Falmouth Wind Turbines - Law Study Shows Town Lacked Notification To Residents

Town of Falmouth through the town only notified 12 percent of the population. 26 percent during construction and 25 percent during operation

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Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

Volume 15 | Issue 1 Article 23
2014
Sustainable Communities and Wind Energy Project Acceptance in Massachusetts

Mariateresa A. Petrova

Recommended Citation
Mariateresa A. Petrova, Sustainable Communities and Wind Energy Project Acceptance in Massachusetts, 15 Minn. J.L. Sci. & Tech. 529
(2014).
Available at: http://scholarship.law.umn.edu/mjlst/vol15/iss1/23

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The answers to the question regarding the sources of information used for learning about the wind energy projects in town also produce substantial differences in responses.126

While 37% of Hull respondents say they found out about the project in their town from an official source—27% from a town hall meeting or notice, 2% from the developer, and 8% from the town’s energy committee—that percentage is lower for Kingston (22%) and substantially lower for Falmouth (12%).
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The effect size indices for the last two questions (Cramer’s V) are .24 to .26, correspondingly, suggesting weak to medium128 or minimal to typical differences among responses from the three towns.129

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Table 3. Differences in respondents’ perceptions of the permitting process from the three towns.

Questions regarding respondents’ perceptions of the permitting process:

Falmouth

First heard about the project – when?

During planning 49 percent

During construction 26 percent

During operation 25 percent