Resource Library Category: Vermont
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Documents presented here are not the product of nor are they necessarily endorsed by National Wind Watch. This resource library is provided to assist anyone wishing to research the issue of industrial wind power and the impacts of its development. The information should be evaluated by each reader to come to their own conclusions about the many areas of debate.
Prefiled Testimony Opposing East Haven Windfarm
Author: Hewson, Tom
“Q. Will one megawatt hour from a wind turbine displace one megawatt hour from a conventional fossil power plant?
“A. Highly unlikely. …
“Since wind supplies only intermittent power, its power purchasers have been unable to credit any of the wind project’s rated capacity towards their minimum reserve capacity requirements needed to assure a reliable power supply. As a result, wind purchases did not avoid or delay the buyers need to build or purchase new power capacity to meet their growing load requirements. . . .
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Army Corps of Engineers letter to UPC about Sheffield Wind Farm
Author: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
“This concerns your proposal to place fill in waterways and wetlands in conjuection with the construction of the Sheffield Wind Farm in Sheffield, Vermont.
“The US Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the aquatic impacts of the proposed project are more than minimal. As required by the procedures in the VT General Permit program, the project at this time is not eligible for authorization under the VT General Permit, and must be reviewed under the individual permit review procedure. …
“You may . . .
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Vermont PSB Docket 7156 Hearings — Day 10
Author: Sargent, Cathy
Transcription of the Public Service Board permitting hearings for UPC Wind’s proposal in Sheffield, Vermont, Jan. 30 to Feb. 9, 2007.
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Response to reports prepared for UPC's proposed Sheffield (Vt.) Wind Project
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The proposed Sheffield Wind Project raises a number of potential concerns to the Service in the general areas of habitat fragmentation, impacts to waters/wetlands and bird and bat mortality. This letter is generally limited in scope to airspace issues involving the potential for bird and/or bat mortality and ultimately the suitability of the site in this regard. We note for the record that the Service was not consulted prior to the design and conduct of the . . .
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Vermont PSB Docket 7156 Hearings — Days 2-9
Author: Sargent, Cathy
Transcriptions of the Public Service Board permitting hearings for UPC Wind’s proposal in Sheffield, Vermont, Jan. 30 to Feb. 9, 2007.
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FWS response to UPC radar studies in Sheffield, Vt.
Author: Bartlett, Michael
Letter from the Fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior to Dave Cowan, V.P. for Environmental Affairs, UPC Wind Management, January 3, 2007.
“This is in response to the fall 2004 and spring 2005 radar, visual and acoustic reports prepared for UPC’s proposed Sheffield Wind Project in Sheffield, Vermont.
“The proposed Sheffield Wind Project raises a number of potential concerns to the Service in the general areas of habitat fragmentation, impacts to waters/wetlands and bird and bat mortality.”
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Green Mountain Power Wind Power Project Third-Year Operating Experience: 1999-2000
Author: Electric Power Research Institute
EPRI reported that the ridgeline facility in Searsburg, Vermont, produced no electricity at all — not even a trickle — almost 40% of the time:
“On average, the Searsburg turbines generate electricity more than 60% of the time. … Individual turbines generated electricity 51% to 75% of the time during the third year, and from 45% to 77% of the time during the second year. The turbine generation time is related to both wind speed and availability.”
A summary of the data . . .
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Noise a problem at Searsburg, Vt., facility
Author: Shea, Tom
August 8, 2005
Ms. Gina Owens
District Ranger
USDA Forest Service
2538 Depot Street
Manchester Center, VT 05255
Ms. Owens,
I am writing in regard to the electrical generating facility proposed for the Green Mountain National Forest in Searsburg and Readsboro, Vermont. I am an abutter (at 343 South Road, Route 8) to the Forest near where the generating facility is being proposed. My family owns the two closest houses to the existing generating station.
I am deeply concerned on the impact both on the . . .
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