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BNE, Save Prospect Corp. offer contradictory testimony
Throughout the Siting Council hearings, both BNE and Save Prospect called on expert witnesses to provide testimony on the merits of the project. BNE filed testimony from eight scientists in various studies for environmental impact, noise and safety considerations. Save Prospect filed 29 pieces of testimony, including rebuttals of BNE’s environmental studies, testimony on... »
Siting council to hold public hearings in Prospect
NEW BRITAIN – The Connecticut Siting Council voted Jan. 6 to hold two public hearings in Prospect to give citizens a chance to voice their opinions on two commercial wind turbines BNE Energy hopes to build in the town. Siting Council Chairman Daniel Caruso said although the council has no legal obligation to hold... »
Push for turbines in Conn. hampered by a lack of wind
Energy experts, legislators and power companies in Connecticut are not rushing to embrace wind power. BNE Energy Inc. of West Hartford wants to build turbines in Prospect and in Colebrook. The company’s proposals, the state’s first for a commercial wind project, got their first review Thursday, after press time, before the Connecticut Siting Council.... »
Letter to the editor: Falmouth turbine experience a warning to Prospect
I write this editorial to get across a simple but seemingly missed point regarding commercial wind turbines near homes. A point intentionally brushed aside by the energy company who will profit and through all the distractions printed per the proposal for a commercial wind turbine power plant in a residential neighborhood here in Prospect.... »
Industrial wind turbines not safe for residential neighborhoods
A group of residents in the town of Prospect is facing the prospect of their lives changing irrevocably if BNE Energy succeeds in having its petition to build two industrial wind turbines granted by the Connecticut Siting Council. Their lives will be changed because their safety and health will be put at risk and... »
Letter to the editor: Wind turbines – the other side?
Since last November when those who are against the building of two wind turbines in the south end of Prospect stood in front of the Prospect Town Hall and asked drivers who were passing by to “honk against the turbines”, I have been following this situation closely. My home is located on New Haven... »
Proposed order would keep wind turbines away from homes
PROSPECT – A proposed order from a group against a wind project in Prospect would set turbines back 3,000 feet from abutting property and 2,500 feet from roadways. Save Prospect Corp. submitted the proposal, along with a four inch thick binder of research about wind turbines, to the Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday, Dec.... »
Letter to the editor: Anti-wind crowd not telling the whole story
I have been reading the several letters to the editor dumped upon Citizen’s News by the anti-wind people. They do not tell the whole story. Mr. Sargeant’s letter, in particular, was misleading in his characterization of the group’s behavior in now these several town meetings. He and his people are far from the benign... »
Letter to the editor: Wind turbines safe, clean energy
As a taxpayer, ratepayer, and lifelong resident of the Town of Prospect, I am in favor of Wind Prospect. The wind turbine project includes siting two GE 1.6 mega-watt turbines on 67 acres of land abutted by the Naugatuck Reservoir property, which consists of approximately 500 acres of undeveloped land. Wind Prospect, proposed by... »
Letter to the editor: Thank you Prospect Town Council and Mayor Bob
As a concerned citizen of Prospect and living 1500 feet from the proposed wind turbines, I attended the Prospect Town Council meeting on Tuesday night. Everyone in attendance listened intently to Mr. Zupkis and Mr. Vallillo present BNE’s side of the story. Everyone also listened to all of the concerned residents and Save Prospect Corp.... »