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The materials compiled here are intended to provide Task Force members with an overview of wind power technology, and economic and environmental issues associated with its development in Maine. There is a wealth of information on wind power available on the Internet and elsewhere. As the study process moves forward, Task Force members and others may wish to suggest additional, more detailed materials useful in understanding and addressing particular issues. These materials reflect the points of view of their authors and should not be read to reflect or advocate any particular perspective on the part of the Task Force. These materials are intended to stimulate discussion, ideas, problem solving, and in some cases further inquiry into specific topics of potential interest.

State regulation of wind power development:

Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
http://www.maine.gov/dep/blwq/docstand/windpower.pdf

Land Use Regulations Commission (LURC) http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=lurcfiles&id=2642&v=tplfiles

Maine Public Utilities Commission:

Maine Public Utilities Commission, Report on the viability of wind power development in Maine (1/27/05)
    Cover Page (pdf | html)
    Table of Contents (pdf | html)
    Executive Summary (pdf | html)
    Final Report (pdf | html)
    Appendices (pdf | html)

Land Use Regulation Commission

  1. August 1, 2007 Commission Meeting
    (Includes a presentation on Maine’s Energy Policy and the development of wind power by the Public Utilities Commission, Department of Environmental Protection, and Office of Energy Independence and Security)
    1. Agenda (pdf | html)
    2. Audio (73 MB)
  2. Land Use Regulation Commission, "Regulatory process for energy projects, and Commission’s conclusions on 1994 Kenetech Boundary Mountains Wind Farm Proposal." (Word | pdf)

Material from Other Sources

Thomas Austin

  1. New Item Wind power capacity calculations (Excel | pdf)

Richard Barringer

  1. Suggestions to the Wind Power Task Force, January 7, 2008 (Word | pdf |text)

Steve Clark

  1. Average capacity factor information (Word | pdf | text)
  2. A little wind power math (Word | pdf)
  3. Suggestions to the Wind Power Task Force, September 17, 2007 (Word | pdf | text)

Orlando Delogu

  1. Land Use Law: LURC, its Burnt Jacket Ruling, implications for Plum Creek, and beyond, Parts I, II, and III, by Orlando E. Delogu , August 3, 2006 (Word 10MB | pdf 2.2MB)
  2. A necessary strategy for siting wind energy facilities , by Orlando E. Delogu September 26, 2007 (Word | pdf | text)

Pete Didisheim

  1. Issues associated with permitting of wind power projects in Maine (DRAFT), by Pete Didisheim September 26, 2007 (Word | pdf | text)

Environment Maine

  1. Reaping the rewards: How state renewable electricity standards are cutting pollution, saving money, creating jobs and fueling a clean energy boom, by Environment Maine Research & Policy Center, September 2007 (pdf 1MB)

Larry Flowers

  1. Wind energy update, presentation to Maine’s Public Utilities Commission, by Larry Flowers, October 24, 2007 (Powerpoint 9.2 MB| pdf 3.2 MB)
  2. State wind working group handbook, US Dept. of Energy, August 2003 (pdf | 9.5 MB)

Alec Giffen

  1. Permitting of wind energy facilities: A handbook, a report prepared by the National Wind Coordinating Committee, revised August 2002 (pdf)

Bill Hopwood

  1. Wind energy and U.S. energy subsidies, American Wind Energy Association, 2007 (pdf)

Richard K. Jennings

  1. Concerns and thoughts (Word | pdf)
  2. For the sake of our planet by Richard K. Jennings, August 27, 2007 (Word | pdf | text)

Jody Jones

  1. New England Conservation Community perspectives on wind power: Defining common principles on wind power development and the protection of New England’s natural heritage, by various organizations, January 2006 (pdf)

James Keil

  1. The wind alternative, presentation by James H. Keil, Stantec, July 20, 2007 (Powerpoint | pdf)
  2. More detail on combined wind power/pumped storage initiatives,  Part 1, by Jim Keil, Stantec, n.d. (pdf)
  3. More detail on combined wind power/pumped storage initiatives,  Part 2, by Jim Keil, Stantec, n.d. (pdf)

Maine State Planning Office

  1. Overcoming obstacles to wind power developments in Maine, a report prepared for the Maine State Planning Office by Emily Berry, Erica Bickford, Danielle Fitzpatrick, Eric Ford, Theresa Paladino and Patricia Rouleau, December 22, 2005 (pdf 1.7 MB)

Nate Sandvig

  1. AWS-NYSERDA low frequency noise statement, Memo from AWS Truewind to NYSERDA, March 6, 2006 (pdf)
  2. Low frequency noise from wind turbines: With special reference to the GE 1.5 turbines at Fenner Wind Farm, a report prepared for Noble Environmental Power by Dr Geoff Leventhall, November 8, 2005 (pdf)
  3. Impacts of the Dairy Hills Wind Farm Project on local property values, technical memo prepared for Dairy Hills Wind Farm, LLC and the Town of Perry by P. Barton DeLacy, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., May 26, 2006 (pdf)
  4. Confronting climate change in the U.S. Northeast – New Hampshire, summary prepared by the Union of Concerned Scientists, based on “Confronting climate change in the U.S. Northeast: science, impacts, and solutions,” a report of the Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment, NECIA, 2007 (pdf)

Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources

  1. RIWINDS Phase I: Wind energy siting study, by Applied Technology and Management Inc., April 2007 (html)

Suzanne Sayer

  1. Suzanne Sayer curriculum vitae, July 23, 2007 (Word | pdf | text)
  2. Whither wind: A journey through the heated debate over wind power, by Charles Komanoff, published in the September/October 2006 issue of Orion Magazine (html)
  3. Wind Power Task Force Presentation, by Suzanne Sayer, PhD, Augusta, ME, July 20, 2007. (Word | pdf | text)
  4. References and Readings Accompanying  Statement: Wind Power Task Force Panel on Project Perspectives, by Suzanne Sayer, PhD, July 20, 2007 (Word | pdf | text)

Glenn Schleede

  1. Wind energy will NOT reduce US oil dependence, July 2007 Update - 2006 Data (pdf)
  2. A critical evaluation of the energy plans and actions announced in April 2007 by New York’s Governor, NYSERDA and New York PSC, by Glenn R. Schleede, June 12, 2007 (pdf)

Joseph Seale

  1. Statement of interest (Word | pdf | text)

Steve Timpano

  1. The sound of high winds: The effect of atmospheric stability on wind turbine sound and microphone noise, by Godefridus Petrus van den Berg (html)

Vermont Public Service Board

  1. Media release, “PSB approves UPC Sheffield wind project with conditions,” August 7, 2007 (Word | pdf)
  2. Amended petition of UPC Vermont Wind, LLC for a Certification of Public Good, Docket No. 7156 (pdf)

Wind Forum Newsletter

New England Wind Forum electronic newsletter (pdf 1.8 MB)

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News Articles

“Latest U.S. energy plan: Use power of oceans,” by Barbara Barrett in Charlotte Observer, November 6, 2007 (html)