Resource Library Category: Maine (16 items)
Documents presented here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch. This resource library is provided to assist anyone wishing to research the issue of industrial wind power and the impacts of its development. The information should be evaluated by each reader to come to their own conclusions about the many areas of debate.
Aesthetics, Environment, Health, Human rights, Maine, Noise, Property values, Regulations, Siting, Technology, Wildlife •
Residents of Vinalhaven, Maine, speak about wind turbine noise
Author: WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine
Vinalhaven residents discuss what it has been like living with the windpower project on the island. Produced by Mark Elwin.
archives.weru.org/voices
Weekend Voices 12/19/09
Executive Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Industrial Wind Power in Maine’s Mountains Is Bad Policy (Testimony of Citizens Task Force on Wind Power)
Author: Blake, Brad
The historic Hall of Flags in the rotunda of the state capitol in Augusta, Maine, was the setting for a November 6th press conference announcing the formation of the Citizens Task Force on Wind Power. The group is a coalition of citizens from around the state drawn together in the common purpose of advocating for responsible, science based, economically and environmentally sound approaches to Maine’s energy policy, according to co-chair Steve Thurston. Thurston highlighted the key concerns of . . .
Aesthetics, Economics, Health, Human rights, Maine, Noise, Property values •
Letter from Mars Hill (Maine)
Author: Todd, Wendy
My name is Wendy Todd and I am from Mars Hill, Maine. I grew up in Mars Hill, on a farm that has been in my family for generations. After getting married, my husband Perrin and I moved to southern Maine. About five years ago we moved back to the County to raise our children and enjoy the rural living that we both grew up with. Shortly after moving into our new home at the base of Mars Hill Mountain, . . .
Affidavit of Michael A. Nissenbaum, M.D. In Re: Record Hill Wind Project, Roxbury, Oxford County, Maine
Author: Nissenbaum, Michael
I, Michael A. Nissenbaum, M.D., being first duly sworn, do depose and say as follows:
1. My name is Michael A. Nissenbaum, M.D. 1 am a graduate of University of Toronto Medical School with post graduate training at McGill University and the University of California. I am a specialist in diagnostic imaging, whose training and work involves developing and utilizing an understanding of the effects of energy deposition, including sound, on human tissues. I am a former Associate Director of MRI . . .
Resolution Concerning Wind Energy and Public Health
Author: Maine Medical Association
The following resolution to encourage studies of the health effects of wind turbines was submitted by Dr. Albert Aniel and Dr. Michael Nissenbaum and adopted by the Maine Medical Association at its Annual Meeting, Sept. 11-13, 2009. It was also adopted by the Maine Osteopathic Association board of directors on Sept. 25.
WHEREAS, proposals to locate and build wind energy facilities in the State have at times proven controversial, due to concerns regarding potential effects of such facilities on the public . . .
Mars Hill residents' suit against First Wind et al.
Author: Kelly, Peter
NOW COME, the Plaintiffs, by and through their attorney, Peter S. Kelley, Esq. and state as follows:
STATEMENT OF FACTS
1. That all Plaintiffs are, and have been, residents of the Town of Mars Hill, except Steven Burtchell, who owns land in Mars Hill but is a resident of Westfield, Maine.
2. The Defendant, FIRST WIND of Massachusetts is a Corporation doing business in the State of Maine and having a wind turbine operation in Mars Hill, Maine. In the past, FIRST WIND . . .
Recommendations for Industrial Wind Turbine Land Use Ordinance: Setbacks
Author: Jackson Sub-committee on Wind Power Development
Rationales and supporting research are provided in the complete document . . .
Recommendation #1: Setbacks for Occupied Buildings
Each wind turbine shall be set back from an occupied building a distance of no less than 1 mile, as measured from the center of the wind turbine plus blade length to the closest point of the building. Property owners may waive this setback with a written agreement of mitigation (see “Mitigation Waiver”). An “occupied building” means those structures which are, or are likely to be, . . .
Living Next To a Wind Turbine
Author: Bloomstein, Phil
We have the distinct “privilege” of living 1,000 feet from tower T3 of the Beaver Ridge Wind Project. Freedom residents on both sides of Beaver Ridge live almost as close but none as close as my family and me. We have tower T3 literally staring us right in the face winter and summer. In the summer the tower and blades almost disappear when you are by the house, but the tower and blades still hang above the house as you . . .
Mars Hill Wind Turbine Project Health Effects — Preliminary Symptoms Survey Results
Author: Nissenbaum, Michael
Presentation to Maine Medical Association, March 20, 2009
There are 28 389-ft-tall 1.5-MW GE turbines on Mars Hill in Aroostook County, Maine, with 20 homes within 3,400 feet (just over 1 kilometer) north and east of them, representing 35 adults and 16 children. Dr. Nissenbaum, a radiologist at Northern Maine Medical Center, interviewed 15 of the adults, from 9 homes 1,200-3,400 feet (average 2,500 ft) from the nearest turbine. The subjects comprised 7 women ranging in age from 41 to 73 . . .
Connecticut, Emissions, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Regulations, Rhode Island, Vermont •
Flaws in and Solutions to Integrating Renewable Energy Resources in New England
Author: Short, William
What were the original goals of state RPS programs and RGGI [Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative]?
• The generation of energy either from new renewable or “threaten” existing renewable generation.
• The reduction of Greenhouse Gas emissions.
• Note the Absence of Qualifications.
What are the principal causes of the need to integrate renewables?
State Renewable Portfolio Standards –
• One MWh of Renewable Energy equals one Renewable Energy Certificate (“REC”).
• With no locational, time-of-day or time-of-year adjustments.
• Total focus on energy with no consideration of the . . .
