Construction of 13,210 acre wind turbine project for Downeast Wind is underway / Jonesport moratorium
By RJ Heller
December 28, 2023
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Washington County is closer to seeing 30 wind turbines erected by Apex Clean Energy. The Virginia based company through its subsidiary Downeast Wind began the process in 2015.
According to Apex Senior Community Relations Manager Natasha Montague, the construction phase is under way. The company received state approval in 2022 after an examination of its permit application by Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
The wind turbines are being installed along a corridor of land in the Town of Columbia and two sections of unorganized territory (UT), T18 and T24.
The $240-million project will encompass 13,210 acres, have a lifespan of 30 years and will provide 126 megawatts of clean energy, enough to power more than 37,000 homes................
.....................The 410 foot tall towers will hold three turbine blades measuring 246 feet in length. Montague says the component parts will be delivered through the port at Searsport. The parts will then be transported and delivered to the pads for assembly. All of the turbines will come online at the same time.....................
...................Unlike with the wind project in Columbia, the Town of Jonesport recently passed a 180 day moratorium on wind projects.
For one resident, he believes time needs to be taken on any large scale projects, especially wind, so that their impact, both today and tomorrow, are fully considered.
Larry Balchen said, “I think the moratorium is important because people have to understand and carefully consider what they are potentially signing up for — that being a sea change in what our landscape looks like. A common viewpoint seems to be that these installations will be located out in the sticks, so ‘out of sight, out of mind.'”
“What’s not taken into account is that the topography of Washington County’s coastal plain is relatively flat, making for a viewscape that is vast. One need only travel Rt.1 in Jonesboro where several vistas are evidence of this,” Balchen continued.......................................
The full article can be read at https://themainemonitor.org/downeast-wind-turbines/
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Comment by Richard McDonald/Saving Maine on December 28, 2023 at 8:50pm
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Good for Jonesport. Columbia bent over for the developer and did a juicy TIF. The selectboard was clearly compromised. Columbia residents that voiced concerns never got their day in court. Schoodic Lake never had a say. Going to be ugly.
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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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"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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