Weaker winds -&- Feds move offshore wind lease areas
"Weaker winds slowed wind energy output growth in 2015"
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| Weather patterns in the Western U.S. caused lower wind speeds and decreased wind production in the first half of 2015, though the same weather patterns caused the stronger winds in the central U.S. that were the basis for major wind output growth in that region. |
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"Feds move offshore wind lease areas from North to South Carolina"
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| The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has moved two proposed wind energy areas soon to be available for leasing by ocean wind developers from North Carolina to South Carolina, leaving only the 122,400-acre Kitty Hawk area available for North Carolina offshore wind development. |
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Comment by Barbara Durkin on April 26, 2016 at 2:36pm
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I appreciate the opportunity, Eric. Thank you, Barbara
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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on April 25, 2016 at 5:27pm
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@ Barbara Durkin ... thanks for the follow up research articles for reference.
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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is just a name change from Minerals Management Service (MMS) deemed a "culture of ethical failure" by the U.S. Office of Inspector General.
God help the innocents represented by a "culture of ethical failure".
September 2008, reports by the Inspector General of the Interior Department, Earl E. Devaney, were released that implicated over a dozen officials of the MMS of unethical and criminal conduct in the performance of their duties. The investigation found MMS employees had used cocaine and marijuana, and had sex with energy company representatives. MMS staff had also accepted gifts and free holidays amid "a culture of ethical failure", according to the investigation.
And, Offshore Wind developers with leases granted by the "culture of ethical failure" hail from ENRON!
ENRON Energy Services Chris Wissemann is Fishermen’s Energy Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Freshwater Wind. Wissermann is Chief Operating Officer of Winergy Power, LLC and the Founder of DeepWater Wind, and past President of Garden State Offshore Energy. Wissermann spearheaded legislation to create long term power purchase agreements for DeepWater Wind which he founded.
http://www.fishermensenergy.com/leadership.php
APEX EVP of business development Steve Vavrik is also listed as Apex Clean Energy, Inc., Chief Commercial Officer. Vavrik was VP of First Wind, and Vice President of Risk Management for UPC in 2006 that changed its name to First Wind in 2008. Vavrik was with ENRON in London in a project development and gas trading capacity. His role at ENRON included trading natural gas forward contracts and negotiating structured power deals.
DeepWATER WIND Board of managers
DeepWater Wind Board Member Brian Redmond is Founder of Paragon Energy Holdings, LLC; former President of Houston Pipe Line Company and President of Louisiana Resource Company, Managing Director of ENRON, and Executive Director of UBS Warburg Energy
Michael Alvarez (of SunEdison)
http://dwwind.com/about/board-of-directors
is President of Kenetech Energy Systems (that formed EcoElectrica) .
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807708/0000807708-98-000020.txt
EcoElectrica is a Bermuda limited partnership formed by affliates of KENETECH Energy Systems, Inc. (KES) and Enron Development Corporation (Enron). EcoElectrica’s general partners are KES Bermuda, Inc., and Buenergia, B.V., each which holds one percent interest. Ecoelectric’s limited partners are KES Puerto Rico, L.P. and Buenergia Enron de Puerto Rico, C.V., which are both indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of KENETECH Corp., which also owns KES. Buenergia B.V. and Buenergia Enron de Puerto Rico, C.V. are both indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Enron Corporation, the Parent Company of Enron Development Corporation.http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/gasregulation/authorizations/...
Forbes carried a great article about 5 days ago about DeepWater Wind. Unfortunately, ad blockers are tricky, so aren't copyrights :)
Is America's First Offshore Wind Farm A Real Revolution Or Just Ano...
forbes.com — Manna From Heaven: How D.E. Shaw and a politically connected attorney persuaded Rhode Island to build America's first-ever offshore wind farm--and a risk-free money machine.A great quote from Forbes...DeepWater Wind's high costs cast upon an, "island full of suckers"
BOEM named was changed from MMS... Google: MMS Culture of Ethical Failure
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Otto Lerbinger - 2012 - Business & EconomicsThe inspector general concluded in 2008 that MMS employees created a “culture of ethical failure.”884 As a result of the crisis, the functions of MMS were split ...
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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