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10/15/10
Wind power prostitutes our landscape
Morning Sentinel
How I felt upon hearing that the United Arab Emirates is stalking American government subsidies throughout the hillsides and mountains of these United States, sea to shining sea, was quite indescribable. When industrial wind reared its head in Maine, I set out to learn more about it.
It is fronted by other utility organizations and subsidized to the tune of millions and tied to an Arab group that we've made rich by rebuilding their oil supplying wells and is now using that wealth to fleece us within our own boundaries. Then add environmental injuries, American citizens' personal losses and ask: Who is watching out for us?
My age of complacency and trust in most politicians is at an end.
Promoters of big wind, knowing the facts full well, carry on with the groundwork for these short-lived and ineffective turbine sites, looking very like they plan to sell their vile accomplishment to the fourth-largest utility in the entire world, Iberdrola. Iberdrola proved to be the underbelly of Arabian interests with it's signing of a contract with the Emirates in 2008, according to Reuters. Such prostitution!
The selling of our landscapes, environment, our pleas and wishes, birthrights and our homeland at so cheap a price, all the while disguised as "patriotic and as power independence for America." It seems we're all in somebody's sights, and we aren't expected to come out the winners.
Do they grin and wink at each other behind closed doors?
Arlene Gray Trudel
Highland Plantation
http://www.onlinesentinel.com/opinion/letters/wind-power-prostitute...
Iberdrola signs investment contract with UAE's Taqa
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May 25 (Reuters) - Iberdrola (IBE.MC) said on Sunday it had signed a contract with utility and petroleum producer Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa) (TAQA.AD), opening investment opportunities in the Middle East for the Spanish energy group.
Under the contract, both companies will invest in electricity generation, renewable energy and oil exploration and production in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and North America, Iberdrola said in a statement.
"This new partnership to analyse investment projects in the international energy sector will benefit both companies, and give Iberdrola the opportunity to grow in new markets like North Africa or the Middle East," said Iberdrola Chairman Ignacio Galan.
The renewable energy credentials of the world's largest operator of wind farms are of interest to Taqa, 75 percent owned by the Abu Dhabi government which controls over 90 percent of the oil reserves in the United Arab Emirates.
The UAE is the world's fifth largest oil exporter and Taqa is looking to expand as part of the Gulf Arab state's drive to diversify asset holdings and the country's economy in a bid to lessen its reliance on oil revenues.
An Iberdrola spokesman declined to say how much either company hoped to invest in the joint venture.
The contract was signed during a trip by Spanish dignitaries, including King Juan Carlos, to the Gulf region to promote Spanish business interests. (Reporting by Sonya Dowsett; editing by Elaine Hardcastle)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2562721520080525
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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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