Proposed Antrim NH wind turbines

[RoySwkr]

Looks like about the same footprint as existing Searsburg VT but the turbines will be much taller

Info site by local resident:
http://antrimwind.org/

The selectmen seem to favor the project for the taxes it will pay, but just S across the town line is a large NH Audubon sanctuary and much of the area (including I believe some of the turbine footprint) was traditionally used by field trips for the Harris Center for Conservation Education so expect some serious wildlife concerns

 

[Kevin Rooney]

According to one of the documents, the proposal calls for 8 to 11 wind turbines.

Will be interested to see how this plays out, and how "green" the local greenies really are!

 

[NewHampshire]

*sigh* Great, more of these ugly and useless things invading our state.

Brian

 

[Kevin Rooney]

...useless things invading our state.

Brian

Are you just venting, or do you have something solid to offer which demonstrates their uselessness?

 

[Mike P.]

There's about 10 towers on the Brodie Mt ridge & I can't say they ruined my recent Mt. Greylock trip.

 

[Jean]

There's about 10 towers on the Brodie Mt ridge & I can't say they ruined my recent Mt. Greylock trip.

Would the sight of a nuclear power plant have made the experience more pleasant?

 

[Quietman]

Interesting to find out what is happening in my back yard on VFTT. I haven't heard anything in the local media about this yet. The location overlooking Willard pond will be a difficult one for environmentalists as well as the Harris center. It would also impact the views from Monadnock in addition to other local mountains.

 

[daxs]

There are several wind turbines along the back bay outside of Atlantic City New Jersey. Tourists express interest and have questions about them so the utility company is going to offer tours. The turbines hae become a tourist attraction.

 

[Guthook]

There are several wind turbines along the back bay outside of Atlantic City New Jersey. Tourists express interest and have questions about them so the utility company is going to offer tours. The turbines hae become a tourist attraction.

Each area has its own attractions, for sure, but I would venture to bet that Southern New Hampshire and Atlantic City draw tourists for wildly different reasons. I doubt a wind farm in Antrim would become a tourist attraction in itself compared to all the other attractions in the area.

The wind farm I saw from the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway wasn't overly obnoxious as far as wind farms go (I've seen much worse), but that Audubon sanctuary seems to me like it would be a good argument against a big wind farm. Are there no better places for it in the region?

 

[erugs]

There was a wind farm nearby Antrim, on the southern ridge of Crotched Mountain. I don't remember what happened to it. (A company I was working for around that time designed and manufactured site analysis equipment and controllers for wind energy as well as solar energy and we were all quite excited and hopeful.) I hope that the technology now has advanced enough so that wind farms can be a positive contributor and not scars, full of false hopes. Personally, I like them. Some complain about their visibility, but oil rigs are ugly, power lines, large and small, are ugly, factories are ugly. We need them, though, and not much will change that in our lifetimes. You and I might adjust our energy consumption, but what about everyone else who doesn't enjoy a view from the top and want it to be pure?

 

[buckyball1]

Kevin's reply +1 ---for obvious reasons, i usually steer far from any of these discussions, but the almost knee-jerk opposition to any possible energy project/source/solution/help when it effects "me" (in reality or perception) is very discouraging

jim

 

[brianW]

When I first started posting on VFTT back in the late 90's (?) the outrage was against cell towers being place all over the place.

 

[w7xman]

When I first started posting on VFTT back in the late 90's (?) the outrage was against cell towers being place all over the place.

What cell towers? All I see are big pines...

 

[erugs]

When I first started posting on VFTT back in the late 90's (?) the outrage was against cell towers being place all over the place.

That's exactly what I mean - time puts a new perspective on perceptions.

 

[elvios lincoln]

I'll take wind turbines

I'm a lifelong New England hiker. I've hike the NE 4k's and almost all the AT in NH and ME. The turbines would be a welcome sight. Much better than the belching coal plants that I've seen in China or the aircraft carriers heading for the Gulf.

We use lots of energy. Any solution has impact. Seeing turbines spin in the mountain breezes is the least objectionable in MHO. I'll keep hiking and will not feel that the experience is diminished.

 

[Brambor]

smoke

Or smokestacks?

Would the sight of a nuclear power plant have made the experience more pleasant?

 

[Little Rickie]

I'd rather have wind turbines than hydrofracking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

 

[peakbagger]

Wait long enough and the publics attention seems to shift, I have "no dog in fight" but looks like another wind farm in southern NH

http://nhpr.org/post/after-seven-year-fight-antrim-wind-project-gets-state-approval

 

[Becca M]

Another pristine pond with an industrial wind plant backdrop.. SAD!!!! If you don't think it's a bid deal, go paddling and camping at Pillsbury State Park. Why not just put turbines up on Mt Washington in the cog ROW??????

 

[Creag Nan Drochaid]

Aarrr, Becca. Given that the Cog Railway owners want to build a hotel in the 99-foot strip of land they own, why give them any more fine ideas? THINK!