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Falmouth Wind Turbine II Only Had One Study Done -Dangers Hidden
Study Looked At Turbulence Between Wind Turbines -No Health, Safety, Fire, Shadow Flicker, Blade Throw. Who Did Technical Feasibility Study?
Falmouth Wind II Technical Feasibility Test
Page 1 of 4 -- Study Looked At Turbulence Between Wind Turbines -No Health, Safety, Fire, Shadow Flicker, Blade Throw. Who Did The Technical Feasibility Study for turbulence between wind turbines ? See SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Video: June 2009 bottom of page.
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Why was wind chosen over other renewable sources?
The Town elected to install wind turbines at the WWTP because they have a smaller footprint than an array of solar panels needed to generate the same amount of electricity. In addition, there are other planned uses for the WWTP site. Wind turbine technology is also more cost-effective than photovoltaics, translating into greater electricity generation for the Town and responsible use of the grant funding provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
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The location of the second turbine (Wind II) is based on spacing needed to minimize interference due to potential turbulence between towers, favorable elevation and use of existing open space at the site (which limited any required clearing).
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Prior to the installation of the Town of Falmouth second wind turbine the town had a 110-decibel noise warning from Vestas that showed decibel levels could reach 60 decibels at up to 184 residential homes.
The town had email warnings from representatives of Vestas wind company and a KEMA Inc map from 2005 showing NO Vestas wind turbines should have been installed.
A question was asked about the September 12, 2012, WTOP-CBI, Falmouth Wind Turbine Option Analysis Process (WTOP)-Consensus Building Institute (CBI) video over whether the ARRA, stimulus fund was a loan or a grant was "lost " and never shown on local Falmouth Community television.
The lost September 12, 2012, video at the end had questions over whether the money $ 4,865,000.00 for Falmouth Wind II was a loan or a grant:
"A participant asked Julian Suso, Town Manager, about the status of the Wind 2 grant at the September 12, 2012 WTOP-CBI meeting .
Julian stated that the Town doesn't have a clear answer. He explained that there are a series of possibilities, none of which is definitive."
The town did not have a clear answer ?
Today we know the truth about the Falmouth Wind II loan/grant. The Town of Falmouth had signed a "Project Regulatory Agreement" brokered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection financed through the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust.
This was a power production agreement that is a direct conflict of interest at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.The MassDEP by brokering a power production agreement with loan/grant money took the health of the citizens of Falmouth off the table.
Massachusetts state officials have said at wind turbine public meetings in the past that you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet. The statements were made during the Wind Energy Siting Reform Act hearings at Barnstable High School in 2010. In Falmouth that's exactly what they did with 184 residential homes to achieve the state renewable wind energy agenda of 2000 megawatts of wind power. A horribly failed agenda taking health and property rights failing to admit this danger.
The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust the week of Nov 26, 2015, notified town manager Julian M. Suso the Town of Falmouth borrowed $4,865,000 from the trust for the construction of Wind 2, the second of the town's two wind turbines.
The Town of Falmouth had signed a "Project Regulatory Agreement" brokered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection financed through the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust.
The town had submitted a "project completion certificate" to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in March 2013. However, a letter dated April 2, 2013, from the trust's executive director, Susan E. Perez, said the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust would not sign off on completion of the Falmouth Wind II project.
The Town of Falmouth has never disclosed if the money to buy Falmouth Wind II was a loan or a grant because under the Project Regulatory Agreement a power production agreement gave control of Falmouth Wind II to the MassDEP in which case MassDEP would produce the project completion certificate for Falmouth Wind II.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the borrower ( Town of Falmouth) entered into a project regulatory agreement in order to borrow ARRA, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Video: June 2009 Falmouth Wind II ARRA funds vote and Technical Feasibility Test announced by former Assistant Town Manager Heather Harper.
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