Health & Fitness
Wind Burn Relief - Onus to Mitigate Now On Falmouth
Decision weighs wind in favor of resident. Blows town's cover. Storm brewing for Tech Park turbine.
Barnstable Superior Court Judge Muse issued an order requiring the Town to return immediately to the 7 hours ON, 7 hours OFF operation of the town’s wind turbines. The Court further stipulated that on Sundays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, the turbines will be shut down.
Falmouth is directed to attempt to mitigate the nuisance condition found by the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals. The template for that process will be in accordance to Building Commissioner/Zoning Enforcement Officer Eladio Gore’s affidavit provided to the Court. The preliminary injunction case is suspended for 75 days, at which time mitigation effectiveness will be reviewed by the Court.
The ripple effect of today’s ruling will likely have adverse implications for the similarly sized “Notus - Clean Energy” wind turbine located within a mile of town turbines, located in the Falmouth Industrial Park.
