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  ALBANY — A grassroots coalition that advocate   for more publicly operated renewable energy sources   is calling on the New York Power Authority to move forward with building zero-emission power sources in New York City. 0:20 / The Public Power New York coalition, which includes nonprofits and labor organizations, contends the New York Power Authority needs to get moving on its mandate under the 2023 Build Public Renewables Act that authorized it to build and operate energy sources that would keep the state on a path to meeting renewable energy goals.   That legislation also called for the power authority to begin phasing out a handful of fossil fuel driven “peaker” power plants that it operates in the New York City area.   “The transition to renewables means that we need a  massive  amount of upgrades to transmission lines coming from upstate to downstate, because the vast majority of renewable energy is sited upstate,” said Michael Paulson, as...

  January 11, 2025   Francis Menton   Less than three weeks ago, on December 23, in   a post on optimism about the potential demise of the green energy fantasy , I took note that two of the largest U.S. banks had just quit something called the   “Net Zero Banking Alliance.”   The two were Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo. These two banks, along with many others, including all of the biggest ones, had joined the NZBA as it was getting organized under auspices of the UN back in 2021. NZBA, together with other related groups organized around the same time, aspired to be cartels of financial institutions that would save the planet by starving hydrocarbon fuels of all investment capital,  while re-directing the money to the “green” energy transition . Now, shortly after the re-election of Donald Trump, two of the biggest banking giants had decided to exit. Could this be a sign that the zero-carbon green energy fantasy was losing its grip? In the short 19 days ...

  Every once in a while  Donald Trump  says something that shocks Washington with its blunt truth. So it was during last week’s discursive press conference when he observed that wind power isn’t economic without subsidies. Wind farms “only work if you get a subsidy,” Mr. Trump mused. “The only people that want them are the people that are getting rich off windmills, getting massive subsidies from the U.S. government. And it’s the most expensive energy there is. It’s many, many times more expensive than clean natural gas. . . . You don’t want energy that needs subsidy.” The media’s fact-checkers pounced and proclaimed that wind energy is among the cheapest and fastest-growing power sources.  But that’s only because of rich subsidies, which were sweetened by the Inflation Reduction Act. Federal tax credits can cover 50% of the cost of building an offshore wind farm and more than 80% of the cost onshore. Even the Biden Energy Department, in a 2023 report, estimates that...

  President-elect Trump signaled Tuesday that he would oppose all new wind energy production in his second term in remarks to reporters. “We’re going to try and have a policy where no windmills are being built,” Trump said, adding “they don’t work without subsidy. … You don’t want energy that needs subsidy.” Data from the International Energy Agency indicates fossil fuel subsidies  reached an all-time high  in 2022, with oil subsidies increasing 85 percent.  [Per unit of energy produced, wind subsidies are far greater than any other federal government energy subsidies. In terms of performance results, the subsides for wind power result in the least bang for the buck ] The president-elect has long disparaged renewable energy and vowed to pursue policies favorable to the fossil fuel industry in his second term. He has named fracking CEO Chris Wright as Energy secretary. However, Trump has long been a vocal detractor of wind power in particular, vowing in May to end off...

  Hydrogen in North Country Renewable concentration areas-as we know was their intent No nuclear mentioned. Tech spots identified. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From:  Secretary@dps.ny.gov <secretary@dps.ny.gov> Sent:  Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 10:05:50 AM EST Subject:  Subsequent Filing - Case Number 20-E-0197 : Msg. Tracking No.: 18 This e-mail is provided by the New York State Public Service Commission. A subsequent filing for the above-referenced Case number is available. Case Number:  20-E-0197 Matter Type: Commission Instituted New Case Proceeding Matter Subtype: NEW Case Proceeding: Nonrate Matter Title: Proceeding on Motion of the Commission to Implement Transmission Planning Pursuant to the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act Description/Purpose of Filing: Recording of 12-16-2024 Technical Conference. Company/Organization: New York State Department of Public Service Response To Previous Filing: No Filing Date: 01/08/2...

  January 7, 2025   President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday he would seek to have a policy of having no wind farms constructed during his second term, threatening billions of dollars in planned wind projects.   “We are going to have a policy where no windmills are being built,” Trump said during a lengthy tirade against wind power during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.   Trump, who has vowed a first day executive order targeting wind farms, has long made no secret his disdain for the energy source. But his remarks Tuesday represented the sharpest threat yet from the incoming president.   As president, Trump will have broad authority over the approval of multi-billion dollar projects being planned off the US coast as well as wind farms proposed for large swaths of federal land.   Trump criticized the renewable energy source as being too expensive and harmful to the environment and whales. Trump in particular singled out a ...

  January 8, 2025   Shares in some of Europe’s biggest wind power companies fell Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump said he aimed to have no new windmills in the US after taking office.   The comments are the latest in a long line of anti-wind power messages by Trump, who fought against a wind farm off the coast of his Scottish golf course and has falsely claimed the machines cause cancer. It’s a potentially worrying sign for wind power investors who hope a second Trump administration would leave intact parts of Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act that support the sector.   “We are going to try and have a policy where no windmills are being built,” Trump  said during a press conference  at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Tuesday.   Shares of Danish turbine maker  Vestas Wind Systems A/S  fell as much as 5.3% Wednesday, while offshore wind developer  Orsted A/S  dropped more than 5% to the lowest level in over a y...

  January 8, 2025 One of humanity’s great achievements has been the way in which we have been able to reduce our dependence on the weather. Reinventing electric grids so that they become reliant on wind and solar, particularly the former — a sad , steampunk technology without the looks — is  a retrograde and potentially disastrous step. The U.K.’s political class has taken great pride in the example it believes it has been setting to the rest of the world in  racing to net zero , an effort that has been stepped up even further since Labour was elected in July, and Ed Miliband, a fanatic’s fanatic, resumed his old job ( there were others in between ) as Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, an office in which he and his predecessors have typically prioritized the latter. Britain has based much of its climate policy on its “investment” in renewables, specifically wind. BBC (from 2020) : U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that he wanted the coun...

 

  Dear Friends of the PPA, As you may know, NYS has given Terra-Gen a draft permit that allows them to maximize their profits by using inadequate setbacks. Noise will be a problem, and there will be the threat of blades or ice flying off onto neighboring properties and possibly into the roads. The flicker effect caused by the sun shining through the turning blades will force neighbors to cover their windows with blackout curtains. Land values will plummet, and some residents closest to the turbines may be unable to sell their homes.  For these and many other reasons, the PPA filed a lawsuit last month arguing that the loopholes in the application allowing inadequate setbacks are arbitrary and capricious. We are asking NYS to deny final approval of the application. Our goal is to do everything possible so that this project does not ruin our quality of life.    Legal action is expensive.  With community support, we can continue trying to convince NYS that the...

  A lawsuit that has thus far crawled along at a snail’s pace will continue – after further delay.   Richard Alexander et. al v. EDP Renewables North America LLC et al. was originally filed Sept. 24, 2019, by dozens of north county residents over the Arkwright Summit Wind Farm, which consists of 47 wind turbines erected in 2018.  Residents are asking the court for unspecified damages related to loss of property values, compensatory damages for destruction of homes and lifestyle, loss of use and enjoyment of their properties, damages for relocation costs and time spent relocating, mental anguish, destruction of scenic countryside, physical pain and suffering, difficulty sleeping, nuisance, trespass, interference with electronics in their homes such as satellites, telephones and televisions, loss of business profits, special damages for stress, anxiety, worry and inconvenience, and the effects lights and noise from the turbines have on their properties. Over the past four y...

    Francis Menton January 02, 2025     In   a post a couple of weeks ago on December 21 ,   I observed that the country of Germany appeared to have won the race among all countries and states to be the first to hit the  “Green Energy Wall.”  Its pursuit of the “renewable” wind and solar electricity fantasy has put it in a spot where regular wind/sun droughts cause huge electricity price spikes, and major industries have become uncompetitive. It has no solution to its dead end, and can go no farther. If Germany has “hit the wall,” what is the appropriate analogy for New York? New York passed its Climate Act with great fanfare in 2019. The Act orders that we are to have a “net zero” energy system by 2050, with interim deadlines along the way. The first serious deadline arrives in 2030, where the official mandate is 70% of electricity generation from “renewables” (aka “70 x 30”). That deadline is now just five years away. Within the past year, all t...