Falmouth Wind Turbine 2 Received no Acoustical Analysis at All

Falmouth Wind Turbine 2 Received no Acoustical Analysis at All

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The Town did not even do a KEMA level review of the potential adverse impacts of Wind 2 (as insufficient as the KEMA Study was).

There was no sound study.

There was no review of the impact of two turbines operating in close proximity (and the phenomena of “beating”, that happens when adjacent turbines beat into and out of synchronization with one another). No study what-so-ever.

Just the Assistant Town Manager telling Town Meeting that the prior studies “are relevant”.

Vestas Asked Weston & Sampson for an “updated study” for Wind 2
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Fri 5/28/2010 1:48 PM Brian Hopkins brhop@vestas.com
RE: Sound / Feasibility Studies

TO: Wiehe, Stephen, cc Duijvesteijn, Olle; Yanuskiewicz, Francis

“Steve, I don’t believe I saw a feasibility study for Falmouth other than Site Plans. Was a sound study updated with the additional turbine? Does the information I provided in the octave band data support the conclusions that you are conservatvely within MA state sound regulations? The table highlights the fact that V82 produces greater decibels when it reaches its stall regime beyond the IEC design standard at 95% capacity. The table also helps recognize the effects of shear on the sound levels experienced at receptors which should also be considering with the sound study. My email was lost from the time we did the first turbine so I don’t have a great record of information but do you have this decibel mapping for Falmouth?”

There was no “decibel mapping” Question from Vestas:
“Do you have this decibel mapping for Falmouth?”

The Answer: There appears to have been no answer to this Vestas email by either the Town or W&S (based on documents requested through discovery, and what has and has not been provided).
There never was any decibel mapping for the second turbine, or for both turbines operating together, as of the date of the Potamis letter accepting responsibility.

The concern of Vestas (accurate acoustical mapping) was apparently ignored.

http://waubrafoundation.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/SenieC.Falmouth-Zoning-Board-cease-desist2015-09-17.pdf