BERLIN -- The historic town’s skyline is about to look a little eco-friendlier with the town’s first wind turbine approved for installation on Old Ocean City Boulevard.
Until Monday, the fate of a proposed 85-foot, 50-killowatt turbine had been up in the air since creator and DDU Magnetics President Doug Richards offered to install his new design in Berlin for a severely reduced cost. The town would get the turbine for a fraction of its actual value because it would function as a model that Richards could show to potential investors.
The original site on Schoolfield Street considered back in January, however, was dropped due to push-back from residents. Many in the neighborhood signed a petition protesting the turbine and residents also attended several council meetings. They complained that they were not given enough notification or information on the turbine and feared that it would be an eyesore, noisy and diminish property values.
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3 comments:
Some communities are already taking them back down, inefficent, noisy and an eyesore to many, not to mention wasting more of taxpayers money in the form of subsidies.
I'm moving west. Kentucky looks good.
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Not only are they noise and an eyesore, but they never pay back what they cost.
If you don't count the government taxpayer subsidies, they are a pole to pour money in!
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