Friday, September 21, 2012
The Board of Selectmen have rejected a Town Meeting article calling for a moratorium on wind turbines in residential areas. The article will still be on the warrant.
Despite being approved by the Planning Board, an article calling for a two-year moratorium on building wind turbines in residential areas was rejected by the Board of Selectmen Tuesday. The article was defeated on a 4-1 vote with only Selectman Ken Tavares voting in favor. According to WATD, during discussion of the article, selectmen said they had faith in the Planning Board and its permitting process. This seems a contradiction to the petitioner Kerry Kearney: “The Planning Board’s decision was to approve a moratorium only in residential zones, to allow them in industrial zones, and I think that was the right decision, and I’m surprised the Selectmen did not support the Planning Board’s decision when they were adamant that they support …
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Town Meeting will consider a petitioned article to halt permitting for wind turbines for two years, do you believe wind turbines are a detriment to health or are they an eyesore in neighborhoods?
With four wind turbines peeking over the horizon along Route 3 in Kingston and seven more lined up for construction in Plymouth, a group of residents has submitted a petition for a Fall Town Meeting article that would set a two-year moratorium on more permits, and the group is getting support from many people, who say they support “green energy” from across the region. The framed image of Plymouth Bay lined with offshore turbines located in the Mayflower Meeting Room at Town Hall, as well as the goal of the beginnings of energy independence by 2020, are facing a backlash of opposition. The Planning Board began its review of the article Monday, as dozens of people, including residents from neighboring towns, spoke against zoning turbines in…
Friday, March 18, 2011
The Zoning Board continued the latest wind turbine hearing for tests on its effect on nearby WPLM.
AM radio waves have a unique quality. During the day, the travel around the curvature of the earth in what's called a groundwave. They reach 30 to 50 miles from their source. At night, changes in the ionosphere cause changes in the way AM radio waves travel. That's called the skywave effect and it bounces AM waves between the earth and the upper atmosphere allowing them to travel hundreds of miles. Interesting, but how does it affect the conversion of an auto salvage operation into a sustainable energy demonstration project? The proposal includes a wind turbine atop a 79-foot steel tower. Though not a propeller turbine, its tower could interfere with the AM signal generated at nearby WPLM. "I don't come here tonight to oppose the project…
Thursday, March 3, 2011
A demonstration project aims at making Plymouth comfortable with wind-generated electricity.
It looks like a couple of white metal barrels with slats cut out. It spins in the wind and makes electricity. Not a propeller-style wind turbine, it makes less noise and doesn't interfere with radio signals. You might see one soon on a hill off Route 44. Monday night the Planning bBard recommended that the Zoning Board approve a permit to allow Jim Sweeney and Sustainable New Energy erect such a turbine on land leased from the Almeida family in North Plymouth. The 79-foot tower would help power a potential clean energy center on the site, but more than power generation, Sweeney wants visibility from the turbine. Sweeney presented the proposal as a demonstration project. After the meeting, he elaborated. "Hopefully, once Plymouth gets used …
Marie Jane
10:52 am on Saturday, September 22, 2012
A moratorium is temporary.I am certain that each of the Seletmen is dedicated to public service,to making informed decisions, decisions made in the best interest of the taxpayer and residents.Moratorium gives you each the opportunity to do that.Educate yourselves about the facts and fallacies of Industrial Wind Turbines.Do you know beyond reasonable doubt the safe distance between humans and … more ›