This man, Gordon van We-lie, is why Maine needs to get out of ISO-NE
ISO-NE president’s keynote sizes up future energy challenges
More solar, wind, and imported electricity will be critical to mitigating energy shortfall risks over the next decade, CEO Gordon van Welie said.
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Comment by Willem Post on September 23, 2023 at 11:01am
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THE UPCOMING UK and US ELECTION TRUMP ALL FAKE SUPER-EXPENSIVE CLIMATE THEORIES, because politicians SEATS AND PERKS are at risk.
But the idiot, know-nothing bureaucrats will still be there, as well as the various know-nothing climate cabals. They have a life apart from the real world.
PANIC IN THE US
A group of US governors is calling on the Biden administration to help ease the “extraordinary economic challenges” that have combined to threaten not only future offshore wind development, but also the number of projects that are already under way.
In a letter submitted to the White House, the governors of Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island say:
“inflationary pressures, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the lingering supply-chain disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic” have resulted in project cost increases that have become steadily disruptive.
Parts of that statement is total BS.
Bloomberg recently reported, citing figures from Bloomberg-NEF:
“The all-in, turnkey capital cost associated with a typical US offshore project, before bonus tax credits of the IRA, has increased by 57% since 2021.
The increased costs of materials, energy, components, labor, and supply chain disruptions and constraints (shortage of European-owned specialized ships, etc.,) explain about 40% of that, with 60% due to increased interest rates.
Increased financing costs are due to borrowing larger amounts/installed kW, at higher interest rates”Back to the Governors’ letter regarding more subsidies
https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/state-governors-seekin...They already get the upfront 30% Investment Tax Credit, which can be used to offset ANY taxes on profits in other businesses owned by these EUROPEAN Big Wind conglomerates
They already get ACCELERATED depreciation in 5 years of the ENTIRE PROJECT, which saves lots of taxes on ANY TAXABLE INCOME in the early years of the project.
They already get to deduct the interest paid on bank loans from ANY TAXABLE INCOME
They get the Production Tax Credit; a new IRA benefit
They get the Domestic Content Tac Credit, if qualified; a new IRA benefit
They get the Energy Community Bonus Tax Credit, if qualified; a new IRA benefit
They are asking the federal government to donate the federal lease revenue to the shoreline states; a new demand!
All of that, so they:
Can kill more whales, etc.,
Ruin more fisheries,
Further impoverish ratepayers and taxpayers,
Further enrich multi-millionaires with super-safe, lucrative tax shelters,
Screw up the shoreline tourist and vacation industries
And do nothing regarding GLOBAL WARMING.Damage the world's food production, because CO2 IS AN ESSENTIAL PLANT FOOD
CO2 IS A LIFE GAS; NO CO2 = NO FLORA AND NO FAUNA
https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/co2-is-a-life-gas-no-c...
TO DO WHAT?
Handicap the US economy with extremely expensive UNRELIABLE electricity that is totally absent during a hurricane, because rotors are feathered and locked to hopefully prevent/minimize damage
East Coast hurricane winds have much higher speeds than North Sea winds, which usually max out at 70 mph.
Wind and solar are, by definition, as unreliable and unpredictable as the NEW ENGLAND weather.
You could have rain in winter, but just as well have 3 to 4 inches of wet snow, that freezes overnight and stays on the solar panels, including my neighbor’s panels, for about 2 weeks.
How in hell is that reliable several times during the winter?
Every morning I get up around 6 and there is not a a leaf moving. My house is 1000 ft up, on a hill.
Every evening there is not a leaf moving DURING PEAK DEMAND HOURS
How in hell is that reliable year-round?
US/UK 66,000 MW OF OFFSHORE WIND BY 2030; AN EXPENSIVE FANTASY
https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/biden-30-000-mw-of-off...
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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