Environmentalists be like, Did I Do That?
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Comment by Dan McKay on February 4, 2023 at 9:11am
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Willem,
I agree with your call for storage mechanisms to be employed by ISO-NE in order to avoid blackouts.Unfortunately, state lawmakers are convinced wind and solar can replace fossil fuels, stored or non-stored.Maine is between a rock and a hard place, further aggravated by the fact that the large energy centers of New England are taking the lead in eliminating fossil fuel use by the unrelenting haranguing pressed by environmental groups, the media and liberal politicians.The consequence of these acts is showing up in increased use of natural gas and oil plants located in Maine. From 2019 to 2021, as coal, oil and natural gas plants in Southern New England retired along with the successful protests stopping new natural gas plant construction, Maine natural gas plant output has increased 89%, making the quest for zero carbon for Maine electric generation a futile endeavor. All the while, Maine accelerates the policies benefiting the construction of more wind and solar projects.The fly in the ointment is Maine has very little weight to throw around within the ISO-NE network. The heavyweights want our wind and solar projects' Renewable Energy Credits AND our fossil fuel plant production increases to help realize their own green goals.I believe Maine has two paths, maybe three to breaking this cycle of energy doom. Either give in to the pressures and do away with the quest to zero carbon and become the renewable and reliable energy center for New England or run from the Southern New England bullies by ending participation in ISO-NE and working out an attainable energy plan for Maine.
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Comment by Willem Post on February 4, 2023 at 8:09am
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Dan
Thank you for being alert.
Please keep posting those charts for the entire cold spell.
On cold days, Pennsylvania nat gas is diverted from power plants to building heating.
Instead, power plants use fuel oil from nearby storage systems
New England needs significantly increased storage capacity of fuel oil and nat gas to ensure future continuous electricity service, i.e., NO BLACKOUTS AND NO FROZEN PIPIES ON -20F DAYS!!!
THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
Gas-fired heating systems need electricity to operate.
I also note, imports from nearby grids, on cold days, are very low, which is to be expected, because nearby grids need the electricity FOR THEIR OWN USERS!!!
THE NUTTY-ZERO-KNUCKLEHEADS, WHO NEVER ANALYZED, DESIGNED, OR OPERATED ANY ENERGY SYSTEMS, AND WHO THOUGHT FOR NEW ENGLAND TO IMPORT ELECTRICITY FROM NEARBY GRIDS, WILL NEED TO TAKE SOME REALITY PILLS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A VERY IFFY NON-STARTER ON COLD DAYS.
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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."
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