BURLINGTON, Mass. – Wind Power for ME and the Maine Renewable Energy Association applaud the Environmental Business Council of New England’s selection of TransCanada’s Kibby Wind Power Project as this year’s winner of the Outstanding Environmental – Energy Achievement Award.
“TransCanada deserves this award for a superb effort,” said Jeremy Payne, executive director of the Maine Renewable Energy Association. “Wind power projects like Kibby are creating jobs, cleaning up our air, mitigating climate change and increasing our energy independence. This recognition is something everyone in New England should note. Maine is certainly very proud of the Kibby Wind Power project.”
The company’s commitment to environmental stewardship in the development, design and construction of the project also led to them becoming the first company to be certified under the U.S.-based Sustainable Forestry Initiative, an independent non-profit organization, for its effort in protecting habitat and wildlife. In addition to protecting nearby ridgelines from wind development, TransCanada also invested $500,000 towards the protection of the Grafton Loop hiking trail.
“Receiving an award like this is an honor,” said Christine Cinnamon, environmental manager for the development of the Kibby Wind Power project. “We emphasize consultation with stakeholders early in development and take pride in responding to their concerns, and delivering on our promises to protect the environment throughout the process.”
In addition to protecting nearby ridgelines from wind development,
what does that tell you?
Julliete, Has a study been done after the installation to document all the deer yards you destroyed?
Wow!! How many of you are going to get on queue to drink this kool-aid?
Ms. Browne, when are you going to tell the public how much power is actually being generated by the Kibby Project? And when will we see an independent cost/benefit analysis of the Kibby project that takes into consideration: construction costs, legal costs, permanent environmental damages to the site, acreage permanently cleared for transmission lines, amount of power actually generated and sold to the grid, grid back-up power required and its sources costs, environmental and monetary costs of the required back-up power, decommissioning costs and financing, and above all a full accounting of the subsidies from Federal, State,a nd local sources? Without that information, all of this is pure hype.
Harrison Roper
Houlton/Danforth
Okay, last week my husband and I went camping in our favorite spot that is maybe 5 miles from Kibby. I did not hear the whirring of the blades or any humming from the generators as we were told would happened. Then we decided to ride up and see the towers in operation…. in the road and in the surrounding areas there were MANY moose and deer tracks. We even saw a bunny hopping along undisturbed by the the wind towers. These areas were going to be harvested for wood anyway so the company saw a way to make those areas be useful. As my husband pointed out there was feed for the deer everywhere so why all the fuss?? I for one believe that wind towers are our future and will help this country become less dependent on fossil fuels.