It will be interesting to see what the TC does.

Recently Gloucester MA installed 3 gigantic turbines. I wonder how the Portsmouth fiasco slipped past the goalie on that project. This has disaster written all over it.

http://www.wgbhnews.org/post/wind-turbines-power-gloucester-city-buildings

The Portsmouth WTG REPAIR, - unworkable business models? Are THE WHEELS TURNING TO BAIL OUT THIS MISADVENTURE AT THE RI GA AND ITS EDC? Yes, if accurate then an additional plunder of the state wide tax payer and utility rate payer. This Pts Industrial WTG is a case study in a collective ignorance, arrogance and incompetence fueled by the misguided green political cult of true believers.
Yes, All has been very quiet as to RI GA EDC EBEC & The Portsmouth Industrial Wind Turbine project. Expect the revenue stream mechanics to shortly make another run at the local, state & Federal tax payers?
The Deep Water Wind - Hedge Fund financed activities is evolving - many modifications of the plans. The recent Newport Daily News opinion page we are in for a healthy finical plunder etc..
Observed the Industrial Wind Turbine Farm Groupies and members of the politically aligned cult of true believers recently at the USN Industrial Wind Farm Project out brief, held at CCRI . That project now depicted as located on and or near many Aquidneck Island west side (bordering all three communities) USN hazardous waste sites and in the Newport Air Park flight corridor). The takeaway from the Environmental out brief was that this is a top down mandated Industrial Wind Turbine Generator solution from Washington, DC with little or no concern for Aquidneck Island - Narragansett bay Basin eco system and its crown jewel. Infrasound et al Concerns & Alternative solutions only superficially examined!

Check out the Hummel Report -Rhode Island Wind Turbines - February 21, 2013 .

A story about the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and the commercial wind turbine failure in Rhode Island !

The Hummel Report for Tuesday February 21, 2013 .Outstanding reportage. This reporter needs commendation. All you need to know about the wind turbine business in Rhode Island !

http://www.hummelreport.org/2.21.2013.wind.html

Wind turbines will be a thing of the past soon over 14,000 in u.s. have been abandoned already. It's like the electric car sounds nice at first until it needs repairs. Who will replace a car battery for over $10,000 and who will pay to repair a wind turbine? Right now fossil fuels are gods gift to us lets use them and stop this green nonsense. The earth was warming now it's cooling. We can't change that we are not God. Remember the ice age? There is oil under deserts so was there oceans there before or forests? We must not let the Al Gore's of the world trick us into letting them steal more of our money to redistribute as they choose. Progressivism is evil and we all need to wake up to what it is doing to our republic.

Clements Market should purchase it, fix it, and then sell the electric to the town folks and donate the electric to PHS.

The Select Board Meeting Tonight .The wind turbine meeting will take one hour to explain the complex plan going forward. A lot has changed since 2009. Health issues and setbacks have become clear.

Today we understand through the October 23,2012 Portsmouth Gear Box Investigation the Portsmouth High School wind turbine was poorly sited for ice throw to nearby homes, town water tank and the high school.

The first part of the wind turbine recommendations should start with public safety, setback issues that include shadow flicker , noise, low frequency sound and ice throw.

In the past six months we've seen commercial wind turbines in Falmouth ,Massachusetts sited too close to residential property shut down from 7 PM to 7 AM because of noise issues. The Falmouth Select Board recommended taking down the wind turbines. The Town of Milton ,Massachusetts shut down a turbine seven months of the year over shadow flicker. The towns of Scituate, Kingston and Fairhaven Massachusetts have thousands of complaints .

My bet is the town goes with a much larger wind turbine in a public private partnership. The larger the turbines the larger the problems !

Take the turbine down and deal with the losses. Then the TC can go deal with the septic issues.

Saftey First ! Safety and setbacks failures to the general public will cause years of legal problems based on what has happened in Massachusetts. Noise, low frequency sound, shadow flicker, ice throw and property devaluations!

The entire country is looking at the ongoing failure here in Portsmouth. The turbine is a case study in a collective ignorance, arrogance and incompetence fueled by greed plus the assembled misguided green political cult of true believers .

This is the future of commercial wind in Portsmouth ! Check out this video :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1TljSJbWyY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfCMciZtnQk&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Wind Turbine -Firefighter life safety considerations
The obvious challenge facing firefighters is the height involved if a fire occurs in the turbine motor. Towers can extend 300 to 400 feet above ground.

However, due to the risk of falling fire debris over a wide area, approaching a burning turbine is usually not an option unless there is a life risk involved. If the turbine is turning, power is being generated and an electrocution hazard will be present.

Typically, a good option for firefighters to consider is to evacuate any endangered areas, set up a collapse zone, and attempt to control any ground fires to prevent the fire from spreading to other units.

In the case of a runaway or over-speed event, rotating turbines can throw debris thousands of feet away during a blade failure. Pieces of blades have been documented as traveling over 4,200 feet. Distance and time will fix this problem. Pre-incident planning and SOP development are keys to success for safely handling this unique danger.

http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-attack/articles/1306390-3-wind-turbine-failures-firefighters-must-know/

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/02/26/cape-cod-community-considers-taking-down-wind-turbines-after-illness-noise/?test=latestnews