Why wind?What is the proposal?Who will benefit?What are the costs?How does it compare to the High School wind turbine? What happens next?How do I learn more?
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Why wind?•Long history of wind use on the island•One of the windiest spots onshore in New England•Island economics
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What’s the proposal?•The turbines: 2 x 900-kW •The owner: the Town of Nantucket•The site: disturbed land at the landfill in Madaket
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The site
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Site features•Disturbed Town-owned land used for waste disposal for over 50 years•Significant setbacks from residents•Not a priority resource or habitat area•Outside the flight path
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Site plan showing setbacks
Who will benefit?•The Town: lower electric bills at the Composter (where the Town pays the bills) and at other Town buildings (net metering)
•The residents: reduce need for tax revenue•Everyone:– Defer the third electric cable from the mainland– Make electricity without fossil fuels or emissions
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What are the costs?•All-in costs under 10 c/kWh – About half the cost of Cape Wind
•Average savings of $400,000/ year after payment of all O&M costs and debt service•Payback starts from Year 1•$390,000 grant from MassCEC
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Savings rise with electricity pricesHow high do YOU think electricity prices will go?
How does it compare to the turbine at the High School ? •Taller: 320 feet high vs. 156 feet high•Farther from neighbors: >1400 feet vs. 290 feet•More powerful: 2x900 kW each vs. 100 kW•Lower rpm: will seem to turn more slowly
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What happens next? Reviews by Town boards•Board of Selectmen – TM recommendation•Finance Committee – TM recommendation•Planning Board – Warrant article recommendation•Capital Program Committee•Historic District Commission – Visual impacts•Conservation Commission (electric cable from radio tower site) – resource area impacts
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What happens next? Town Meeting warrant articles on April 4•Article 44: authorize land use for wind energy•Article 45: authorize borrowing (suspended until 2012 ATM)•Article 46: create overlay district and site plan review process
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What happens next? Reviews by state and federal agencies•Mass DEP solid waste facility permit•Mass Historical Commission•US and Mass Fish & Wildlife Services (underway)•FAA and Mass Aeronautical Commission•National Grid electrical interconnection
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Bird counter
What happens next? Procure turbine/complete detailed design•Minor site plan review by the Planning Board•Pre-borrowing review by the Finance Committee•Final review by the Selectmen•Special election for a debt exclusionPurchase, construct, commission, test, operate, Reduce Town electricity costs by FY2013
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How do I learn more?•Ask questions•Come to public presentations•Check the website at http://www.ackenergy.org/WindStudies.html•Contact Selectman Whitey Willauer
[email protected]/228-1277 or 703/298-0082
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