6/13/11)

http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/wind-turbines-and-fores...

Forest fires and wind turbines: The danger no one is talking about (6/29/11)

http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/clyde-macdonald-forest-...

Dangers of Wind Towers Overlooked (8/27/17)

http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/dangers-of-wind-towers-...

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Comment by Long Islander on April 3, 2018 at 2:01pm

Here's a treasure trove of information on wind turbine fires:

http://www.windaction.org/posts?search=fire

Comment by Long Islander on April 2, 2018 at 2:20pm

Kurt Adams, then PUC Commissioner, jump started this debacle of a project with a $50,000 gift from the PUC. I think it's time to request the PUC do a report on the ROI. The people of Maine need to get the facts. The report should cover the way in which the press has given wind a total free pass.

Comment by Frank Haggerty on April 2, 2018 at 2:18pm

These gearbox driven wind turbines hold around 200 gallons of transmission fluid similar to that in a Volkwagon transmission called mineral oil --This fluid when heated is inflammable.  

Gearbox wind turbines heat up and leak as they wear out. The lifespan of a gearbox is 5 to 10 years.

We can expect many more gearbox failures and fires in the future-- When these turbines do catch on fire the wind industry is stupified how the fire started --- 

These turbines are a fire hazard and there is NO fire department in the world that can put out transmission fluid and fiberglass on fire 300 feet in the air 

It's time to stop the insanity now !

Comment by Gary Campbell on April 2, 2018 at 2:09pm

Clyde was absolutely correct.
We can all be thankful this fire wasn't on one of the hundreds of turbines Kurt Adams sited in our forests.

Comment by Frank Haggerty on April 2, 2018 at 2:03pm

Presque Isle Maine Fire Department responded to wind turbine fire at Univesity Maine Presque Isle campus. 

 

 

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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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