| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Task force tackles wind turbines in Floyd Co.
Credit: By: Ken Heineck, WSLS, www2.wsls.com 18 April 2012 ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
FLOYD COUNTY, VA – Wind turbines has been generating plenty of buzz lately in the New River Valley. It is why Floyd County recently formed a task force to look into the pros and cons.
“There’s a number of things that could affect the county for many many years, good or bad,” said Lauren Yoder, a member of the Floyd County board of Supervisors.
The group plans to look into economic impact, noise, land and property values, safety issues, and environmental concerns.
Yoder heads up the task force and is also a volunteer firefighter in the county. He says another issue they are looking at is the possibility of interference with the county’s emergency communication tower on Wills Ridge, the desired spot by a handful of renewable energy companies for turbines.
“We do have a few areas in the county that are a little bit harder for us to communicate. One thing we’re concerned about is any type of interference that a wind farm might have if it’s too close to a repeater, and even give us more spotty communications in those areas,” said Yoder.
We checked with Procomm. Tthey service all of Floyd Ccounty’s two-way radio emergency communication systems. Officials said they do not have enough information, and would have to study the turbines like the task force. But they could not rule out radio interference.
The task force plans to meet again next month. There is no timetable on when they hope to present facts to board members.
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Contributions |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=22079 ]
