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Development Permit for Wind Energy
Last Updated: February 4, 2011
PENDING DEVELOPMENT PERMIT APPLICATON DP 4886
On January 31, 2011 the Commission has received a Development Permit Application from Blue Sky East, L.L.C., an affiliate of First Wind of Boston, MA, for a 34.2 megawatt (MW) grid scale wind power project. Known also as the ‘Bull Hill Wind Project’, it is a 19 turbine wind power project proposed for Bull Hill and Heifer Hill ridges in T16 MD, Hancock County. The proposed turbines are Vestas V100 machines with a 1.8 MW rated power. The turbines will be on 95 meter towers and have 100 meter rotor diameters. Total height with blades fully extended would be approximately 145 meters (476 feet). The project will also include up to three 95 meter lattice type permanent meteorological towers. Power from each turbine will be collected in an underground 34.5 kilovolt (kV) collection system and flow to a new substation and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) facility located centrally in the project area. The new substation will “step up” the power to 115 kV and transmit it directly to Bangor Hydro Electric Company’s Line 66. Line 66 is an existing 115kV transmission line that can accept the power from the project without structural upgrades. By locating the substation directly adjacent to Line 66, no new 115 kV transmission line will be necessary for the project. The entire Township of T16 MD is designated as expedited for permitting.
The Blue Sky East, LLC development permit application and other related documents may be viewed at the following the links and submitted comments as directed below. A paper copy of the application is also available for review by appointment at the LURC Augusta office Maine Department of Conservation, 18 Elkins Lane/Harlow Building, Augusta, Maine (207) 287-2631; at the LURC Downeast Regional Office, 106 Hogan Road, Suite 7, Bangor, Maine (207) 941-4052; at the Hancock County Commissioners Office, 50 State Street, Suite 7, Ellsworth, ME 04605 (207) 667-9542 and the Eastbrook Municipal Office at 959 Eastbrook Road, Eastbrook, ME (207) 565-3307.
Written comments on the application may be submitted by US Postal Service Mail to “LURC, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0022” or by email to lurc@maine.gov for consideration by the Commission. The Notice of Initiating Review below includes the deadline for requesting a public hearing and Intervenor status.
Questions about this matter, or requests to be added to or removed from the notice list for this project, may be directed to Donald Murphy, Project Planner, Donald.Murphy@maine.gov, (207) 287-2619.
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| Deadline for Requesting Public Hearing or Intervenor Status | Augusta LURC office before 12:00PM | February 23, 2011
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| Development Permit DP 4886 Application | February 2, 2011
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LURC Forms (PDF 8MB) |
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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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