Wind energy project eyed for Columbia area
Wind energy project
eyed for Columbia area
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A new wind energy project could mean 30 wind turbines placed over a 9,000‑acre spread in the Columbia, Cherryfield and townships 18 and 19 area of Washington County. Downeast Wind, a subsidiary of Apex Clean Energy of Virginia, is exploring a wind energy project, with company representative Paul Williamson expected to attend the February 9 Washington County commissioners' meeting to discuss the project scope.
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Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on February 21, 2017 at 2:33pm
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"Sound familiar? This is Apex showing their concern for the community. By the way, they have sued the Town of Somerset over a met tower.
Oklahomans file lawsuit over health concerns, property values against wind energy company
"We cannot comment on any potential lawsuit. However, Apex welcomes the opportunity to work with local communities and has a proven track record of making good faith efforts to address community concerns. Numerous third-party studies on the impact of wind turbines on both health and property values repeatedly demonstrate that there are no measurable impacts."
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M.K.Barton via Facebook
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Comment by Dan McKay on February 18, 2017 at 8:41am
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Except for one month last year, the average monthly price for wholesale electricity was below $36 per megawatt/hour :
Maine PUC Term Sheet 2013 :
The Apex proposal is structured as a long-term contract for the entire energy output and capacity value of Downeast Wind. The contract is for a twenty-year term beginning with the commercial operation of the facility. The energy produced under the contract is priced at 88% of the real time locational marginal price at the future ISONE designated node for the Project in the day-ahead market (DALMP). The contract will have a price floor of $45/MWh at the interconnection node in year 1, escalating at 1.5%, with a ceiling of $110 MWh. Apex will retain all renewable energy attributes from the project.
Downeast Wind will be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to qualify the facility into the ISO-NE Forward Capacity Market (FCM). If Downeast Wind participates in the FCM, 50% of all of the capacity revenue shall be credited to the T&D utilities. Beginning in June 2020, in each month that Downeast Wind does not qualify, clear and deliver to the FCM at least 30 MW of capacity, for each kW of shortfall below 30 MW, the contract payments would be adjusted downward by an amount equal to the kW shortfall times $4.00 per month up to an annual maximum adjustment of $200,000.
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Another Oil Company Joins the tax credit scam, and ratepayer funding.
Apex Clean Energy Holdings, LLC along with its subsidiary engages in developing, building, and operating wind energy facilities. It was formerly known as Apex Wind Energy Holdings, LLC. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Apex Clean Energy Holdings, LLC operates as a subsidiary of Greenlight Energy Resources, Inc.
In 2006, Greenlight Energy, Inc. was acquired by BP Alternative Energy.
http://www.apexcleanenergy.com/history
http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/energy-economics/statistical-...
BP at a glance BP is one of the world's leading integrated oil and gas companies. We provide customers with fuel for transportation, energy for heat and light, lubricants to keep engines moving, and the petrochemicals products used to make everyday items as diverse as paints, clothes and packaging.
http://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/about-bp/bp-at-a-glance.html
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9,000 acres, sounds like room for an ever expanding wind farm. Something limited under the expedited wind act, but maybe not so under the new rules that the DEP is working on as we speak. I have not read any of the new rules proposed, but APEX may be coordinating their application with the submission of the DEP work. A collusion ?
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Comment by Gary Campbell on February 16, 2017 at 6:47pm
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The Quoddy Tides article states "The total project is expected to generate about 100 megawatts of power. Using three MW turbines would mean 30 turbines on the land."
Heaven help the people of Downeast, Maine! The Quoddy Tides apparently has no experience or understanding of wind energy. To generate 100MW using 3MW turbines there would have to be at least 100 turbines, not 30. Probably more. Someone local needs to set this record straight!
And don't believe for a second that APEX is in the "exploration" stage. The article says they have already secured rights to "about 9,000 acres". They are on the verge of submitting their permit application.
Once Apex files its permit application with DEP, the clock begins ticking and the clock favors the developer, not the people of Maine. Interested persons must submit evidence and argument to the agency to request a hearing on the application. Unfortunately the "request for a public hearing on an application must be received by the Department, in writing, no later than 20 days after the application is accepted as complete for processing". (DEP Chapter 2 Rules, p6).
DIRE PREDICTION: Apex will file their application with DEP very soon so that the permitting process will be well underway before the snowbirds return in the spring.
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Comment by Long Islander on February 16, 2017 at 6:21pm
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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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