Technology Transfer of Industrial Wind Turbines
John Carlton-Foss '67, SM '69
Tue Jan 31, 10:30am-12:30pm, 3-133
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
One of the early wind installations in MA is "Wind-1," a Vestas V82 industrial scale wind turbine at the Falmouth Wastewater Treatment Facility. The town building inspector ruled that the Town had the right to install a wind turbine as an accessory facility to the waste water treatment facility. The neighbors, however, strenuously contested the installation of a nearby turbine. At the present time Wind-1 has been temporarily shut down in response, some neighbors have filed a law suit to attempt to undo the permitting, and the neighbors have claimed that they are suffering from Wind Turbine Syndrome.
The beginning of the seminar will be a slide show and discussion about the technics and processes for the construction of the wind turbine. The politics, psychology and medicine of this situation will also be explored.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=64141&groupID=194
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-200, (617) 252-1143, ebyrne@mit.edu
Sponsor: Alumni Association
Latest update: 23-Jan-2012
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