Ocean Turbine Hearings Postponed -Infra Sound Questions Raised

In September of 2018, the Falmouth Select Board heard from Ocean Wind Turbine Contractor Raised Whale Questions.

Falmouth Selectman Doug Brown asked how this project would impact whales, asking if they would be able to navigate through or around the wind farm.

The manager of policy and development for the ocean wind project described this as a hard question to answer.

A public hearing for the ocean wind turbine company's proposed undersea electric cables that would run through Edgartown waters was cut off abruptly after several heated exchanges at a Martha’s Vineyard Commission meeting last Thursday 2/21/19.

Martha’s Vineyard Commission put the meeting off until March 21, 2019.

Questions were raised over the health impact of infra-sound coming from large wind turbines.

"Infrasound is the range of sound pitches that are below human hearing bottom limits (under 20 Hz). Ultrasound is pitching over the human range of hearing.

Many animals can hear infrasound, however, like whales"

Links to media :

"Stormy argument halts Vineyard Wind hearing

Project’s public hearing with the MVC gets pushed to next month."

https://www.mvtimes.com/2019/02/22/stormy-argument-halts-vineyard-wind-hearing/

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2019/02/22/stormy-argument-halts-vineyard-wind-hearing/

http://www.windaction.org/posts/49487-stormy-argument-halts-vineyard-wind-hearing#.XHKk9-hKi00