http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/21268 Fri, 01 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT This photo shows the enormity of the transmission lines erected to transport energy from the Kibby Mountain wind facility in Northern Maine. The poles are approximately 100-feet tall, well above the 35-foot tall distribution lines in the foreground. These lines, which run for miles, are very visible contribution to the industrialization of the area. The rights of way are typically 80-100 feet in width creating extensive habitat fragmentation beyond the turbine site. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21268 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20043 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:57:32 GMT Transcanada is constructing a 44-turbine, 132-megawatt wind facility in the State of Maine. The site spans 22 kilometers along the ridge line on Kibby Mountain and Kibby Range, just south of the Quebec border. These photos demonstrate the degree of terrain alteration just to support the access roads through the project site. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20043 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20042 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:47:01 GMT Transcanada is constructing a 44-turbine, 132-megawatt wind facility in the State of Maine. The site spans 22 kilometers along the ridge line on Kibby Mountain and Kibby Range, just south of the Quebec border. These photos demonstrate the degree of terrain alteration just to support the access roads through the project site. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20042 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21883 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:24:47 GMT Transcanada is constructing a 44-turbine, 132-megawatt wind facility in the State of Maine. The site spans 22 kilometers along the ridge line on Kibby Mountain and Kibby Range, just south of the Quebec border. This photo demonstrates the degree of terrain alteration just to support the access roads through the project site. Sharp switchbacks built into the road indicate the steepness of the terrain. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21883 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18752 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:55:49 GMT The Maine Land Use Regulatory Commission approved Transcanada's 44-turbine facility. Construction was initiated in 2008. A closeup shows heavy mud flow breaching the silt fence and flowing down an existing unused skidder trail many hundreds of feet. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18752 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18751 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:48:55 GMT The Maine Land Use Regulatory Commission approved Transcanada's 44-turbine facility. Construction was initiated in 2008. Half-mile spur off has some ditching maintenance needs along the landing yard. The spur road is creating some sedimentation and coloring of runoff water in this area. Upslope skidder access roads are not being used and are waiting for the erosion control crew to restore the skidder roads back to a finalized stable state. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18751 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18750 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:29:22 GMT The Maine Land Use Regulatory Commission approved Transcanada's 44-turbine facility. Construction was initiated in 2008. Heavy mucked wheel ruts along the skidder access road overlook turbine location A18 in the background. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18750 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18567 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Aerial photo of the Stetson Mountain wind turbines erected by First Wind (formerly known as UPC Wind). Thirty-eight GE 1.5mw turbines with an installed capacity of 57mw. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18567 http://www.windaction.org/articles/18568 Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Aerial photo of the Stetson Mountain wind turbines erected by First Wind (formerly known as UPC Wind). Thirty-eight GE 1.5mw turbines with an installed capacity of 57mw. http://www.windaction.org/articles/18568 http://www.windaction.org/articles/16497 Wed, 14 May 2008 00:11:35 GMT This image depicts one of 38 wind turbines now under construction on Stetson Mountain in Maine. Forty miles of transmission line is also under construction to reach the nearest New England grid interconnection point. http://www.windaction.org/articles/16497 http://www.windaction.org/articles/14891 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:20:50 GMT http://www.windaction.org/articles/14891 http://www.windaction.org/articles/11031 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:54:06 GMT All the roads and pads installed; most turbine bases present. The roads measure nearly 100 feet wide, and the cleared areas likely average 4-5 acres per turbine. As much as 1-square mile of forest interior was lost due to the "edge effects" caused by the extensive fragmentation of the Mars Hill forest by this project's infrastructure. http://www.windaction.org/articles/11031 http://www.windaction.org/articles/15354 Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:28:53 GMT Mountain Road residents Perrin and Wendy Todd say their sleep patterns are disrupted by noise from the line of windmills that loom over their newly constructed house. http://www.windaction.org/articles/15354 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5919 Sun, 22 Oct 2006 12:28:53 GMT The FAA's 7460-1 database appears to corroborate that assumption - see:
https://www.oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaaEXT/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=454417 .
Dan Boone has made of map of the locations of the Mars Hill turbines. It is available via the following link:
http://www.windaction.org/pictures/6552 ]]> We believe this is a photo of Turbine #9 taken from the north looking south. The FAA's 7460-1 database appears to corroborate that assumption - see: https://www.oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaaEXT/searchAction.jsp?action=displayOECase&oeCaseID=454417 . Dan Boone has made of map of the locations of the Mars Hill turbines. It is available via the following link: http://www.windaction.org/pictures/6552 http://www.windaction.org/articles/5919 http://www.windaction.org/articles/16284 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT Transporting of one turbine part. The tower arrives in three pieces and is assembled on-site. Here, the giant carrier is traveling from East Ridge Road onto the access road that UPC Wind had to create due to the angle of the turn. http://www.windaction.org/articles/16284 http://www.windaction.org/articles/23511 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:34:56 GMT At Tuesday night's nearly two-hour informational meeting, about 70 people learned that blasting begins Wednesday morning on Record Hill Wind LLC's $120 million, 22-turbine wind farm project. It will be a single blast at 10:30 a.m. at a depth of 10 feet by a Maine Drilling and Blasting crew ...Foundation work will start Nov. 1 on the Turbine 22 site and progress northward until winter conditions stop work, said DeFilipp. http://www.windaction.org/articles/23511 http://www.windaction.org/articles/21628 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:55:14 GMT People opposing Record Hill Wind LLC's proposal to site 22 wind-power turbines in town have launched a petition drive to rescind approved ordinance changes allowing such facilities. The petition asks selectmen to call a special town meeting to amend the comprehensive plan by deleting all language and sections referring to wind power that were added by a majority vote at a special town meeting Jan. 15. http://www.windaction.org/articles/21628 http://www.windaction.org/articles/20035 Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:15:47 GMT People will have a chance to ask questions and comment on a proposal to build a 22-turbine wind farm on several ridges in Roxbury at a hearing Wednesday night. The hearing, required by the state Department of Environmental Protection as part of the approval process, begins at 6 p.m. at Mountain Valley High School. ...Another wind project in the early planning stages is in the works for nearby Black Mountain in Rumford. http://www.windaction.org/articles/20035 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19971 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:42:09 GMT Plum Creek owns the property west of Greenville, and its logging contractor was clearing land for TransCanada, the developer of a wind farm. The Land Use Regulation Commission issued a notice of warning to TransCanada based on the erosion. A Maine environmental group called for the state to fine Plum Creek and a logging contractor for cutting trees too aggressively. The Natural Resources Council of Maine released photos of the erosion, which it said was effectively a 900-foot-long mudslide, along with internal communications that it says show Plum Creek's logging contractor was warned to stop working in the area until after the ground froze. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19971 http://www.windaction.org/articles/19967 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:51:56 GMT Following news that several wireless communication company representatives were in town scouting possible locations for cell phone towers last week, selectmen unanimously voted to place a moratorium on communication towers Monday. The moratorium prohibits all new towers, monopoles and tower-mounted wind turbines for the next 180 days. http://www.windaction.org/articles/19967