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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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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Mayflower Wind’s lawyer has filed the following document with the Mass EFSB

Eric K. Runge, representing Mayflower Wind as the author of the letter below, is an Attorney at Law with the firm Day Pitney LLP, One Federal Street, 29th Floor, Boston, MA 02110,  T: (617) 345-4735 F: (617) 206-9350, ekrunge@daypitney.com. He has filed the following document with the Mass EFSB . (All bolding in the letter …

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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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Mayflower Wind: Enterprise EDITORIAL and 17 Letters to the Editor (12/23, 12/30, 1/6) including full text of FHMNA President stating our position

12/23/22 FALMOUTH ENTERPRISE EDITORIAL: No Stopping Mayflower Wind 12/23/22 Letters to the Editor, pages 4-6: Appreciates Board’s Denial Of Mayflower Wind Denial (Geraldine Ryan) Find Alternate Landing For Mayflower Wind (Mary Erina Driscoll) Poor Communication From Mayflower Wind (M. Patrice Hurley) Select Board Listened To Residents (Christopher M. Mutti) Select Board Rejection Of Mayflower Wind …

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Falmouth Select Board Denies Mayflower Wind’s Request to Renew Expired Agreements and Request to add Kite Park as a 3rd Access Point

The Falmouth Select Board’s December 19, 2022 agenda included the following agenda item: “Business: 4) Consider approval of an access agreement to allow Mayflower to conduct certain investigations and studies at Worcester Park, Central Park and the “Kite Park” located at 0 Grand Ave. (5 mins)” This item required the Select Board’s approval due to …

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FHMNA Educates Falmouth Residents about Mayflower Wind’s Intentions

It has come to the attention of the FHMNA Board of Directors that there are many Heights/Maravista residents, and in fact, Falmouth residents, who are still unaware of Mayflower Wind’s intentions to run cables possibly through the Heights and other Falmouth neighborhoods to hook up electricity generated offshore to the MA grid. Although Mayflower Wind …

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Falmouth Attorney Confirms the State Has the Authority to Override Decision if Select Board and Town Meeting Vote to Deny Mayflower Wind’s Request for Falmouth Landfall

Can Mayflower Wind install the proposed electric cable and substation in Falmouth without Town approval? This is a question asked of the Falmouth Assistant Town Manager Peter Johnson-Staub and the response from the Falmouth Town Counsel Maura O’Keefe. The response came to us as a .pdf, so please click here to read the full text. …

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Mayflower Wind: Announcement of a Motion to “Temporarily suspend” their Petition for Landfall in Falmouth

For your information, on 7/29/22, we received the following email from our Falmouth Select Board Chairperson with respect to our ongoing opposition to Mayflower Wind’s intended cable routing through the Falmouth Heights neighborhood: To: FHMNA Hello Mr. Buzanoski: The Select Board was notified today that Mayflower Wind has temporarily suspended their application to come to …

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