Yesterday afternoon Falmouth Academy took a huge leap to going green. Alternate Energy Systems finished positioning a 92-foot pole adjacent to Beebe Woods, which is going to be the base for Falmouth’s first wind turbine.
The small 215-student school has already been recognized by the state as a leader in recycling ad conservation. After an Algebra II class went through the mathematical procedures with information given by WHOI and the manufacturer, the turbine is expected to provide up to 10% of the school’s electricity needs. The $70,000 project is partly being paid for by a $47,000 grant from the Massachusetts Technology Collaboration.
There are a few other turbines scattered across Cape schools, including Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School and Mass Maritime Academy. This addition to the Cape’s growing collection of wind turbines demonstrates the great push the Cape community is making to go green and reduce energy costs with renewable energy options.
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Are the people on the cape a bunch of suckers or what?
We have the air polution from the canal electric plant, air polution from the Semass waist to energy plant, the radiation danger from the pilgrim power plant, at the same time none of the electric plants are oil fired (canal electric is natural gas now) yet when my electric bill comes, the add in the extra cost for rising
oil prices ( BTW refinery profits are at an all time high) now they want to put another nail in the coffin of the capes natural beauty by erecting ugly and noisy wind turbines all over the place with no regard to the wildlife they disrupt. save energy costs I doubt it. just another way for the big bussiness run republicans to expand their wealth at the cost of the working class.
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