Wellfleet Energy Committee Issues Wind Turbine Status Report
The Wellfleet Energy Committee issued a summary of the status of the White Crest wind turbine project as to its environmental, health and safety, legal, appropriateness, and financial impacts.
The report is on the Town’s website together with earlier site, acoustic, flicker, zoning, and funding studies.
The Committee also has posted a draft budget projection, showing annual average revenue of $249,553 over 20.5 years.
For National Park Service policy on preserving the natural acoustic environment in national parks, see its “Explore Nature/Natural Sounds” website:
The symphony of natural sounds within our national parks is an important natural resource and a critical component of the ecological communities that parks seek to preserve. …
The National Park Service Organic Act mandates the preservation and/or restoration of natural resources within parks, including the acoustical environment. Noise can impact the acoustical environment much like smog impacts the visual environment.