Falmouth Residents Want Nuisance Wind Turbines Taken Down

The two town-owned wind turbines have not operated since the Massachusetts courts in June 2017 ordered that the turbines are a nuisance at their current wastewater treatment plant location on Blacksmith Road.

Neighbors want the turbines dismantled and removed per local zoning and bylaw regulations.
Complaints were filed with Falmouth Building Commissioner between June and December 2018. Falmouth bylaws require the turbines be taken down after one year of inactivity.

The Falmouth Town Manager has hired the same engineering firm that helped install them to evaluate other locations for the future operation of Wind 2.

The Building Inspector has ordered the dismantling and removal of Wind 1 because the structure didn’t comply with zoning laws. It was denied a special permit in 2015. State and local officials knew prior to construction the turbines generated 110 decibels of noise affecting up to 200 residential homes.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection noise regulations were broken with the first Falmouth wind turbine. Despite the first turbine breaking state noise regulations corrupt officials at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection brokered a Project Regulatory Agreement loan so the Town of Falmouth could purchase the second wind turbine. Federal ARRA stimulus funds were misused as a loan taking the safety and health of neighbors.

The two identical Vestas V-82 type 1.65 megawatt wind turbines resulted in eleven lawsuits over the years. Maps, memos, emails, letters and a 2005 study show federal, state and local officials are guilty of lying by omission. The wind turbine manager who was also the assistant Town Manager admitted the town taxpayers could afford the gamble. A 15 million dollar gamble.

Taxpayers continue to pay for parasitic electricity going into the turbines at a rate of up to 15 percent of the original output. The electricity going in is to run warning lights, batteries, heat, airconditioning, electronics, and anything else a power plant needs. An ongoing maintenance plan and of course more legal and engineering fees.

Town officials even today are hiding the massive amount of electricity going into both the wind turbines and continue to avoid the question was the money for Falmouth Wind II a loan or a grant? It's called lying by omission!

The Select Board gave up on any video updates ----------------------------------------------------------

Falmouth Town Meeting starts on Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Falmouth Special Town Meeting -Wind Turbine 5M Loan June 2009

http://www.falmouthmass.us/DocumentCenter/View/2606/June-29-2009-Minutes

Note To New Town Meeting Members: Video of June 2009 Special Town Meeting

After Advertising Watch Town Meeting Members Told This Is The Money You Have Been Hearing About

At End of Video Article 1, 2 and 3 Is A Five Million Dollar ARRA Loan -Not What Town Meeting Was Told

Video Starts After 15 Minutes of Advertising MONEY WAS A LOAN -NOT A GRANT