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Falmouth Turbine Move Exceeds Original Purchase Price 5 Million
Moving Falmouth Wind Turbines Based On 12 Percent Cost of Living Increase Since 2011 - Cost To Move Exceeds Original Purchase Price.
The Massachusetts Superior Courts have affirmed the Barnstable Superior Court Judge Cornelius Moriarty issued order to shut down Falmouth's Wind 1 and Wind 2 on June 21, 2017.
The Town of Falmouth plans to issue a RFP, Request for Proposal, within a few weeks to move or sell the old gear driven 110 decibel wind turbines built over ten years ago.
The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) bought these two older gear driven turbines in order to resell them to local wind projects. This quasi-public Massachusetts agency known today as the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center purchased two Vestas V-82 wind turbines for $5.2 million in 2005.
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The state paid storage fees of $3,000.00 a month on the turbines from 2005 until they were placed in Falmouth in 2010. Additionally, the state gave the town one million to take one of the turbines off their hands.
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Noise Warning Turbines Generate 110 Decibels of Noise:
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August 3, 2010 RE: Falmouth WWTF Wind Energy Facility II "Wind II", Falmouth, MA
Contract No. #3297
"The Town has previously been provided with the Octave Band Data / Sound performance for the V82 turbine. This shows that the turbine normally operates at 103.2dB but the manufacturer has also stated that it may produce up to 110dB under certain circumstances."
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Source Engineering Firm Hired Town of Falmouth 2011
Estimated Cost to Relocate Falmouth Wind Turbines Year 2011 5 Million
Task Cost, per turbine Quantity Total
Planning, Design, Permitting $200,000 2 $400,000
De‐Commission Wind Turbine $210,000 2 $420,000
General Conditions, Bond, Insurance, Mob. $225,000 2 $450,000
Site Work and Preparation $100,000 2 $200,000
WTG Transport $125,000 2 $250,000
Wind Turbine Foundation $400,000 2 $800,000
WTG Installation, Crane and Rigging $350,000 2 $700,000
Primary Electrical Duct, Conduit and Cabling $125,000 2 $250,000
Transformers and Switches $200,000 2 $400,000
Manhole Frames and Covers $50,000 2 $100,000
Communication Cabling $15,000 2 $30,000
Pad and Tower Grounding $25,000 2 $50,000
Road Cuts and Asphalt Patching $25,000 2 $50,000
Fencing $25,000 2 $50,000
Loam and Seeding $15,000 2 $30,000
Testing and Re‐Commissioning $150,000 2 $300,000
Total Cost $4,480,000
Cost in 2011 to move turbines $4,480,000
Add 12% cost of living since 2011
