Falmouth Turbine Permit Vs Nils Bolgen - MassCEC 2000 Foot Plus New Setbacks

Falmouth Wind 1 : No Permit Should Be Allowed: The Facts 2000 Foot + Setbacks To Property Lines

Nils Bolgen, Wind Turbine Program Director, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

Nils managed the Massachusetts Green Power Partnership and other initiatives that support the financing of commercial power projects and was technical manager for the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Community Wind Collaborative.
Nils has been with the Renewable Energy Trust at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative since 2001.

He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from North Adams State College and a Master of Environmental Planning degree from Arizona State University.

Massachusetts has over 100 megawatts of commercial wind turbines installed over the past fifteen years. Nils Bolgen has been either directly or indirectly involved in these projects.

In 2012 the State of Massachusetts convened an expert independant panel made up of pro-wind turbine advocates to study health impacts of commercial wind. Using these individuals as a scale of their expertise Nils Bolgen has comprehensive or authoritative knowledge of commercial wind.

In fact if we were looking for a state official who is a wind turbine expert Nils is like finding a true Guru .

Nils Bolgen the program director and facilitator of Falmouth Wind 1 & 2 in May of 2013 changed the setbacks of the commercial wind turbines to 2000 feet statewide . This was partially based on the catastrophic health and property taking issues in Falmouth and other communities.

Please keep in mind the 2000 foot setback to property lines is for one (1 ) commercial wind turbine.

Three turbines


Falmouth has three Vestas V 82 commercial wind turbines in the 1.65 megwatt class very close together.

Here is the May 2013 quote increasing the Massachusetts setbacks to commercial megawatt turbines:

“Nils Bolgen, who works with the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, said his organization has become “more conservative” in requiring project proposals seeking funding to provide more detailed data if they are close to residential areas.”

“In 2005, when the Center began requiring applicants to provide acoustical data, Bolgen said it was done on an “ad hoc” basis.”

“Now, all turbine proposals within 2,000 feet of residences must provide that data.”

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130526/NEWS/305260341

The next month April 2, 2013 the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center sent a memo to the Town of Falmouth they admitted making acoustical noise mistakes during the wind turbine study for Falmouth Wind 1.

The Town of Falmouth hid a letter for 5 years from Vestas Wind Company that Falmouth Wind 1 generates 110 decibels of noise . Twice the manufacturer specifications ;

http://www.windaction.org/posts/41357-vestas-raises-concerns-about-turbine-noise-letter#.VduxA_lVikp

The Town of Falmouth never posted the April 19,2005 Falmouth Community Site Screening Report

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cvi5tu6i7yww7a/2005%20April%20KEMA-MTC%20Falmouth_Site_Screening_Study.pdf?dl=0

Folks,

The Town of Falmouth is applying again for a Special Permit in several weeks to operate Falmouth Wind 1.

General Electric a domestic wind turbine company refused to build a single megawatt turbine in Falmouth over set back issues to nearby residential homes.

Falmouth residents for years were led to believe smaller 660 kilowatt turbines were going to be installed.

Public outreach and education was virtually non-existent over the installation of Falmouth Wind 1 a Vestas V-82 commercial 1.65 megawatt wind turbine. In fact documents were hidden from the public.

Special Permit 240-166 was avoided prior to the installation of Wind 1 because it would have required additional meetings, notifications and hearings.

How many more documents were hidden from the public ?