Opposition to Industrial Scale Wind Development in Somerset County, Maine
Dear Officials: Please be advised that the purpose of this letter is to express the Somerset County Commissioners’ opposition to additional industrial scale wind development and its associated facilities in Somerset County or the Moosehead Lake Region for the following reasons: The adverse visual impact of 500+ foot wind turbines and associated transmission required for ... Read more
More than 100 people ask if Massachusetts energy policy will destroy Moosehead Lake region
For many in the audience of presentation in Rockwood Strip on Wednesday, that answer was yes. ROCKWOOD STRIP — More than 100 people packed the Rockwood Community Center Wednesday afternoon to help answer the question raised by a group opposed to proposed wind farms — will Massachusetts energy policy destroy the Moosehead Lake region. The ... Read more
Wind power promises failing
In 2008, Governor John Baldacci worked with a very cooperative Legislature to craft a special zoning and permitting process that significantly aided developers seeking to capitalize on Maine’s rural resources for large-scale wind power projects. Developers promised massive “green” benefits for Maine’s energy generation, a huge economic impact with hundreds of high-paying jobs, all while ... Read more
Wind-energy companies allowed unintended eagle killings
Firms won’t be penalized if their turbines kill as many as 4,200 each year. The bald eagle, a national symbol that is generally protected from harm, won’t be flying so high next year. The Obama administration on Wednesday finalized a rule that lets wind-energy companies operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years — even ... Read more
Are we selling our birthright?
From the Kennebec Journal Op-Ed piece: http://www.centralmaine.com/2016/09/24/are-we-selling-our-birthright/ I note with concern the Sept. 16 article by Tux Turkel, “New owner arrives amid fight over wind.” My concern is that the 26-turbine wind power project extending from Parlin Pond east along Misery Ridge, described in the article as going forward with a new developer, is only ... Read more
New wind project owner arrives amid fight over proposed site in Moosehead region
NRG Energy, a large power company headquartered in Texas and New Jersey, is set to acquire the assets of SunEdison’s solar and wind projects in several states, including a wind proposal in Maine that has attracted strong opposition. But whether the Maine wind farm, called Somerset Wind, actually gets built any time soon depends in ... Read more
SunEdison sale of Aroostook wind farm raises concerns
The recent sale of a wind power development site in Aroostook County to out-of-state investors has an anti-wind development group in Somerset County concerned that a similar scenario could unfold for a planned project in the Moosehead Lake area. A federal judge last week approved the sale of SunEdison’s King Pine project, a planned 600-megawatt ... Read more