Falmouth Hires Wind Turbine Consultant 1 Day Before Town Meeting

The State of Massachusetts has faulted Falmouth wind studies in the past for "mistakes"

filed: April 7, 2018 • Massachusetts

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2018/04/07/weston-sampson-studying-options-for-falmouth-wind-turbines/

Weston & Sampson studying options for Falmouth wind turbines

Credit: By Brad Cole | The Falmouth Enterprise | April 6, 2018 | www.capenews.net ~~

The town has hired engineering consulting firm Weston & Sampson to examine alternatives for future utilization, repurposing and reutilization options for Falmouth’s wind turbines.
Selectmen in February gave Town Manager Julian M. Suso the go-ahead to spend up to $20,000 for the study.
Mr. Suso expects Weston & Sampson will complete its study by early May. This gives the town time to comply with building commissioner Rodman L. Palmer’s order to present a plan for the dismantling and removal of Wind 1 by May 31.

Source: By Brad Cole | The Falmouth Enterprise | April 6, 2018 | www.capenews.net
https://www.capenews.net/falmouth/news/weston-sampson-studying-options-for-falmouth-wind-turbines/article_5dd08e5d-3c4c-5fd7-91fe-f97111b0bc9d.html

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State faults Falmouth wind turbine study

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2011/02/16/state-faults-falmouth-wind-turbine-study/
16 February 2011

How many people remember In September 2011 a town-commissioned noise study reported the 1.65- megawatt Falmouth town-owned turbine off Blacksmith Shop Road did exceed state noise limits according to MassDEP Lauren Carlson, acting deputy regional director for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.

The noise study, conducted by Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc., failed to properly present the sound data collected near Wind I during the Summer of 2011. The sound data should have been broken down into one-hour average periods as opposed to three-hour averages, and pure tone data should have been provided in decibels.

In addition 5 years before the installations, the Town of Falmouth had a wind study conducted by KEMA Inc which showed on a map that a Vestas V-82 commercial 1.65-megawatt wind turbine would break state noise guidelines at up to 200 residential homes.