U.S. Wind Turbine Database Deletes Falmouth Town Turbines

US Wind Turbine Database deletes two Falmouth town owned Vestas V-82 type 1.65 megawatt wind turbines. Shut down by courts June 2017. Five million in ARRA stimulus funds used to take health and property rights with foreign made turbines. General Electric refused to place one turbine due to residential setbacks and ice throw.

"U.S. Wind Turbine Database
The United States Wind Turbine Database (USWTDB) provides the locations of land-based and offshore wind turbines in the United States, corresponding wind project information, and turbine technical specifications. The creation of this database was jointly funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) via the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Electricity Markets and Policy Group, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Resources Program, and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The database is being continuously updated through collaboration among LBNL, USGS, and AWEA."

Map viewer link 2020 :

https://eerscmap.usgs.gov/uswtdb/viewer/#9/41.8828/-70.8524
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Massachusetts DOER Fails American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Audit Falmouth Wind II

The Massachusetts courts shut down the Falmouth wind turbines in June 2017. The turbines are no longer energy efficient per MassDEP "project regulatory agreement" using ARRA, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to fund Falmouth wind turbine number 2.

The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust Board of Trustees in June of 2017 took a vote on the ARRA loan but failed to require the Town Falmouth to immediately pay back the remainder of the loan on the nuisance wind turbines.

https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2017/10/12/06212017-board-meeting-minutes.pdf

Massachusetts outside legal counsel has advised that the Town of Falmouth Wind II turbine is subject to specific provisions of ARRA and applicable federal regulations and guidelines ("Federal Law') in addition to the terms and conditions of the Project Regulatory Agreement ("PRA") and the Loan Agreement brokered by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection associated with the funding of Wind II, Under Federal Law and the PRA and Loan Agreement

Falmouth must maintain Wind II as an "energy efficiency" project, as described in EPA guidelines, or pay back the loan plus 2 percent interest.

File photo

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Logo Symbol Lower Right at Falmouth Wastewater Treatment Plant Wind Turbines- Scene of multiple protest over seven years.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 funds used to take health and property rights.

Town was warned prior to installations foreign made turbines were twice as loud as General Electric wind turbines. Town ignored 110 decibel Vestas warning and went forward with NO permits.