MassCEC Admits Falmouth Turbine Mistakes

MassCEC Admits Dropped Ball On Falmouth Turbines

MassCEC also said there are unique circumstances in Falmouth, so a decision in that town would not set a precedent for others in the state.

“Falmouth Wind 1 was one of the earliest municipally-owned megawatt scale wind turbines installed in Massachusetts. Even though 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 (as is our current, more rigorous practice) which might have identified a potential exceedance of the 10 decibel limit,” the memo reads. “The Falmouth wind turbines are of an older design which does not offer ‘low noise operations’ or other retrofit options.”

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2013/04/03/details-on-masscecs-april-2-memo-on-falmouth-turbines/

Wind Turbine Setbacks 2000 + Feet

Nils Bolgen the program director and facilitator of Falmouth Wind 1 & 2 from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center has changed the setbacks of the commercial wind turbines to 2000 feet in May of 2013.

Based of the catastrophic health and finance issues in Falmouth the setbacks may be increased even more.

Here is the May 2013 Quote increasing the Massachusetts setbacks to commercial megawatt turbines like that of Falmouth

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

“Nills 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.”