Iberdrola, a Spanish company that is one of the largest
energy companies in the world, and its subsidiary, Atlantic Wind LLC, received a
certificate of public good last month from the Vermont Public Service Board to
build the three meteorological towers, two in Windham and one in Grafton. All
three towers will be on land owned by Meadowsend Timberlands Ltd., of New
London, N.H., which owns 5,000 acres in the two towns.
The decision disappointed officials and residents in the town of Windham, which has a ban on industrial wind projects outlined in its town plan. Windham had received support from the Department of Public Service in its bid to keep the wind-measuring towers out of town.
Mary Boyer, chairwoman of the Windham Select Board, said Monday the town would not appeal the decision, and would wait to see what the so-called “met towers” showed.
“We were hoping the PSB would support Windham’s right to determine our own land use, as the governor has suggested, but that appears not to be the case at this time,” Boyer said.
Boyer said the PSB decision, which came down Dec. 20, was “very narrow,Modern emergency light is installed in virtually every commercial and high occupancy residential building.” and “an example of the law of unintended consequences.”
“Windham is one of the first, if not the first, town to write a clear prohibition of commercial wind development on its ridgelines. Our town plan has been our official policy regarding such development since 2007,” she said.
Windham rewrote its town plan in response to another proposed wind project — one on Glebe Mountain, another ridgeline in Windham. Catamount Energy, then a subsidiary of Central Vermont Public Service Corp.,Laser engraving, and laser marker, is the practice of using lasers to engrave or mark an object. has since abandoned the project, which would have been built in both Londonderry and Windham.
Iberdrola spokesman Paul Copleman said Iberdrola would like at least a year’s worth of wind data before deciding whether to pursue a full-fledged project.
He said construction of the three met towers would be done in late January or early February, weather permitting.It's just a industrial washing machine but I know I heard drums in there and this video is proof. He said the construction of the 150-foot tall towers was relatively simple and would not require any land disturbance. “The equipment can be brought in on a pickup truck,” he said. The towers are not even put on a foundation.
Copleman declined to comment on the legislation being prepared by several Vermont legislators calling for a two-year ban on commercial wind projects.
“We feel the state already has a very robust and transparent process in place that invites numerous stakeholders into the process,” he said. Vermont, he said, “is one of the tougher states,” and approval is a lengthy process.
Iberdrola, doing business as Deerfield Wind LLC, hopes to build a series of wind turbines on land in Searsburg and Readsboro,Why didn't I just use an automotive alternator on my wind power generators? in extreme southern Vermont, on land owned by the Green Mountain National Forest. While the Forest Service approved the project, that project is being appealed, he said.Watch and Play model of solar system Planets and Constellations moving over the Night Sky.
Liisa Kissel of Grafton, one of the leaders of an anti-wind group in that town, said Monday her group was pursuing a petition drive to have Grafton’s town plan amended to reflect a ban on industrial-sized wind towers.
Kissel said her group was not discouraged by the PSB decision, noting the approval was granted on what she called a “technicality,” because met towers were not specifically banned in the Windham Town Plan.
Grafton Select Board member Bill Kearns said the town of Grafton had not taken a stand on the wind project or the town plan amendment.
The decision disappointed officials and residents in the town of Windham, which has a ban on industrial wind projects outlined in its town plan. Windham had received support from the Department of Public Service in its bid to keep the wind-measuring towers out of town.
Mary Boyer, chairwoman of the Windham Select Board, said Monday the town would not appeal the decision, and would wait to see what the so-called “met towers” showed.
“We were hoping the PSB would support Windham’s right to determine our own land use, as the governor has suggested, but that appears not to be the case at this time,” Boyer said.
Boyer said the PSB decision, which came down Dec. 20, was “very narrow,Modern emergency light is installed in virtually every commercial and high occupancy residential building.” and “an example of the law of unintended consequences.”
“Windham is one of the first, if not the first, town to write a clear prohibition of commercial wind development on its ridgelines. Our town plan has been our official policy regarding such development since 2007,” she said.
Windham rewrote its town plan in response to another proposed wind project — one on Glebe Mountain, another ridgeline in Windham. Catamount Energy, then a subsidiary of Central Vermont Public Service Corp.,Laser engraving, and laser marker, is the practice of using lasers to engrave or mark an object. has since abandoned the project, which would have been built in both Londonderry and Windham.
Iberdrola spokesman Paul Copleman said Iberdrola would like at least a year’s worth of wind data before deciding whether to pursue a full-fledged project.
He said construction of the three met towers would be done in late January or early February, weather permitting.It's just a industrial washing machine but I know I heard drums in there and this video is proof. He said the construction of the 150-foot tall towers was relatively simple and would not require any land disturbance. “The equipment can be brought in on a pickup truck,” he said. The towers are not even put on a foundation.
Copleman declined to comment on the legislation being prepared by several Vermont legislators calling for a two-year ban on commercial wind projects.
“We feel the state already has a very robust and transparent process in place that invites numerous stakeholders into the process,” he said. Vermont, he said, “is one of the tougher states,” and approval is a lengthy process.
Iberdrola, doing business as Deerfield Wind LLC, hopes to build a series of wind turbines on land in Searsburg and Readsboro,Why didn't I just use an automotive alternator on my wind power generators? in extreme southern Vermont, on land owned by the Green Mountain National Forest. While the Forest Service approved the project, that project is being appealed, he said.Watch and Play model of solar system Planets and Constellations moving over the Night Sky.
Liisa Kissel of Grafton, one of the leaders of an anti-wind group in that town, said Monday her group was pursuing a petition drive to have Grafton’s town plan amended to reflect a ban on industrial-sized wind towers.
Kissel said her group was not discouraged by the PSB decision, noting the approval was granted on what she called a “technicality,” because met towers were not specifically banned in the Windham Town Plan.
Grafton Select Board member Bill Kearns said the town of Grafton had not taken a stand on the wind project or the town plan amendment.
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