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No Tours Of Abandoned Falmouth Wind Turbines
3.6 Million Summer Tourist View Falmouth Wind Turbines Rte 28
According to a traffic counter, the average daily summer traffic on route 28 south of the Otis Rotary is 37,927 or about 40,000 vehicles per day.
During the three summer months, about 3,600,000 vehicles pass by the legally shut downwind Falmouth wind turbines.
Prior to the construction of the Falmouth wind turbines in 2010 and 2012 advocates said the turbines will boost local tourism and the town was urged to take advantage of the sight of green energy at its best. It was stated tours of wind turbines are popular especially with young people.
You won't find the Falmouth turbines appearing in any tourism advertisements, especially on Cape Cod.
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The Falmouth wind turbines both Vestas V-82 type 1.65 megawatt wind turbines at the Wastewater Treatment Plant can be seen from Route 28. The turbines have been abandoned since they were shut down by the courts in June of 2017.
Believe or not 5 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds were used to build the foreign-made turbines after General Electric a domestic wind company refused to place one wind turbine due to residential setbacks.
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Many ask how could the federal EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection allowed a waiver to buy a foreign wind turbine after General Electric a domestic company refused. The answer is government officials are capable of taking your health and property rights for the "Green Energy Agenda."
The wind turbine noise causes a range of health effects from hearing loss, nausea, and sleep disorders to dizziness, blood pressure, tinnitus, and more. In addition the Sun passing through the blades in the morning and sunset causes shadow flicker a strobe effect in the homes.
The town omitted Vestas August 2010 wind company emails and a letter warning the turbines generate 110 decibels of noise and the town likewise never filed permits to build the turbines they knew would break state regulatory requirements.
There are no tour buses to the Falmouth Waste Water Treatment Plant off Black Smith Shop Road.
In November of 2019 Falmouth Town Meeting approved 2.5 million to take down the turbines and move them out of town.
There is no Massachusetts legislation to allow the town to partner with another municipality or private enterprise and go into the wind turbine business.
