Falmouth Wind Turbines History of Lies, Hidden Documents and Omissions

Falmouth Massachusetts Has 2 Veatas V-82 Commercial 1.65 Megawatt Wind Turbines

Vestas Has Always Known The Turbines Were Too Loud For Falmouth

What Vestas and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center always knew

Falmouth and state officials always knew

Everyone knew except the Falmouth taxpayers

2004 – Presentation by VESTAS Engineer Erik Sloth to AUSWEA – Australian Wind Energy Association admitting research was required, buffer zones were required and “annoyance” was an issue: http://waubrafoundation.org.au/resources/what-vestas-and-wind-industry-knew-about-inadequate-noise-prediction-models-auswea-2004/

2010 Read a recently discovered letter dated August 3, 2010 in which Vestas required the Town of Falmouth (USA) ‘to understand the possible noise and other risks associated with the installation of the second wind turbine’

The letter also says: “We understand that a sound study is being performed to determine what, if any, impacts the second turbine will have to the nearest residences. Please be advised that should noise concerns arise with this turbine, the only option to mitigate normal operating sound from the V82 is to shut down the machine at certain wind speeds and directions. Naturally this would detrimentally affect power production.

2011 Read a letter from Ditlev Engel of Vestas lobbying the Danish Environment Minister not to tighten noise regulations

2012 — VESTAS (Ken McAlpine) submission to the NSW Dept Planning re low frequency noise guidelines http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Vestas.pdf

2012 Wind Turbine Health Impact Study: Report of Independent Expert Panel. January 2012. Prepared for: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.The Massachusetts expert panel never reviewed the 2010 Vestas wind warning letter that the turbines generate 110 decibels of noise.

2013 VESTAS Act on FACTs launch in Melbourne http://waubrafoundation.org.au/2013/vestas-launches-act-facts-campaign/

2013 Denmark’s leading acoustics scientists at Aalborg University say turbine manufacturer Vestas has large problems with documented factshttp://waubrafoundation.org.au/2013/acoustics-scientists-criticize-vestas/

2013 April 2, 2013 “ memo “ Delegation of Authority Relating to Rec Agreement. A staff memorandum for April 2, 2013 meeting of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Board of Directors.

Memo has never been made public. The news media is aware of the memo and refers to as a letter to continue to confuse the taxpayers of Falmouth.

The memo states there were acoustic mistakes in the original noise tests for Falmouth Wind 1.

Note # There were no noise tests for Falmouth Wind 2.

Quote from memo : “The original MTC-commissioned feasibility study for Falmouth over-estimated the likely acoustic impact, that study did not include a detailed acoustic analysis based upon sampling of ambient acoustic conditions”

Two : The memo questions who was ultimately responsible for siting the wind turbine. A question mark appears at the end of the statement. The question begs is the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center responsible for the installation they were the original owners ? 

Quote from memo : “3. Over-subsidy – does the potential REC agreement concession unduly place the financial impact of relief on the Commonwealth, rather than the Town (the Town was ultimately responsible for siting of the turbine)?“

2014 Read an article by the Australian Environment Foundation entitled ‘What Vestas Knew, and When’