Reposted from Caledonian-Record. SHEFFIELD — According to a 52-page report prepared for First Wind by a Virginia consultant, the sound signal that emanates from the 16 wind turbines at the Sheffield Wind Farm are “quite weak,” the company stated in a report filed with the Vermont Public Service Board.
Reposted form NECN.com. (NECN: Jack Thurston, Sheffield, Vt.) – Few people get to enjoy the views of Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom that Catherine Morrell and her colleagues do. They climb straight up nearly 300 feet, to see the world from the top of wind turbines.
Reposted from Seven Days. The virtues or vices of wind power weren’t up for official debate at this year’s town meeting in the Northeast Kingdom town of Sheffield.
Reposted from Caledonian-Record. SHEFFIELD — It wasn’t until after 5 p.m. when the main issue that drew so many more voters than usual to the annual Town Meeting came up — and voters got a chance to debate how to use the annual payment from First Wind of $520,000.
Reposted from Caledonian-Record. Lowell wind opponents are taking exception to a series of TV ads that have aired touting utility-scale wind projects in Vermont.
Reposted from Orleans County Record. SHEFFIELD — Opponents of the 16-turbine industrial scale wind farm which opened here in October are critical of First Wind, the wind farm owner, and its take on a recent report on stream quality since the wind farm opened, which was made public last week by the Vermont Agency [...]
Download this release in PDF format. In response to a Vermont Agency of Natural Resources memo released last week discussing water quality impacts around the Sheffield wind project site, project owner First Wind claimed that the data indicated no harm had occurred on the area streams during construction.
Reposted from Caledonian-Record. SHEFFIELD — There is a wind farm developer sniffing around the area, that’s been confirmed and was discussed recently at the Lyndonville Board of Trustees meeting.
