SNOW HILL — Over the next year, National Wind will conduct a study to see if Worcester County can combine two of the area’s more prevalent NIMBY (not-in-my-backyard) projects — wind power and the county landfill — into one.
Patrick Pelstring, co-chair of National Wind, on Tuesday presented the commissioners with a proposal to begin a feasibility study for erecting wind turbines in the Worcester County landfill.
Should the company be able to erect the 8-12 turbines, the county would receive the dual benefit of generating additional revenue from the landfill while also participating in the alternative energy movement.
The county landfill already produces energy and some revenue from the methane plant installed last year.
Public Works Director John Tustin was skeptical that the landfill would accommodate the project but said if the study showed differently he had no objection.
4 comments:
When they installed the methane plant I thought someone had broke wind. I didn't realize they were working on a wind power for electric.
Just install the Dang things...How is it going to hurt anything...Free wind = free energy...Heck post em in my yard!!
Bad idea, very bad idea. The windmills will last about 3 days tops! Why? Because if this landfill is like any other landfill around here the seagulls will be flying around in swarms and getting wacked by the blades. The blades couldn't take it for too long before they would start getting damaged. And the bleeding hearts would have problems with all the birds getting killed.
Any income from this project should go directly back into the operation of the landfill, so they can stop increasing the damn tipping fees.
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