See article below from Reuters via Yahoo!/finance published online on Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 5:19 PM: (Reuters) – Energy firm Shell said on Wednesday it had sold its 50% stake in SouthCoast Wind Energy, established to develop wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts, to its joint venture partner Ocean Winds North America for an …
The article “Falmouth Board Opposes Losing Local Control Over Renewable Energy Projects” by Noelle Annonen was published in The Falmouth Enterprise on Friday, 3/15/24 on pages 1 & 18 and is available online. To read the Select Board’s letter to the MA Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting RE: Town of Falmouth Comments in …
Article by NOELLE ANNONEN, The Falmouth Enterprise, page 3, and online. This map shows the two proposed landfall locations for SouthCoast Wind’s power lines. COURTESY SOUTHCOAST WIND SouthCoast Wind officially continues to view Falmouth as a potential connection point to the electric grid despite a recent vote in a Rhode Island town that could accommodate …
The following article by Gilda Geist was published in The Falmouth Enterprise and online on 2/23/2024. The Town of Falmouth spent $44 million to build a sewer system in the Little Pond watershed in 2016, with the goals of reducing nitrogen in the pond and returning the impaired pond ecosystem to a healthy state. Now, …
“New Research Projects Will Focus On Coastal Issues In Falmouth And Beyond“ • By Gilda Geist, 2/16/24 in The Falmouth Enterprise, page 11 and online Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Sea Grant is funding five research projects focused on coastal issues and water quality in Massachusetts. The projects will explore eelgrass restoration, impact of sewers …
On February 2, 2024, FHMNA President Dave Buzanoski mailed the following letter (on FHMNA letterhead) to Mr. Michael Judge, Undersecretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, regarding Southcoast Wind’s proposed high voltage industrial sized cables. This is a follow-up to the letter Dave sent on October 23, 2023 entitled “FHMNA Letter to MA Energy & Environmental …
The Falmouth Enterprise online and printed 2/9/24 on page 1 as “Town Hires Firm to Help With Outfall Pipe Plan”. By GILDA GEIST The town has contracted with an engineering firm that will take on preliminary design and permitting for an offshore outfall pipe. The intended purpose of the outfall pipe is to discharge treated …
On Saturday, January 27, 2024, FHMNA President Dave Buzanoski and Treasurer Greg Mazmanian attended the “Close to the Wind” Summit in Hyannis which was arranged and hosted by the Save Greater Dowses Beach (SGDB) group from Osterville. In 2023, FHMNA joined this group to be part of a coalition opposing wind developers bringing their industrial sized electric …
Just to briefly bring you up to date, FHMNA President Dave Buzanoski recently attended 2 Falmouth committee meetings and will be speaking at the Wind Summit in Hyannis on Jan 27th. Here’s a brief overview: Falmouth Planning Board meeting 1/9/24 The Planning Board is currently preparing warrants for the Town Meeting in April which will …
Save Greater Dowses Beach activists are inviting guest speakers and the general public to discuss offshore wind projects. As you may recall, last year your FHMNA Board formed a partnership with the Osterville Village Association and the Save Greater Dowses Beach (SGDB) group who are facing similar challenges to our respective opposition to the onboarding …