Citizens' Task Force on Wind Power - Maine

Maine's wildlife whacking wind apologist at Ocean Energy 2010

At Energy Ocean 2010 in Ft Lauderdale Florida this week, consultant Richard Podolsky will explain, as the title of his talk says, that his..

"Year-Long Seabird Surveys Indicates Acceptable Risk For Offshore Wind farm

Richard Podolsky, Ph.D., Senior Ecologist, Avian Systems

Abstract: Year-long surveys were conducted during 2007-2008 in order to assess the potential for impact from an offshore wind power facility proposed for Buzzard’s Bay, MA. Buzzards Bay is highly significant in that Buzzard’s Bay is host to approximately 50% of the Roseate Terns (Sterna dougallii) found in North America. At sea surveys were conducted from a survey vessels and from fixed-wing aircraft flying at approximately 500 feet above the ground. Collision risk assessment as well population viability modeling indicated that most, but not all, of Buzzard’s Bay could host a utility scale wind turbine project without jeopardizing the viability of terns. Results indicated that proper siting of wind turbines at sea benefit from the data provided by site-specific surveying. "

NOTE THAT, ACCORDING TO USFWS, RADAR BIRD SURVEYS SHOW THAT THESE EYEBALLING TECHNIQUES MISS MORE THAN 90% OF SEA BIRDS INA GIVEN OCEAN AREA. BUT PODOLSKY DOESN'T LIKE TO DO THAT.

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BY COMPARISON, THE SPEAKER BELOW USES RADAR AND IS FORCED TO AT LEAST ADMIT THERE'S A PROBLEM FOR THE WINGED ONES:

Gulf Of Maine Offshore Bat And Bird Pilot Study Steve Pelletier, CWB, PWS, L/CF, Principal Scientist, Stantec Consulting

Abstract:

Challenges associated with developing offshore ocean energy sources are diverse and complicated by a lack of fundamental environmental data. Recent offshore investigations reveal critical information gaps in regard to nocturnal avian migration, and more particularly for bats. In 2009 Stantec designed and conducted a region-wide pilot study, in cooperation with federal, state, and NGO partners, to evaluate the presence and movements of bats and birds during fall migration within the Gulf of Maine. The study also assessed the viability and effectiveness of current survey tools and techniques.

For the study Stantec deployed two x-band radar systems and 12 digital acoustic bat echolocation detectors at coastal and island locations. Sites were distributed along an approximate 150-mile coastal transect and up to 20 miles offshore. Concurrent radar surveys indicated flight heights of nocturnal migrants in the offshore were lower than those occurring at interior, land-based sites within Maine. Most flight characteristics were otherwise generally similar to other terrestrial studies. A variety of bat species were detected at each sampling location with activity documented as late as November 10. Myotis species, silver-haired, hoary, and eastern red were among the most commonly detected species, with big drown and eastern red bats locally abundant at some sites. Migratory tree bats were documented at each site. Included in the study were limited post-nesting-season, daytime radar observations of local seabird movements on and off islands.

The pilot study provided important technical and logistical information on equipment and survey effectiveness in a marine environment. It also provides a preliminary glimpse into the presence/absence, timing, flight heights, and passage rates of offshore avian and bat targets moving southward during late summer and fall migration seasons, and begins to identify a seasonal and geographic distribution of bat species as they occur in the Gulf of Maine.

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U.S. Sen Angus King

THE UNTOLD STORY OF RECORD HILL WIND

The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind, continued

Maine as Third World Country:

CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power

Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.

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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