The Technical Research Group (TRG) has approved the permit for two 100 meter hub height wind turbines to be sited on town lands in the Paskmansett Valley. Dr. Ron DiPippo, chair of the Alternative Energy Committee (AEC)sends this report;
Hi all,
The TRG voted 5-0 to recommend the Special Permit to the Select Board.
The meeting included a presentation by ADE representatives Simon Thomas and Rich Tabaczynski. Two residents also attended and asked questions: Roseanne O'Connell and Bridget Earle.
The Select Board will hear the application on September 28 at its regular meeting.
By then, ADE will have updated the Photo-Sim, the Shadow-Flicker, and the Noise Studies to conform to the new locations for the North and South Turbines. The North Turbine had to be moved some 200 feet to the west to avoid wetlands and a much smaller shift was needed for the South Turbine. While the details of each study will change somewhat, the same general conclusions are expected to hold, namely, that the project fully complies with Section 34 of the Zoning Bylaws.
ADE has promised the final report on Friday, September 18. It will include an executive summary 3-5 pages, a set of site plans, and separate reports for each of the three aforementioned studies. They will need a refined mapping of the wetlands around the North Turbine site which Dave Hickox will provide as soon as possible.
The town will notify closest neighbors of the SB hearing and invite their attendance.
Materials will be posted on the AEC webpage as they become finalized. Print copies likewise will be placed on reserve at the Southworth Library, ahead of the SB hearing. Roger Race will see that these tasks are carried out in my absence.
The AEC thanks all who have contributed to this project so far.
ADE is Atlantic Design Engineers, ...
... the firm hired to prepare the turbine permits.
The permit now goes to a public hearing by the Select Board. That means the public can attend and comment on the proposal, pro or con. I believe that the Select Board will approve the permit and hope that teh Town Meeting would appropriate the funds at the Fall Town Meeting on October 20th.
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Lets remember this quote from the s-t.com on 9/9/09:
"Chairman Dr. Ronald DiPippo felt the same way as Race. "I don't want to impose an impact on anybody living near this turbine; I've said that from the beginning," the chairman said. "If it's a problem for even one or two houses, we'll just shut the bloody thing off," the retired physicist told neighbors at the meeting Wednesday night."
Lets face facts about a 100 meter pole. One meter equals about 40 inches thus the pole itself is 4000 inches high or 340 feet high. The narcel with the blades are 180 feet long not counting the height of the foundation of these turbines. Foundations can be as high as twenty feet. The total height of these turbines could reach over 500 feet the same as an ocean commercial wind turbine.
How would one neighbor file a complaint against the airplane strobe lights, the noise two years after it breaks in, the shadow flicker and how would the fire department respond to the turbine?
Was the 100 meter included in the studies done for the homeowners?
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