Developer, landowner appealing Passadumkeag Windpark decision
Developer, landowner appealing Passadumkeag Windpark decision
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Find on Facebook...the ruling indicated the wind turbines would have a negative effect on the scenic nature of the lake. The views of Saponac Lake from the mountain are “one of a kind,” DEP spokeswoman Samantha Depoy-Warren said when Aho took the staff’s recommendation and issued the rejection in November.
The rejection was the first issued by the DEP regarding a wind project, Depoy-Warren said.
Penobscot Forest and Passadumkeag Windpark officials argue that the criteria for the rejection was flawed, the project’s impact on the lake viewshed is overstated and that the decision adversely affects those companies.
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Comment by Brad Blake on February 28, 2013 at 10:52pm
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The view of the Passadumkeag massif across Saponic Pond is iconic for the northeastern uplands in spite of the clearcuts. But clearcuts fade as trees re-grow. Blasting apart, leveling, and scalping a mountain is irreversible damage. What isn't mentioned by the reporter is the issue of cumulative impact which became part of the basis of the decision. This area is already impacted by the southern-most array of turbines from the Rollins Wind project. The turbines proposed for Passadumkeag were substantially larger and more intrusive.
Given that we do not need the fickle trickle of electricity (Rollins Wind had 24.08% capacity factor for 2012) and ISO New England predicts flat growth in electricity consumption for the rest of this decade, it is time to stop any further development of wind power projects in Maine. It is not worth destroying our natural resources and our greatest asset, Maine's "Quality of Place" (Brookings Institute 2007) so that the wind developers can continue to feast on a tax subsidy scam.
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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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