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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Catching Up To Europe
‘We need to catch up to Europe,’ has become a popular catch phrase among those who promote wind development in the U.S.A. I’ve never been a big fan of the idea of ‘catching up to Europe,’ in anything…. But I … Continue reading
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Tagged Denmark, Education, Europe, Germany, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Interested Persons, Landscape, Landscape Impact, levy, Maine, Spain, Tax, Update, View Shed, Vista, Visual Impact Tax, Wind, Wind Power Monthly
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Connections
I remember striking the remnants of the Old Canada Road just at dark one cold November evening, and feeling safe because I knew that it would lead me home. Each ancient cellar hole that I passed was like a familiar … Continue reading
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Tagged Concord, Connections, Education, Fight, Fletcher Mountain, Friends, Houston Brook, Industrial Wind, Information, Lexington, Maine, Memories, Old Canada Road, Protest, Somerset County, Spruce Pond, Wind
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Iberdrola Open House—Lexington/Concord Project
Iberdrola came to Bingham last night to introduce themselves and to talk about their plans to Industrialize the ridgelines of Lexington and Concord Townships. Neil Habig, Project Developer, Kelly Rioux, Project Development-Northern New England, and Chip Ahrens, the Lawyer, along … Continue reading
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Tagged Bingham, Chip Ahrens, Concord, Education, Fletcher Mountain, Fletcher Mountain Project, Friends, Highland, Highland Project, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Intangibles, Interested Persons, Kelly Rioux, Kennebec River, Lexington, Life, LURC, Maine, Meetings, Neil Habig, Old Canada Road, Open House, Permit Application, Public Comment, Somerset County, Spruce Pond, Update, Wind, Wyman Lake
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BOWERS PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST—PLEASE DO IT SOON!
We only have until 5 p.m. on March 28th to request that LURC hold a public hearing on the Bowers Wind Project. This project would put 27 Turbines just above Grand Lake Stream, in the Headwaters of the Downeast Lakes … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowers, Champlain Wind LLC, Downeast Lakes Watershed, DP 4889, Education, Expedited Wind Permitting Law, First Wind, Fred Todd, Friends, Grand Lake Stream, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Kosuth, LURC, Maine, Maine Guide, Meetings, Partnership for the Preservation of the Downeast Lakes Watershed, Permit Application, PPDLW, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Tourism, Update, Wind
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Amateur Hour In Frankfort
I’m just back from a wind meeting in Frankfort, hosted by Jack Kenworthy [CEO/Owner] and Travis Bullard [Senior Development Manager/Owner], of Eolian Energy. If you’ve never heard of Eolian, then you’re not alone. They weren’t on my radar either, until … Continue reading
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Tagged Amateur, CMP, Community Based Renewable Energy Program, Education, Eolian Energy, First Wind, Frankfort, Friends, Iberdrola, Industrial Wind, Information, Interested Persons, Jack Kenworthy, Maine, Meetings, Moratorium, Networking, Ordinance, Patriot Renewables, Power Purchase Agreement, Public Comment, Salesman, Snake Oil, TIF, Travis Bullard, Update, Wind, Zoning
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Wonder
‘“Wonder’ can’t be imagined……it has to be experienced.” A really good friend said those words to me tonight. ‘“Wonder’ can’t be imagined……it has to be experienced.” Think about that for a moment………….. The feeling that comes from watching the Sun … Continue reading
The Clock Is Ticking For Bowers/Kosuth
We have received word that the First Wind application for the Bowers/Kosuth Project has been accepted for processing by LURC—–That means the clock is ticking, folks. This project is the one that will put 27 turbines in the headwaters of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowers, Catherine M Carroll, Champlain Wind, DEP, Education, First Wind, Fred Todd, Friends, Grand Lake Stream, Guides, Industrial Wind, Interested Persons, Kosuth, LURC, Maine, Parnership for the Preservation of the Downeast Lakes Watershed, Permit Application, PPDLW, Public Comment, Public Hearing, Update, Wind
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The Ides Of March
With the ups and downs that have come this winter, and that promise to continue for some time yet—it was time for another poem. Mark my words, folks: We’ve got them on the run, and we ARE GOING TO WIN … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowers, Education, Friends, Healing, Highland, Ides Of March, Industrial Wind, Information, Laws, Maine, Mountains, Poem, Poetry, Policies, Rollins, Saddleback Mountain, Sisk Mountain, Spruce Mountain, Truth, Wind
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Pleasant Ridge Sends Angus Packing, Again!
Tonight I attended a Public Hearing in Pleasant Ridge Plantation. The subject was the permit application from Highland Wind LLC, to cross the Rowe Pond Road [at the corner of Ridge Road and Carry Pond Road] with their new power … Continue reading →