The preceding was written by a shill for the Koch Brothers.

windwatch.org and iwa.org are both fronts for the Koch brothers

Check sourcewatch.org for proof...the parent company is parkerhill.

Bill Carson:

I think you've helped shed valuable light on this subject, some of it based on statistics, some of it is, you'd have to admit, conjecture. Thank you for this.
I do wonder, since you're not a Portsmouth resident nor taxpayer and you're certainly not a stakeholder in the Turbine project, what is your motivation?
Please clearly state this for the record.

The comprehensive multi-page wind turbine damage report was done free by an engineer from Seattle ,Washington. The town supplied all the wind data to the engineer in order to write the report. The Town Council members will all have a copy ofthe report prior to the special meeting Oct 23 .

The document should be posted on the town website so everyone can read it.

Bill has hit the nail on the head since he first started posting. People have criticized him but when the town has released the true information Bill has been right. We would not know half of what was going on with the turbine if Bill didn't force the town to come clean with the true information that they have been trying to hide ever since the beginning of this project.

Portsmouth & RI tax and utility rate payers
Caution just replacing WTG components alone with out the rigor of understanding a why and how is an unwise choice. We must know both the how and why as part of any failure analysis report takeaway. That is just components replacement alone does not resolve a latent defect if the deign, fabrication or operation / maintenance is a root cause. For example - Were any WTG on board sensors & companion instrumentation & SW deleted from this particular Portsmouth WTG configuration? For example key protective functions for measurement of cross winds / turbulence, disturbances etc. that if allowed to continue, would place instantaneous excessive loads on mechanical components, Yes, for example gear box and various bearings etc?
What was different about this WTG as compared to other like models?
Perhaps those that were responsible for the specification, RFQ & ultimate procurement process can step forward and help answer the any question that a first reading of the awaited report will identify. Yes, apparently this WTG mfg was a lower purchase cost than the well known top tear mfg. with operations in the USA. Does the responsible buyer function understand what was different to result in a lower purchase price? Was this WTG unit design, as configured, certified by any domestic and or international standard agency? Again just replacing components alone less the rigor of understanding the why and how is an unwise option to choose.

BILL Carson will be giving HIS report to the town council at the 23 October meeting. This is why THREE Hours has been alloted to the subject. A reliable source in Bristol also tells me that Candy Crowley will also be present to Moderate, and Interpret the Data that BILL will disseminate. BILL will also be autographing all copies of his report as a memento of the occasion.

The town needs an attorney with expertise in environmental law to review any methods to repair the wind turbine. The Town Council needs to do everything it can to protect the taxpayers and the town’s rights going forward.

The high school wind turbine has too many negatives to make the so called “sustainable” energy goal. Again the Town Council needs to question the projected savings.Can the current wind turbine provide near-term energy payoff for the town ? Doubtful

The 2004-2006 Portsmouth Town Council through the PEDC received many reports,studies and reports in favor of building a wind turbine. The town today is unable to use any of the reports to take legal action against anyone because of the catastrophic failure of the wind turbine.The reports aren't worth the paper they are written on.

The Portsmouth Town Council needs to go forward preventing unnecessary harm to the taxpayers in future transactions.

Gearbox wind turbine report posted on town website:
Portsmouth Rhode Island http://www.portsmouthri.com/
Report on the Wind Turbine Gearbox Failure - Click Here

http://www.portsmouthri.com/Old%20Site%20Files/towndocs/ag-10-23-2012.htm

PORTSMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Amended Agenda**

7:00 p.m. – Town Council Chambers, Town Hall, 2200 East Main Road

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

SITTING AS THE PORTSMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL

OLD BUSINESS

1. Wind Turbine Generator - J.Klimm/

Presentation of Findings and Recommendation G.Crosby

Regarding the Wind Turbine.

**Possible Action by Town Council.

I just read through the entire report and it looks like the turbine will never turn a profit and it is highly likly that a replacment gear box will likely fail within a 3 to5 year time span. Out of 5 of these turbines produced 3 have had gearbox failures with in 3 years 1 is running at reduced power. The site was not the ideal site for this turbine due to windshear from the water tank and highway cut and is located too close the houses the High School and Rt. 24 all of which are within the ice throw danger zone. Look like a lot of people did not do their homework before siteing this turbine.

I just read the entire report as well. I Voted against the turbine. When I watched it being built I became a BIG supporter. Looking at the Balance Sheet in this report, one can only conclude THIS turbine is an albatross. This report makes the decision easy. I am really saddened to say this, but I think it's time to take the machinery down and put the remaining tower to some other use.

BTW: Fairhaven, MA just put up Two turbines just like ours this past spring.

The wind industry standard for placing a wind turbine has always been that you need 35 acres to site a wind turbine. This was true back in 2004 and before. The whole problem with the wind installation was that any negative information about wind turbines as regarded as "misinformation' or "not in my back yard ".

The wind shear from the water tank according the report makes it impossible for a public -private operation of the turbine in this poor site selection. The turbine site needs to be moved.

Before a wind turbine is ever built wind speeds are taken from a 160 foot meteorological tower .The MET tower would have shown the wind shear from the water tank at the current location of the turbine .

What is needed now is the wind speed tests that were done and documented at the current site. If NO tests were done at the site this was the first big mistake in the selection of this site .How was this site selected and where is the documentation ? It's not on the PEDC site ....

Question for the town solicitor. Can we sue Bill Carson because he withheld this information? Why did he not attend our public meetings and share this information with us? Why did he not educate us with all of this knowledge he has. There is a disconnect here. He posts town agendas, town reports and even knows about resignations before they hit the town clerks office. He has perfect 20-20 vision. He has all this knowledge but did not speak up until, well, it was to late. We need answers from Bill Carson. He sounds like a genius now, but even I can advise the Captain of the Titanic to watch out for ice.

I am not defending the EDC. I am not trying to kill the messenger. Just saying that if he had been posting this in 2006-2008, maybe we would not be in this situation. It is just irritating that this guy has been saying I told you so. Where was he from 2006-2008 when the process was going on? He only became visible after it broke. He is purporting himself as an expert. His postings lead one to believe he knows where to get info on line and even has an insider from town feeding him key pieces of information. If he is that knowledgeable and resourceful and he cares so much to be posting frequently on this subject, wouldn't it be great if he came to the meeting on the 23rd and offered to be chair of a new committee to resolve the issue?

@john: Agreed. Just tired of his holier than thou Monday morning quarterback approach. Surprised that he hasn't berated us for not putting in sewers many years ago when the feds offered to pay for most of it. Just sayin'.

@Bill Carson: Where were you in 2006-8? Why did you not go to those EDC meetings and tell them about a fatal flaw analysis? Why did you not go to the town council meetings as they were getting ready to vote and say the exact things you are saying now? Why did you not block the construction site in protest saying that the town was making a big mistake? There is a disconnect Bill. You post the town agendas. You post details about certain issues that indicate you have intimate knowledge of town proceedings. Your posts indicate that you are totally against wind turbines. Did you wait to tell us what you know on purpose? Why wait until after construction and failure to chime in?

Bill: I read the report. I answered one of your questions. I will answer your second question when you answer mine Why did you not say these same things to the town in 2006-2008?

http://www.portsmouthrienergy.com/const02-06-09.htm

The wind turbine page on the PEDC has been disabled for some reason.

"The Town of Portsmouth would like to thank Governor Carcieri and, in particular Andy Dzykewicz, Commissioner of the State Office of Energy Resources and his staff for their help in making this Wind Turbine Project a reality. The project is a testimony to the people of Portsmouth and their commitment to helping our State meet its clean energy goals while providing revenue to the town. Most importantly, this project would not have happened without the hard work and dedication of the Portsmouth Economic Development Committee, Chaired by Rich Talipsky, and the PEDC Sustainable Energy Subcommittee led by Gary Gump and members Doug Smith, Bob Hamilton and Rich and the cooperation of the School Department and Town Officials. We look forward to the culmination of our partnership with the manufacturer, AAER of Canada, when our Wind Turbine Generator starts spinning atop ‘windmill hill” in Portsmouth a few weeks from now.” .

I think the Engineers Report on the turbine should be considered THE Expert. BILL CARSON has not indicated he has an engineering degree. I think this factor should be considered. Politicians made the original decision. Unfortunately...Politicians will have to make the next decision

PS: I DO have a Mechanical Engineering degree. Not for nuttin.

How about using some common sense ? The engineer report should be considered. I agree ! After reading the report anyone with common sense would vote to take the turbine down.The turbine was too close to the water tank anyway .

The bankrupt AAER company wrote the report about placing the turbine that close to the water tank and all the members of the PEDC believed everything they were told -WITHOUT QUESTION

The setbacks for noise ,shadow flicker ,ice throw etc are too close to residential homes and the town has been warned it the report the blades are probably defective .Please note the water tank wind shear probably help destroy the wind turbine .The water tank setbacks probably will keep any private contractor from getting involved !

Report on the Wind Turbine Gearbox Failure - Click Here
Portsmouth Rhode Island http://www.portsmouthri.com/

http://www.portsmouthri.com/Old%20Site%20Files/towndocs/ag-10-23-2012.htm

PORTSMOUTH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

WE have your number BILL. Don't call us..we'll call you....Get it yet BILL...??

http://www.portsmouthri.com/documents/Turbine_Gearbox.pdf

The town made many basic mistakes buying the turbine:

Failure to research the company providing the turbine. Its stock was listed on the Canadian high risk TSX Venture Exchange (TSX VENTURE:AAE). The town failed to note the Forward-Looking stock statements at the time.

Failure to conduct a "Fatal Flaw Analysis" of the project.

Failure to conduct a metrological test tower at the site which would have shown wind shear from the town water tank .

Lack of qualified individuals to operate and maintain the turbine 24/7.

Failure to asses the operation and maintenance costs of a megawatt type turbine.

Bill Carson: Why did you not tell us these things when we in the middle of this mutli-year process?

The Portsmouth EDC had experts from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative’s Renewable Energy Trust (MTC) and the UMass Renewable Energy Research Lab (RERL) help site this turbine. Why didn't they bring up the fatal flaws with turbine ?

What you have in Portsmouth is public economic development agency that fell on its face and when questioned by the Town Council about the siting of the wind turbine they quit their post ! How would you like to go into battle with these characters ?

The problem is the lack of information or information that was left out of the total picture of building a wind turbine from 2004 to 2009 .A picture too rosy was painted to the town council .

Any information that didn't fit in the picture was called misinformation or that of NIMBYs !

Bill: I'd be more open to your comments if you would answer why YOU weren't saying these things during that very same time frame.

Gov Carcieri sent his Energy Czar to speak to the residents of Portsmouth. The Energy Czar gave only positive information to the Portsmouth EDC. The key here is to look and google who exactley the " Energy Czar" was at the time .His initials are A.D.

A.D. worked for for the RI EDC just before becoming the Energy Czar of Rhode Island under Gov Carcieri . A.D. has previously worked for the commercial wind turbine industry and helped move the DeepWater ocean wind project.

A.D. had previously worked for the wind industry and has gone back to work for them as of today!

As with all construction projects the truth always comes out after the project

It is the duty of every citizen to tell what they know about these wind turbine bunco schemes . The taxpayers of Portsmouth are the first to get touched by the ongoing bunco scheme !

Does anyone WONDER... Who Bill Carson IS and what is his purpose.. I certainly do. He incessantly pounds the Portsmouth Wind Turbine ..even after it's DEAD.

BTW: As previously suggested by another poster..Bill seems to know a LOT of what would seem to be sensitive information. I'm wondering if Bill Carson is a disgruntled employee of the Town of Portsmouth.... Working in the Town Hall.....with Key access to all the offices in that building. Just wonderin'...

Further digging on my part indicates BILL does NOT live in Mattapoisett. BILL...??

SO: BILL: Are you going to be at the 23 October meeting..?? WE need your input.

The social and business connections in Portsmouth from 2004-2006 came to an end five months ago when the high risk venture of the wind turbine turned into a financial fiasco. The decisions made during 2004-2006 to purchase a wind turbine by the only municipality in Rhode Island has led to the high-profile risk taken with taxpayers funds by an olde boy network.

Today we can look back at the individuals and companies who prepared reports favorably for the wind turbine installation. Many had previous ties to the wind industry . For example if you want a commercial wind turbine there are companies out there that prepare wind installation reports that only contain favorable information to build a wind turbine. Many employees that worked for semi-quasi state agencies that convinced Portsmouth to purchase a turbine have gone on to work for private wind turbine companies.

The Portsmouth EDC made the decision too quickly to build a commercial wind turbine. The PEDC should have taken into consideration the backgrounds of the people and companies who supplied the information.

The taxpayers should have protection from a bunco scheme. The Rhode Island Attorney General should look into the franchise agreements and all the records from 2004 to 2009 . The knowledge of one is the knowledge of all . These companies and individuals need to be held accountable -they were paid to produce these reports .

The Patch didnt report on the Windmill Options and did not report on the Pension report either because it makes the Democrats look bad.

J lane . The Patch is a one sided Blog that selectively chooses topics and has no covergae on the big issues, the Democrats made the decison to buy the wind turbine. The Patch doesnt cover the story to protect the bad decisons of Seveney and Katzman. The Democrat candidates for town council also pledged to fix it with $700K if they are elected even though the report states it is too risky to do so. The Pension report wasnt even covered by this blog because the Democrats dont want readers to know how big the problem they created is. Turn out the lights Patch.

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Portsmouth is going to look for a long term partner in the wind turbine business!

This has turned into a Democrat vs Republican issue. The Democrats are part of the long time old boy network . If Fidel Castro was running for President as a Democrat they would vote for him.

The Democrats have national agenda of a certain amount of renewable energy by 2020.The only way to reach that goal is commercial wind power . The Democratic national agenda of commercial wind power is creating a social problem . In order to reach these energy goals Democrats on a local and state level have fallen in line with their National Democratic Party. There were officials from 2004 to 2006 that fell in line and followed the party line. ( Aka the broken down wind turbine).

It looks like if you want to repair the wind turbine vote for a Democrat . The turbine will cost negative $500 thousand a year for taxpayers to do what the National Democratic Party wants.

If you vote Republican the turbine would go into the hands of private business and stop the pain being endured paying off a two million dollar bond on a broken wind turbine.
See the bottom of page 19 in the report .These figures are in RED for reason.

http://www.portsmouthri.com/documents/Turbine_Gearbox.pdf

Bond problems with public private ownwership ?
http://www.portsmouthrienergy.com/fundingecon.htm

Q-F-3 How does the Clean Renewable Energy Bond (CREB) work?
A-F-3 In July, 2005, Congress passed the Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2005 This Act permits State and local governments to issue CREBs to finance certain renewable energy and clean coal facilities. CREBs are a new form of tax credit bond in which interest on the bonds is paid in the form of federal tax credits by the United States government in lieu of interest paid by the issuer. CREBs, therefore, provide qualified issuers/qualified borrowers with the ability to borrow at a 0% interest rate. The federal tax benefit to the holder of a CREB is greater than the benefit derived from tax exempt municipal bonds in that the tax credit derived from a CREB can be used to offset, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, a holder’s current-year tax liability, as opposed to excluding interest from gross income, as permitted for tax-exempt bonds. Unlike tax-exempt bonds, CREBs are taxable obligations, and the tax credits received are treated as interest and included in a bondholder’s taxable income. More detailed information on CREBs is available in a document by Edwin Oswald and Michael Larsen of ORRICK . See, also, the IRS Announcement and the Letter of Award to the Town.

If the private sector wants the damn thing then let them have it. But first they have to pay an insurance policy in CASE THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS like the other bozos.

What do you think Loyd's of London will charge them?

The present Portsmouth Town Council in a transparent manner exercised their fiduciary responsibilities and demonstrated that they subscribe to and uphold the public trust in all matters of doing the peoples business. Yes, not terrorized by the loud pseudo political cults of true believers The Portsmouth Town Council is engaged in due diligence gathering the facts and determination of the root cause and companion mitigation step identification for the failed Wind Turbine Generator project. The council is continuing to exercise adult critical thinking and requires the same from those citizens that they have so tirelessly served. Accordingly first all concerned must be protected from a continued open ended cost growth. Yes, the bleeding must be halted at once. To accomplish such the council has brought in several independent subject matter experts in the fields of business, Engineering & law. The results have been posted on the town web site and presented at special public meetings. The companion root cause analysis & data driven candidate mitigation steps and their associated risk (down side and up side) is in the process of being refined & evaluated. Unfortunately what is becoming self evident is that all the options will likely result in a significant economic loss for Portsmouth tax payers, utility payers and all RI tax payers. The public private partnership is an illusion and a delusion & receipt for further public treasury looting. Time to abandon WTG & halt the pain.

ABANDON THE WIND TURBINE GENERATOR? Admit that they made a serious mistake? NEVER HAPPEN. THEY WILL THROW GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD TO TRY TO SALVAGE THEIR PRIDE. AND THE PUBLIC JUST DOESN'T CARE HOW MUCH THIS COSTS. THEY ARE STILL UNDER THE DELUSION THAT WIND IS FREE POWER. THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THE THING WORKS AND DON'T CARE WHAT IT COSTS BECAUSE IT'S GREEN ENERGY. GREEN ENERGY COSTS MORE AND WILL DRIVE MANUFACTURING OUT OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. YOU WANT TO SEE A RECESSION? JUST WAIT UNTIL THE BLOCK ISLAND WIND FARM IS UP AND RUNNING.

Why don't we call it a wind turbine "suckinator" instead of generator? It sucks up rate payer and taxpayer dollars like there is no tomorrow. What about the businesses that are barely hanging on and the people who are having trouble putting food on their table? Where is their tax relief. yoyo Like one prospective town council candidate says. YOUR ON YOU OWN.

The town has to review if a partnership is eligible under the CREB status.If the town makes more mistakes over the turbine who pays ? The taxpayer !

How would a cooperative like the Town of Portsmouth lease a CREB-financed project to a private entity ?

If the facility is sold or traded to an entity that can not issue CREBs, such as a private developer, raises more questions. Will the coop (Town of Portsmouth) have to use the proceeds of the sale to repay all outstanding CREBs ?
The town should consult a bond attorney before they go forward and explain the process to the public ......

ATTORNEYS? OH BOY. THERE GOES ANY CHANCE FOR A PROFIT. WE LEARNED OUR LESSON WITH THE WASTE WATER ISSUE. LET'S POUR MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN. WE CAN CALL IT "DIVING FOR DOLLARS"

The Town Council needs all the documentation about the wind turbine from the Portsmouth Economic Development Committee (PEDC). There are those who state that the PEDC has all the information on its website. The problem is that the Town Council would have to spend weeks searching for types of documentation.The PEDC website holds years of documentation. For example the bond information is spread all over the website . There are several formats to follow on the website some are by time others are by incidents.

In order to rebuild the turbine with a public- private type of deal the town should go back to square one. They should probably refinance the original Clean Renewable Energy Bond and put the 600 thousand rescheduled cash into the repair.

An Explanation of Clean Renewable Energy Bonds

http://www.portsmouthrienergy.com/CREB%20explained.pdf

CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY BOND VOLUME CAP ALLOCATION INFORMATION

http://www.portsmouthrienergy.com/IRSCREBAnnouncement_11.20.06.pdf

Old timer, the Democrats pushed the agenda to have this WTG built in 2006. They took the cheapest bid rather than the best bid. They di not do the needed due dilgence. As for, the Dem candidates. On the air, cable TV during the Daily News candidate night 5 of 7 candidates said they would spend $700k and fix it now. That was it, they did not say wait for a study, they said spend it now to get it turning. That is how they think and it is wrong.

Old Timer, Really on the pension issue? Seems like the Republicans are the ones who identified the pension problem. Where exactly does one Democrat running for office say they will fix the problem? The REpublicans are on record that they will and have already started the job. The Republicans just negotiated pension change on the school side. The Democrat mouth on the school commitee voted against it and the Democratic Party voted out the two Dems on the school coomitee in the primary for supporting the Republican pension position in the negotiations. What exactly are you reading, the Patch?

The wind turbine is an 'albatross' and a curse on the taxpayers of Portsmouth. The turbine is poorly sited next to the highway and the water tank per the expert report.

The Daily Newspaper has taken a poll and well over 50 percent say pay off the 2 million dollar bond and take the turbine down !

This was a mistake from day one ! You have to read the bottom line of page 19 in the wind turbine report . The wind turbine will operate at negative 500 thousand dollars a year for ten years ! That equals a loss of 5 million over ten years !

Why doesn't anyone get the formula ? The turbine is a financial fiasco !

http://www.portsmouthri.com/documents/Turbine_Gearbox.pdf

Bill, the people just don't get the math. Our educational system is 18th overall in the world. Pretty poor and the teachers want more money and benefits. Let's stop the bleeding. Sell the turbine to the highest bidder, make them take out a hefty insurance plan on their dime and forget it. Wind doesn't work without a heavy subsidy from the government. It's like Solyendra. It's all make believe. And the Taxpayers will foot the bill. Do you think National Grid will? Not a chance. they will just charge us all a renewable energy tax and tack it on everyone's bill.

What is next? Bottom line WTG not economically competitive Vs all other sources of electrical generation. Yes, even factoring in subsidies on all for a fair and balanced evaluation. We are already getting plundered in our electrical bills for several other social engineering wealth redistribution agendas and now the cult of true believers so called nonrenewable green energy agenda. European socialism has already traveled this mindless rout and contributed to their rapidly failed economies. I for one do not wish to join them. OBTW the debunked so called global warming e.g. misrepresented natural global climate cycle served as a counterfeit scare tactic reinforced by corrupted science & has been formally rejected by critically thinkikng people. We must get on with an upgrade of the Aquidneck Island three communities and the USN installations electrical utilities bringing it into the 21 century. The significant candidate is natural gas fueling gas turbines connected to conventional electric generators. Similar to the 585 mega watt Johnston RI facilities. Clearly new and enlarged natural gas transmission lines to RI are required. This is real achievable and reliable technology that delivers a much lower cost product. OBTW we have the in place public utilities and companion RI PUC that is a reliable design, implementation and operations agent. No need to return to 19th and early 20 rth century off grid solutions.

http://www.climatedepot.com/?utm_source=CFACT+Updates&utm_campaign=d39fef9092-Michael_Manns_Nobel_Prize10_26_2012&utm_medium=email

See the URL above for Climate Depot Climate Gate The TRUTH comes out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Public Policy - Vs Climate Depot climate Gate The TRUTH comes out.
Many years ago a book came out based on a government think tank report titled Iron Mountain.
Iron Mountain was the bunker location where the original government funded think tank study was constructed
Well, one chapter of the book, titled Iron Mountain, addressed the need for designated enemies and companion artificial crisis as useful tools
in the influence of citizens opinions and shaping public policy etc.etc.
Well among their many examples was to create a climate, energy, finical crises etc.
As the proof completion required in a particular High School Math course
QED!
Bill
wfh

PS We must not base the decisions on our priorities forward (especially policies concerning finical, energy and public utilities)
on a pseudo political cult of true believers possessing a counterfeit fictional foundation.

WOW William F. I originally thought you and Bill Carson were the same person....kinda whacky. Someone convinced me I was wrong. I think it was J.Lane. NOW I am going to have to put on my TINFOIL hat to understand what you just said. It's amazing what's going on ....WHAT with the storm coming... and Barrack Hussein losing everywhere. LIBERALS going Bonkers.

Wind turbine is like a bad marriage for the taxpayers of Portsmouth. The town is stuck with a broken down turbine. Now comes the marriage councilors (wind turbine contractors, wind turbine attorney ,RFPs and wind turbine experts.)

The result of the meetings is the marriage will go on for years. The town will continue making bond payments on the wind turbine as promised. Now the contractors are involved for the next 17 years !

Within a few years the town will face legal challenges with bankrupt wind contractors again just like the first time. What happens when the new wind contractors' breach of contract is massive, immediate and irreparable ?

http://www.masterresource.org/2012/10/20-bad-things-wind-3-reasons-why/

Twenty Bad Things About Wind Energy, and Three Reasons Why

by John Droz, Jr.
October 24, 2012

21 20 5

Editor note: This (url above) is an updated version of a previous post at Master Resource: “Fifteen Bad Things About Wind Energy, and Three Reasons Why,”
one of the two most read posts in the history of Master Resource.

Especially here in RI each and every elected and appointed member of local, state and the national government MUST become better informed on a subject matter that is presently enabling a massive looting of our Treasury . Further more destroying our public utility capacity and capability.
Last using the electrical utilities rates as a vehicle of even more taxation and wealth redistribution / social engineering agendas is outrageous.

Other excellent reads re American energy crossroads.
Yes, the foundation for reliable predictable and affordable American energy future.
http://mail.aol.com/37105-111/aol-6/en-us/mail/DisplayMessage.aspx?ws_popup=true
or
EPA Abuse.com

Turbine Update: Yesterday and today, likely a result of the oncoming storm, the turbine seems to be in ACTIVE Mode. This means the turbine is responding to changing wind direction as it was designed to do. This does NOT mean the turbine will spin.....it means the turbine will continue to PAN around to FACE into the wind which is necessary to prevent damage to the blades in high winds.

Normally, with wind speeds of over about 45 MPH, the turbine blades would feather the and the spinning would STOP.... but the turbine would continue to face into the wind.

The broken gearbox has nothing to do with this action. If the NGrid power is lost, the batterys will take over this function until they run down.

Who should pay for the gear box in the wind turbine ? The Portsmouth wind turbine investigation was released on September 27 ,2012.The wind turbine has a
JaKe PPSC 1290- A120 type gear box.Why isn't the town looking into a manufacturers defect and why wasn't the possible payment by Jake Gear Box company mentioned in the Portsmouth report ?

The Portsmouth wind investigation is next :

http://www.portsmouthri.com/documents/Turbine_Gearbox.pdf

One week before the final report on September 20,2012 it was announced Jake may pay for the gear box in Princeton,Massachusetts if it's a manufacturer's problem and will look at the loss of revenue to Princeton.

Why not look at the Portsmouth gear box ?

The Princeton story next :
http://www.thelandmark.com/news/2012-09-20/Princeton_News/Town_off_the_hook_as_failed_gear_box_likely_a_manu.html

The Turbine continues to be in "ACTIVE" mode. It's coming around IN to the wind as designed....Even though inactive otherwise. This is required to protect the Blades from wind broadside to the blades when they are presented " FLAT".

This Turbine IS DEAD. Let's move on. Maybe a Vestas on top of OUR tower.... Private/Public proposals that have been recieved by the town so far still show that the town will still Lose $300,000 every year for the next 10 years. What's the point of that...??

John , You are right ! I just don't get it ? At the meeting about 75 minutes into the video Don Roberts tells a story about another wind turbine at Otis Air Base on Cape Cod that is having a gear box failure.The gear box failures are Princeton,Massachusetts ,Otis Air Force Base ,Massachusetts and Portsmouth,Rhode Island all have gear box failures at three years old and built around 2008-2009 . How do you have all these failures by the same company ?

The gear boxes all look to be made by the same company. From what I understand there are other ongoing problems with other gear boxes around the country by the same manufacturer.

The automobile industry very often calls back cars for repairs after the warranty. These gear boxes are much more expensive than a car .Why isn't any state or federal agency looking into these failures.

In the next year or so the gear box failure rate will increase to a point where communities who bought wind turbines start demanding their money back from the sub contractors who supplied these parts? Only time will tell !

http://www.theportsmouthrecord.com/TownCouncil/ptc.10.23.12.Flash.htm

Please click on this section below in the meeting. About 75 minutes into the video

Report on the mechanical condition of the Wind Turbine by Don Roberts of DA Roberts LLC

Here is how I look at it . It is becoming self evident that not all the options are being considered for the turbine. Why only pick one option ? Why not pick two or three options ? Make a demand of the gear box manufacturer,look into the legal avenue and decide about the public -private deal at the same time.

Selecting only one option looks like a Dog and Pony Show.

The town should look into legal remedies to replace the gear box. A demand should be made of the gear box manufacturer to look into the failure of the gear box just like they did in Princeton ,Massachusetts.

Why wouldn't the town demand the manufacturer look at the gear box in Germany ?

If a wrong size gear part was used the town should get a brand new upgraded gear box,crane costs and paid the loss of revenue for the faulty gear box. I understand the model numbers but this company has multiple failures of all types of gear boxes.

Why should taxpayers suffer a significant economic loss?

I agree ! Perform a forensic teardown of the failed gearbox. Contact JaKe and get the location world wide of all the 1290 series gear boxes .

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), a federal agency should quickly research how many failures have occurred since 2008. How many more in the next year ?

The design lifetime of the PPSC 1290-A120 gearbox manufactured by Jahnel Kestermann (JaKe) of Germany is twenty years.

The gearbox manufacturer out of the goodness of their heart has offered two replacement gearboxes for the significantly discounted price of two for one ?

At what point does the town look into class action litigation ? How many cities, towns and contractors in the United States constitute a large group of people who have been injured by a gear box company ?

Lets scrap it and move on. This thing is a symbol of our oun vanity and "we know whats right" to everyone who drives by it. The whole state knows how foolish it was for a small town like ours to buy such a mistake, I don't see anybody else doing the same. Everybody likes to watch a train wreck, this time it is us.

Also, I made a little mistake.
The gearbox of the Portsmouth WTG is a 1290-A120, it is a slightly re-designed version correct a stuctural housing flaw in the 1290-A118.

Why don't we hire the now unemployed NASA scientists from the space shuttle to come and re design the thing? Let's throw another 2 million dollars at it. All you Democrats why don't you donate 1/2 your salary to get the thing up and running again? GREEN ENERGY IS MORE COSTLY. WHY DON'T YOU GET THE MATH?
Go back to grade school.

Mr. McMahon, The wind turbine generator was situated next to a water tower, next to a highway.This site is not appropriate due to wind shear and turbulence. Not only will it need a different gear box, we may have to MOVE the thing. Can we put it in your back yard?

Mr. McMahon, until Don Roberts performs an actual test it IS AN ISSUE.

Don Roberts LLC is the best gear box engineer . He has worked for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory . The NREL is the only federal laboratory dedicated to commercialization and deployment of commercial wind turbines.

The NREL has a data base about gear box failures that can not be accessed by the general public .The NREL has known since well before 2005 about the magnitude of the gear boxes failures . If this information had not been hidden from the public back around 2004 Portsmouth would have never bought the turbine.

One company that the NREL looked into had over 600 gear box failures . Why hasn't the NREL made this information public ?

The report by Don Roberts on page 19 says it will cost negative $401,290 a year if the new gear box last ten years and cost negative $516,137 per year if the new gear box lasts three years. In addition a gear has been changed in most gear boxes brought to the United States since they are all built out of the country . Voltages range between 110 and 240 volts . The world uses 60 Hertz while the US uses 50 Hertz. A gear was changed in the gear box.

As I predicted back many months age that the gear box was bad ! TODAY WE KNOW A GEAR WAS CHANGED IN THE GEAR BOX TO CHANGE FROM 60 hertz to 50 hertz. A REPLACEMENT GEARBOX REQUIRES THE SAME CHANGE AGAIN !

Portsmouth Rhode Island Wind Turbine Report :
http://www.portsmouthri.com/documents/Turbine_Gearbox.pdf

The Democrats built the turbine. They are now in charge. They want it fixed. They will purchase two replacement gearboxes and FIX the turbine. Totally.

Thanks for the correction - But you get the picture ! The gear box company should pay for a new gear box ,labor,crane and lost income . The town shouldn't have to pay anything ! This turbine with all the breakdowns it had over three years should come under the lemon law ! Why didn't the current maintenance contractor pick up the excess microns of metal in the oil ? They never did the test !

TODAY WE KNOW A GEAR WAS CHANGED IN THE GEAR BOX TO CHANGE FROM 50 hertz to 60 hertz. A REPLACEMENT GEARBOX REQUIRES THE SAME CHANGE AGAIN !

The public needs an education on the negative side of commercial megawatt wind turbines. The Portsmouth EDC and the Portsmouth Town Council who voted for the turbine only looked at the positive information on wind turbines .All other information they received was viewed as NIMBY or just a bunch of concerned citizens that didn't want to spend three million on a wind turbine .

The gear box issues have been going on since before the PEDC ! Why did they overlook the operation and maintenance and the fact you need someone 24/7 to run the turbine ?

Check out this short movie kind of looks like what's going on in Portsmouth today .Let's try to educate the public on both sides of commercial wind .It's amazing the turbine sits there today and the public just doesn't want to hear the truth ! They keep listening to the "Old Boy Network "

Trailer for movie Windfall : View this and report back to me !
http://firstrunfeatures.com/trailers_windfall.html

Positive information is Good. Green is Good. Negative information is Bad. Nobody likes Bad. Time to FIX the turbine, We need the turbine up and running so everyone that sees it will know Portsmouth cares about stopping global warming. :)

$760,000 to repair the wind turbine? Yes! The town is considering public-private partnership to sell half the town owned turbine and probably lease this property and other locations in town next to residential homes as they already have done.

The town voted over a two million dollar bond to buy this turbine and now they are going to give it away ?

http://www.scribd.com/doc/59490870/NREL-Gearbox-Reliability-Collaborative-Project-Report-Findings-From-Phase-1-and-Phase-2-Testing

See page 10 for gear box failures in 2004 .The Portsmouth EDC did not do "Due Diligence". The information about gear boxes has been around since before 2004.

Overall GRC Project

"The roots of the GRC project reach back to 2004 when NREL hosted a Drive Train Workshop, atwhich experts discussed the need for improved reliability in drive trains, and, in particular,gearboxes."

Ah, the election is finally over. All the normal crackpots are back

Let's both educate the public and counteract the misleading information promulgated by the wind energy industry and local "Old Boy" town network.

There are those in town that continue to distort the facts about Wind Energy and its ramifications, environmental, social and economic affects for the Town of Portsmouth and its taxpayers.

Let's work together to provide information on industrial wind energy to enable the community and government officials to make informed decisions.

The only way to do this is bring the Portsmouth wind turbine to national attention to show the world how a small town in Rhode Island was taken advantage of with the hopes it won't ever happen again.

It should be mandatory that this short movie be shown in the public school sysytem :

Trailer for movie Windfall : http://firstrunfeatures.com/trailers_windfall.html

The recent negative government report is spot on re Local RI USN deployment of 12 each monster 400 ft + tall WTG along the Defense Highway aka Burma Road on the West side of Aquidneck Island.
WTG electrical power cost much more even with government subsidies.. RI General Assembly concluded that this was ill advised and dangerous approach of land based WTG farms here in RI. Rather, the offshore Deep water Wind project was identified as an acceptable alternative for a so called renewable green energy project. Yes, a location off shore away from our very fragile coast line and precious Narragansett Bay. USN must join the ongoing off shore Deep water Wind Project if they are mandated to take on such a costly marginal solution. Clearly 12 each 400 ft tall monster WTG do not belong encroaching on our shore line & along all of our high density Newport, Middletown & Portsmouth West side neighborhoods.
WTG technology deployed along our RI fragile shore line is among failed relics of the past. Please see the movie "WindFall" available on netflix on the cable.
The USN would be better served in joining the three other Aquidneck Island Communities in addressing the common problem of bloated and out of control electrical utility rates. Yes, rates driven by policy missteps locally and nationally.
Today among the solutions is gas turbine generated electrical power in Johnston RI and Tiverton RI along with Summerset MA clean coal is a viable lower cost solution.

Where is the correspondence between the following individuals or companies and the Portsmouth EDC ? The PEDC lists thanks to the following all of whom helped the PEDC with the wind turbine study. The officials in Portsmouth say you can find everything on the PEDC website.

WHERE IS THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE AGENCIES OR INDIVIDUALS BELOW????
WHAT DID THEY INSTRUCT THE EDC TO DO?

Check out who the PEDC wishes to acknowledge the following organizations and individuals for their
support and the expertise and generosity of time they provided for the wind turbine installation :

The RI Energy Office, especially Commissioner Andy Dzykewicz , University of Massachusetts Renewable Energy Laboratory especially Sally Wright, Jim Sweeney of Sustainable New Energy,Henry DuPont of Lorax Energy, American Wind Energy Association, TrueWinds and The Rhode Island Wind Alliance. reference Page VI : http://www.portsmouthrienergy.com/windstudy.pdf

Oh no Bill, they are not listening to you! The horror!!!!!
http://www2.turnto10.com/news/2012/dec/03/7/wastewater-plant-will-use-wind-power-ar-1262223/