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		<title>Broken windmill in Saco takes turn for better</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SACO – The windmill at the Amtrak train station in Saco, which hasn’t been spinning in recent months, will undergo minor repairs and maintenance. Howard Carter, director of the city’s water resource recovery division, said the windmill was recently restarted and a minor oil leak was discovered May 13. “We don’t know how long it will take (to fix), or how serious it is,” Carter said. The windmill stopped spinning some time in March. Carter said the city does not&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>LePage withholding support for energy bill, wants wind rules changed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 11:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage is withholding support for a compromise bill being worked out by the Legislature’s Energy Committee that’s aimed at expanding Maine’s natural gas infrastructure, boosting funding for energy efficiency, directly lowering businesses’ electricity costs and making it more affordable for residents to abandon oil heat. LePage won’t support the bill unless it also requires wind developers prove their projects will lower electricity costs in order to receive state approval and raises the 100-megawatt limit energy&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power&#8217;s grip on Augusta weakening as &#8216;God’s Country&#8217; presses its case</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[They came from the townships and plantations of Concord, Lexington, Highland, Carrying Place and Pleasant Ridge. They set out for the statehouse in Augusta from the five sparsely populated backcountry communities set between the Kennebec and Carrabassett rivers, from a wooded intervale etched by streams, dappled by lakes and cradled by the hills and mountains of western Maine. As they left, many of them passed a neatly lettered sign at the intersection of Long Falls Dam and Sandy Stream roads.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind act doesn’t treat all Mainers equally</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/21/wind-act-doesnt-treat-all-mainers-equally/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The Wind Energy Act doesn’t treat every Maine citizen the same – some have more rights that others. For example, the communities in the Unincorporated Territory that the Act put in the “expedited” permitting zone lost their right to weigh in on land use changes that would allow wind power to be built. Yet their neighbors just one community over who aren’t in the expedited zone still have the same rights they always had. Norman Kalloch testified on L.D. 616&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Clifton wind farm project sent back to planning board by Superior Court judge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 12:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BANGOR, Maine — A Superior Court judge affirmed most of the Clifton planning board’s October 2011 decision to approve a $25 million wind farm on Pisgah Mountain, but also remanded the matter back to planners to review tower heights and sound levels. “It’s a real victory — the first victory — for us,” Peter Beckford, who opposes the project, said Tuesday. Beckford and his wife, Julie, owners of Rebel Hill Farm, filed an appeal in Penobscot County Superior Court in&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>LePage not happy with bipartisan energy bill</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/15/lepage-not-happy-with-bipartisan-energy-bill/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 05:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA – A proposal meant to lower energy costs for Mainers beginning this winter doesn&#8217;t go far enough in cutting heating bills to satisfy Gov. Paul LePage, his energy director said Tuesday, and doesn&#8217;t address some of the governor&#8217;s key concerns about wind power and hydroelectricity from Canada. &#8220;There are some priorities that if, unaddressed, really do a disservice to moving the state&#8217;s energy policy forward,&#8221; said Patrick Woodcock. Woodcock&#8217;s comments followed the first day of work by the Legislature&#8217;s&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Private investigators look into Kibby Mountain wind turbine fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 21:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND — An investigation into the cause of a fire that destroyed a wind turbine at New England&#8217;s largest wind farm is expected to wrap up within a month. The Jan. 16 blaze was the first reported turbine fire in Maine. The Jan. 16 blaze, the first reported turbine fire in Maine, burned out the gear box at the top of one of the 44 turbine towers at the Kibby Wind farm in northern Franklin County, said Grady Semmens, spokesman&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>LePage wants wind energy goals out of Maine law</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/09/lepage-wants-wind-energy-goals-out-of-maine-law/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 23:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage wants to strip from state law goals for increasing the state’s wind energy capacity over the next two decades. LePage’s energy director, Patrick Woodcock, made recommendations Thursday to rewrite the state’s 2008 Wind Energy Act, shifting focus from growing wind energy capacity to lowering electricity costs and making sure Maine sees an economic return on its wind energy investments. The Maine Wind Energy Act, a priority of LePage’s predecessor, Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, sought&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>State House calendar, May 9, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 12:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee; public hearings; room 211; Cross Building L.D. 1061, “An Act To Regulate Meteorological Data-gathering Towers in Maine”: requires applicants for wind energy permits to submit to the permitting municipality, the Maine Land Use Planning Commission or the Department of Environmental Protection a detailed summary of the data from each meteorological tower the applicant used in evaluating the suitability of a site for a wind energy development. L.D. 1325, “Resolve, To Place a Temporary Suspension on&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Outdoor groups seek to stifle public</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/07/outdoor-groups-seek-to-stifle-public/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Two bills were introduced in April that could restore rights to a segment of Maine&#8217;s unorganized territories residents, rights they lost to the 2008 makeover of the state&#8217;s wind power siting laws. More than 99 percent of Mainers, in organized and unorganized areas, have input into the siting of wind power projects in their communities, how they&#8217;re sited or even whether they&#8217;re sited. Such input used to be available to 100 percent of Mainers. At a hearing April 22, it&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wrong side of history</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I have now dropped two memberships of the four environmental organizations voicing support for industrial wind towers on Bowers Mountain. Rather than expressing a commitment to Maine’s “brand” of clean, scenic tourist attractions, they are endorsing industrialization of nine lakes designated as “scenic resources of state or national significance.” Environment Maine, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Maine Audubon and Sierra Club Maine are actively working to support First Wind’s permit to construct 16 towers. These groups appeared to me to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Greenwood ponders future wind policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Greenwood selectmen and Planning Board officials recently discussed ideas for a proposed wind power ordinance to be crafted for a vote next year. Plans originally called for an ordinance proposal from the Planning Board for next month’s annual town meeting, but selectmen earlier this month decided to postpone it to allow more research and to study Woodstock’s recently-approved wind ordinance. Planning Board Chair Dave Brainard and Vice-Chair Larry Merloni offered some thoughts on how to proceed. Merloni expressed concern that&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Track and act on wind legislation</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/01/track-and-act-on-wind-legislation/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 19:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A number of bills addressing known problems with wind power development in Maine&#160;have been proposed to the 126th Maine Legislature. Maine’s current wind power policy and siting standards were rushed through the legislature, out of the&#160;view&#160;of Mainers, in emergency legislation written by a task force heavily influenced by the wind industry. In 2011, the 125th Legislature directed the Governor’s Office of Energy Independence and Security (OEIS; now the Governor’s Energy Office) to commission an assessment of Maine’s current wind power&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>First Wind tries again for Bowers Mountain</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/01/first-wind-tries-again-for-bowers-mountain/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[First Wind is hoping for a second chance at developing a wind farm near Lee. The company has resubmitted an application to place sixteen turbines on top of Bowers Mountain. First Wind retracted the original proposal in 2011 after facing tough opposition. Vice President of Development for First Wind Matt Kearns said, &#8220;What we really focused on with this application is making a smaller, better project that&#8217;s responsive to some of the issues that were raised by the folks.&#8221; Tuesday&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Maine DEP holds first public hearing for Bowers Mountain wind project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/01/maine-dep-holds-first-public-hearing-for-bowers-mountain-wind-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LEE, Maine — Opponents and proponents have begun two days of public hearings before the state’s top environmental agency arguing the merits and problems with an industrial wind site proposed for Bowers Mountain. Project intervenors will have two full days of testimony and cross examination followed by night sessions for more public comment on Tuesday, April 30, and Wednesday, May 1, at Lee Academy. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is giving the public a full opportunity to contribute to&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Opponents of Bowers Mountain wind site complain about effect on views</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/05/01/opponents-of-bowers-mountain-wind-site-complain-about-effect-on-views/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 12:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LEE, Maine — A scenic impact expert testifying before the state’s top environmental agency on Tuesday said First Wind’s proposed wind project “comes as close as being unreasonably adverse” in its potential impact on Bowers Mountain as any he has seen. James F. Palmer told the Maine Department of Environmental Protection that First Wind of Massachusetts’ proposed $100 million wind site avoids an adverse impact on the lakes surrounding the mountain by the narrowest margin. “I have agonized more over&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Battle lines drawn over proposed Maine wind farm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/29/battle-lines-drawn-over-proposed-maine-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND &#8211; Professional guides and sporting camp owners are opposing a proposed $100 million wind farm that they say will forever spoil the in eastern Maine region&#8217;s wilderness character. Environmental groups say the project will cut pollution, create jobs and bring clean energy to the state. The sides will square off when the state Department of Environmental Protection holds two days of hearings this week on First Wind&#8217;s application to build a 16-turbine, 48-megawatt wind farm, known as the Bowers&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine fire illuminates need for reporting mandate</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/26/turbine-fire-illuminates-need-for-reporting-mandate/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Wind power development offers Maine an opportunity to diversify the state’s energy portfolio by adding a locally generated alternative source to fossil fuels. But the turbine fire at Kibby Mountain in January demonstrates the need to adapt regulation of Maine’s emerging wind energy industry to reflect newly available information. The Jan. 16 blaze that destroyed the gearbox and electrical components behind the blade of a Kibby Mountain turbine is the first reported case of a turbine fire at a wind&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Woodstock selectmen, Patriot Renewables talk changes to wind ordinance</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/26/woodstock-selectmen-patriot-renewables-talk-changes-to-wind-ordinance/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Spruce Mountain Wind representatives last week talked with Woodstock officials about possibly altering the town’s new wind ordinance to someday allow them to replace their existing turbines with ones that would be quieter overall. The ordinance, approved narrowly at the March town meeting, restricts future wind projects by imposing a lower maximum decibel level for sound generated by the turbines and greater setback from property lines, along with other requirements. However, the rules would also apply to the existing Spruce&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Health, environmental groups to support Bowers Mountain project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/26/health-environmental-groups-to-support-bowers-mountain-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LEE, Maine — Five Maine environmental and health groups will support the proposed Bowers Mountain industrial wind site when the state’s top environmental agency reviews the project in a two-day public hearing next week, officials said Thursday. The American Lung Association, Conservation Law Foundation, Environment Maine, Maine Audubon Society and Sierra Club Maine announced their support Thursday for the 16-turbine project. The announcement marks the first time so many such groups have supported a wind project in Maine, said Glen&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kibby wind turbine burns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[EUSTIS — A spokesman from TransCanada has confirmed that there was a fire in one of the turbines in the Kibby Wind Project Jan. 16. Grady Simmons, a Communication and Media Relations manager for the company, stated that the late evening fire was detected by smoke alarms in the turbine. The alarm was sent to a control center and the turbine was shut down. The next morning, a TransCanada employee came to report on the damage. There was reportedly a&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind values</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[As rural hills and mountain tops in Maine are rapidly developed by the wind industry, we must give thought to the impacts these projects have on Maine’s tourism industry and local property values. Below is an excerpt from a letter submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection which is available on the DEP website and was written by Rainer and Gaby Engle of Switzerland, who bought their “American dream get-away” in Lincoln a few years ago. The DEP is considering&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>$4-million turbine fire at Kibby Mountain puts wind energy under new scrutiny by state, opponents</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/23/4-million-turbine-fire-at-kibby-mountain-puts-wind-energy-under-new-scrutiny/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A fire destroyed a multimillion-dollar wind turbine at the Kibby Mountain wind farm in northern Franklin County, which has generated concern about the safety and reliability of turbines, and the process by which these fires are reported to government officials and the public. Companies that operate wind farms in Maine are not currently required to report turbine fires to any state agency. TransCanada, the Calgary-based energy company that built the 44-turbine Kibby Mountain wind farm in 2010, confirmed for the&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>DEP promises lengthy hearing for Bowers Mountain wind project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/23/dep-promises-lengthy-hearing-for-bowers-mountain-wind-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[LEE, Maine — The state’s top environmental agency will set aside at least 16 hours for all participants to speak during a two-day public hearing on a 16-turbine industrial wind site proposed for Bowers Mountain, officials said Monday. Project intervenors will have two full days of testimony and cross examination followed by night sessions for more public input at Lee Academy on April 30 and May 1, Maine DEP spokeswoman Samantha Warren said. The public hearing is the first DEP&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Regulators, advocates, opponents of wind energy take sides after fire destroys a $4-million turbine at Maine&#8217;s largest wind farm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/22/regulators-advocates-opponents-of-wind-energy-take-sides-after-fire-destroys-a-4-million-turbine-at-maines-largest-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[A fire has destroyed a multimillion-dollar wind turbine at the Kibby Mountain wind farm in northern Franklin County, which has generated concern about the safety and reliability of turbines, and the process by which these fires are reported to government officials and the public. TransCanada, the Calgary-based energy company that built the 44-turbine Kibby Mountain wind farm in 2010, confirmed for the Bangor Daily News that a fire in the early morning hours of Jan. 16, 2013, destroyed one of&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Clean-up payments</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/17/clean-up-payments/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens started the world’s largest wind farm in Texas. In October 2012 he dumped it – all 500 turbines – due to the declining price of natural gas. Energy giant BP is now looking to sell its entire U.S. wind operation. They do not see sustainable growth. Wind companies almost never buy the land but rather lease it, enabling them to simply walk away and wash their hands if the project does not sustain a profit.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Frankfort residents vote against settling wind energy lawsuit</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/16/frankfort-residents-vote-against-settling-wind-energy-lawsuit/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[FRANKFORT, Maine — The town will not settle a lawsuit filed by three Mount Waldo property owners that challenges Frankfort’s recently adopted wind energy ordinance after residents voted against a consent order to resolve the suit late last month at the annual town meeting. Mark Franco of Portland, the town’s attorney on the matter, said last week that the civil lawsuit — which seeks a repeal of the ordinance — now will continue to wend its way through Waldo County&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Frankfort votes No (a response to Ruth Allen)</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/11/frankfort-votes-no-a-response-to-ruth-allen/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[I think the comment made by Ruth Allen, one of the plaintiffs in the current lawsuit [against the town of Frankfort over wind turbines] is on target in one respect. Ms. Allen states that “no one” should be told what they can do with their land. The key words here being “no&#8221; and &#8220;one.” By trying to push through wind farms on Mt. Waldo the [plaintiffs] in this suit are telling those of us who live near the mountain what&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Account of town meeting was unfair</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/11/account-of-town-meeting-was-unfair/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[As a resident and one of the many people who actually took the time and effort to research commercial wind in small communities I couldn&#8217;t help but be disappointed with your reporting of the Frankfort town meeting. Your reporter chose to identify only two of the people he actually spoke with. First was Ruth Allen, one of the non-resident landowners who actually lives in a town with a much more restrictive wind ordinance than what was written in Frankfort. The&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore wind pilot project advances, decision eyed in 2014</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/09/offshore-wind-pilot-project-advances-decision-eyed-in-2014/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — An international energy development firm announced Monday that it’s moving ahead with plans for an offshore wind energy pilot project in the Gulf of Maine, with a goal of making a final decision on the project next year. As a test site for more extensive development of offshore wind energy production, Statoil North America proposes to moor four floating turbines in federal waters off the coast of Maine to generate 12 megawatts of energy. The Maine Public&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>State House calendar, April 8, 2013</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/08/state-house-calendar-april-8-2013/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[L.D. 1147, &#8220;An Act To Protect Maine&#8217;s Scenic Character&#8221;: increases to 15 miles the jurisdictional distance for requiring visual impact assessments; creates a rebuttable presumption that proposed grid-scale wind energy development projects within 15 miles of Acadia National Park, Baxter State Park, the Appalachian Trail, a federally designated wilderness area or the Allagash Wilderness Waterway will have an unreasonable adverse effect on a scenic resource; requires the Department of Environmental Protection to consider the cumulative impacts of development when permitting&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Voters reject settling wind energy lawsuit</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/05/voters-reject-settling-wind-energy-lawsuit/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[More than 300 Frankfort residents packed into Frankfort Elementary School&#8217;s gymnasium for their annual town meeting Friday, March 29, and defeated a warrant item that would have allowed landowners to develop a wind farm on their Mount Waldo property. Article 4 on the Frankfort warrant asked whether voters would accept a Consent Order that would settle a lawsuit brought by the landowners against the town over a 2011 ordinance that prohibited wind turbines in the town. Ruth Allen, whose family&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting on new wind project draws big crowd</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/05/meeting-on-new-wind-project-draws-big-crowd/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AURORA — A public meeting about First Wind’s proposed new wind farm in northern Hancock County drew a large crowd but only scattered comments and questions last Thursday night. About 40 area residents gathered in the gym at the Airline Community School for the meeting, which was hosted by Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) staff. First Wind has applied for permission to build an 18-turbine wind farm in Township 16 and Township 22. The new facility, referred to as&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind ordinance</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/04/wind-ordinance/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[BETHEL &#8211; Selectmen decided against placing a proposal for a commercial wind ordinance on the town meeting warrant for this year. The Planning Board has been crafting such a document, but the selectmen agreed to ask planners to study the wind ordinance recently approved in Woodstock for comparison. Jordan said he did not think Greenwood’s current draft is nearly as strict as Woodstock’s regarding the setback (one mile) to abutting properties. “I’m wondering if ours is as strict as it&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Sangerville residents vote to restrict wind development, keep woodlots</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/03/sangerville-residents-vote-to-restrict-wind-development-keep-woodlots/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[SANGERVILLE, Maine — Residents of this Piscataquis County town overwhelmingly passed an article that places a six-month moratorium on any commercial wind projects during Saturday’s town meeting. The town also voted to place a six-month moratorium on any east-west corridor development. Town Manager Dave Pearson said Selectman Melissa Randall, who proposed the wind moratorium article, saw transmission lines being built in Abbot and Parkman and was concerned for Sangerville. An article to place a six-month moratorium on wind projects passed&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New England renewable energy a hard sell in region</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/01/new-england-renewable-energy-a-hard-sell-in-region/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Establishing a New England market to buy renewable energy seemed a laudable goal when governors committed last year to bulk purchases of wind and solar power to knock down the price while reducing the region&#8217;s reliance on fossil fuels. Consumers could benefit from price stability, even from costlier wind and energy power. But putting together details about what types of renewable energy the six states will buy in the groundbreaking deal is snared in a patchwork of rules, state laws&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Maine Supreme Court invalidates permit for Saddleback Ridge Wind Project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/01/maine-supreme-court-invalidates-permit-for-saddleback-ridge-wind-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[On March 5, 2013, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (the &#8220;Law Court&#8221;) issued a decision in which it invalidated Saddleback Ridge Wind, LLC&#8217;s (&#8220;Saddleback&#8221;) permit to construct the Saddleback Ridge Wind Project (the &#8220;Project&#8221;). The decision raises concerns for any applicant for a Maine environmental or land use permit that standards may change in the middle, or even at the end, of its licensing process. Saddleback filed its applications with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (the &#8220;Department&#8221;) on October&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Mainers turn out in force to back bills that would change wind energy law</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/29/rural-mainers-turn-out-in-force-to-back-bills-that-would-change-wind-energy-law/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — People who live near wind farms and other opponents of expedited permitting for wind energy projects packed a legislative hearing room Thursday to testify in favor of three bills that aim to change parts of the Wind Energy Act of 2008. The act, which won unanimous support from the 123rd Legislature amid aggressive advocacy from then-Gov. John Baldacci’s administration, helped developers fast-track wind energy projects that placed turbines on mountains in rural Maine, particularly the Unorganized Territory.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>DEP talks turbine proposal with Aurora residents</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/29/dep-talks-turbine-proposal-with-aurora-residents/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:23:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[Aurora &#8211; Environmental regulators met with folks in Hancock County Thursday, to answer questions about a proposed 18-turbine wind farm. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection held its first public hearing on the project at the Airline Community School in Aurora. The Company &#8220;First Wind&#8221; wants to begin construction this year on an 18-turbine farm at Schoppe Ridge in the town. The plans include 512-foot turbines and two 344-foot meteorological towers. Power would flow from the facility to a substation&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Woodstock voters OK wind ordinance by slim margin</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/28/woodstock-voters-ok-wind-ordinance-by-slim-margin/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[WOODSTOCK – Voters approved a commercial wind energy facility ordinance at Monday night&#8217;s annual town meeting by a vote of 48-44. Town Manager Vern Maxfield said discussion on Article 9, which asked voters to approve a wind facility ordinance that has been in the works for more than a year, was “contentious” among voters and ended up “passing by a slim margin.” “Regulations right now are already tight,” Maxfield explained, “but the ordinance states that there must be a one&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Woodstock OKs wind ordinance</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/28/woodstock-wont-make-donation-for-mollyockett-days-oks-wind-ordinance/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[The proposed new commercial wind ordinance prompted nearly an hour of discussion.
  
   Some neighbors of the new Spruce Mountain Wind project have complained about noise, and supporters of the ordinance said it would prevent problems in the future. 

    The ordinance imposes minimum sound decibel requirements stricter than state law, as well as a one-mile setback from property boundaries.
  
   Selectmen supported it, citing a need to protect the “health and safety” of all residents. Selectman Rick Young said, “It gives us a baseline” from which to work, and possibly make changes in the future.
  
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		<title>New Maine land use panel struggles to fill seats as lawmakers reject candidates</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/27/new-maine-land-use-panel-struggles-to-fill-seats-as-lawmakers-reject-candidates/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 23:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — The reconfigured state panel charged with overseeing zoning and development on Maine’s 10.4 million acres of Unorganized Territory is running into trouble filling vacancies less than a year after it started operating. The Legislature’s Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Committee in recent weeks has rejected two of three people nominated to the reformulated Land Use Planning Commission — the first nominees to the reworked board. And that has some members of the Legislature interested in changing the laws&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>DEP wants public input on proposed wind farm</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/22/dep-wants-public-input-on-proposed-wind-farm/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AURORA — The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will hold two public meetings on First Wind’s proposed new wind farm in Hancock County. The first meeting will take place Thursday, March 28, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Airline Community School in Aurora (26 Great Pond Road). First Wind’s initial project in the county, the 19-turbine Bull Hill wind farm in Township 16, began producing power last fall. The Boston-based company now wants to build a second 18-turbine&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Maine DEP concerned by state board&#8217;s overturning of department wind power project denial</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/22/maine-dep-concerned-by-state-boards-overturning-of-department-wind-power-project-denial/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:31:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA – Officials with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection say a decision today by a state board to overturn its denial of a proposed wind farm on Passadumkeag Mountain threatens the state’s scenic character. Maine’s Board of Environmental Protection voted 5-1 today to reverse DEP’s permit denial of a proposed 14-turbine, 42-megawatt wind farm atop Passadumkeag Ridge in Grand Falls Township. The board’s decision authorizes Texas-based Quantum Utility Generation to move forward with the development of the wind farm&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Citizen board reverses DEP rejection of wind power project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/22/citizen-board-reverses-dep-rejection-of-wind-power-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — A 14-turbine wind project proposed for Passadumkeag Mountain won new life Thursday when the Board of Environmental Protection overturned a state decision to reject the project. The citizen board, which met Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center, voted 5-1 to reverse a previous decision by the department. At issue is a November 2012 decision by the Department of Environmental Protection to deny a permit for an industrial 14-turbine wind site atop Passadumkeag Mountain. While the department found&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Citizen board overturns DEP rejection of wind power project</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/21/citizen-board-overturns-dep-rejection-of-wind-power-project/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — A 14-turbine wind project proposed for Passadumkeag Mountain won new life Thursday when the Board of Environmental Protection overturned a state decision to reject the project. The citizen board, which met Thursday at the Augusta Civic Center, voted 5-1 to overturn a previous decision by the department. At issue is a November 2012 decision by the Department of Environmental Protection to deny a permit for an industrial 14-turbine wind site atop Passadumkeag Mountain. While the department found&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind policy</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/21/wind-policy/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[This letter is in response to Jackson Parker’s March 18 BDN OpEd, “Let wind turbines stand on Passadumkeag Mountain.” Parker stated that the “Department of Environmental Protection created significant uncertainty in the wind power industry” by not approving the Passadumkeag project. He also suggests that because the DEP has denied one wind power application, it has “created significant uncertainty in the wind power industry.” Any business assumes risks. If Parker and his investment capitalists aren’t happy assuming those risks, even&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>State board to rule on Passadumkeag Mountain wind project appeal</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/21/state-board-to-rule-on-passadumkeag-mountain-wind-project-appeal/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[AUGUSTA, Maine — A wind developer will present arguments Thursday that the state’s top environmental agency was wrong to deny a permit for an industrial wind site atop Passadumkeag Mountain because it would spoil scenic views, officials said Wednesday. The Board of Environmental Protection will hear appeals filed by Passadumkeag Windpark LLC and landowner Penobscot Forest LLC. They are appealing Maine Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Patricia Aho’s rejection of the plan to build a 14-turbine site on the mountain.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Yes&#8221; on wind ordinance</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/21/yes-on-wind-ordinance/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[To the voters of Woodstock: I write to share some of my experiences with the Spruce Mountain Wind Facility and to encourage Woodstock voters to approve the proposed Wind Ordinance at Annual Town Meeting on March 25. When Patriot Energy first constructed the wind towers on Spruce Mountain I thought we had dodged a major bullet as the towers were not in sight of our camp located on the northeast side of Concord Pond – how untrue! The wind tower&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>More info on wind ordinance</title>
		<link>https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/03/21/more-info-on-wind-ordinance/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<description><![CDATA[To the Voters of Woodstock, We wanted to take this last opportunity before Monday&#8217;s Annual Town Meeting to ask you to please check out our committee website at http://woodstockwindordinance.blogspot.com/ to see some new postings of before and after photos of Shagg Pond and other new materials. And we ask for your support of the Wind Ordinance by voting “Yes” on Article 9. Thank you, Bob Elliott For the Woodstock Wind Energy Ordinance Committee]]></description>
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