Sensible Wind Development – 2/3/23 Enterprise Letter to Editor (Dave Buzanoski, FHMNA President) & Town Meeting Warrant

(The Town Meeting Article is printed below this letter.) I write with regard to the Enterprise article on January 27, “Town Meeting To Vote On Mayflower Wind.” From the petition submitted, as you mention, Mayflower is not specifically mentioned, so hardly is this a vote on Mayflower Wind. (Note, especially now that Mayflower has changed …

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Not A NIMBY Issue – Enterprise Letter to the Editor (Bruce Buch)

Falmouth Enterprise Letter to the Editor on 2/3/23: I’m disheartened to see the Mayflower Wind issue getting tainted with the NIMBY label, although Mayflower is probably delighted, since it feeds into the notion that a wind power project that most everyone agrees we need can’t go forward without going through someone’s neighborhood, while in fact …

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Mayflower Wind changes name to Southcoast Wind

On 2/1/23, FHMNA received the following email from Mayflower Wind: SouthCoast Wind Energy LLC, a joint venture of Shell New Energies US LLC and Ocean Winds North America, is the new name for Mayflower Wind. We are excited to announce we have changed our name to SouthCoast Wind Our new name better reflects our company’s …

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New England states propose coordinated transmission development to support wind power

New Hampshire Public Radio | By Mara Hoplamazian Published January 30, 2023 at 4:56 PM ES David Goldman The five turbines of America’s first offshore wind farm,owned by the Danish company, Orsted, stand off the coast of Block Island, R.I., Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Hundreds of offshore wind developers and experts gathered in Rhode Island …

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1/27/23 Enterprise Letter to the Editor

NIMBY By Any Other Name It is clear to me from the many letters opposing Mayflower Wind’s proposed Falmouth land connection that there are a great many ways to spell NIMBY. No matter the worthiness of the cause, even saving the earth for themselves and future generations, just not in my backyard. Donald F. Mallinson …

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Falmouth Town Meeting To Vote On Mayflower Wind

Enterprise article, “Falmouth Town Meeting To Vote On Mayflower Wind” by Noelle Annonen and Elizabeth Saito, 1/27/2023 Worcester Court (above) and Central Park in Falmouth Heights are Mayflower Wind’s two preferred cable landfall sites. Town Meeting voters will be asked to reverse the select board’s vote last month that denied Mayflower Wind access to town …

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Jan 13, 2023 – Falmouth Enterprise – 2 Letters to the Editor and the Editor’s Note

Below is the full text of 2 Letters to the Editor published on 1/13/23 and the Enterprise Editor’s note to the first one: ”Mayflower’s Power Play” (Daniel Shearer) Enterprise – Editor’s note ”Thumbs Down On Mayflower” (Carol Ziemian) Mayflower’s Power Play After I wrote my previous Letter to the Editor, which was published in the …

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Mayflower Wind Undaunted: Still Plans To Land Cables In Falmouth

“Mayflower Wind Still Plans To Land Cables In Falmouth”, Falmouth Enterprise, by NOELLE ANNONEN, 1/10/2023 (Courtesy of Mayflower Wind) Mayflower Wind is considering three possible routes for connecting electric cables through Falmouth Heights: Worcester Avenue, Central Park, and Kite Park, all in Falmouth Heights. At the town’s request this past fall, Mayflower Wind reevaluated four …

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