Comments on: Eco Tech: Optiwind wind turbine is efficient but unattractive

By: make a homemade wind turbine

make a homemade wind turbine — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:30:15 +0000

I think they look awful, like a barrel with bicycle wheels stuck on. Anyway, as long as they are efficient that’s more important I guess. You cant beat the sight of a traditional windmill type turbine though in my opinion.

By: BuddyBoy

BuddyBoy — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:17:14 +0000

you guys sound like a bunch of small town amateur babies. I bet these guys will finally meet a real investor who will know how to make them successful. Come on, admit it, that’s what you’re all afraid of…. You’re just so jealous.

By: Bill G.

Bill G. — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:33:10 +0000

I’m from Goshen too “John” and a majority of people actually signed petitions in favor of this application. Check your facts.

What “John” doesn’t tell you is that this was meant to go in the middle of a 115 acre sewage plant. And not just any sewage plant, but with one that already has a near 200′ tall cell tower on the property.

The truth in Goshen was that this was the worst kind of NIMBYism and the most cowardly behaviour I’ve ever seen by a P&Z board. A few wealthy, bored NIMBYs spent $50k on lawyers to fight this and resist any form of change to their insular little world. ‘Let others build this’ they said. Cowards I say.

By: Kerry Daniels

Kerry Daniels — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:59:50 +0000

Whoa….

Unattractive is a real “understatement” for this thing.

Someone got just a little bit carried away here….Drugs?

Looks like the world’s biggest speaker system… With “lots” of base!

Wouldn’t want it anywhere near my house, let alone my kids school.

Good luck with this!

By: john davidson

john davidson — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:47:15 +0000

I think you may want to know that Optiwind tried to get one of these windmills (Its first one) built in Goshen, CT.

They put the residents through six months of agony before the Planning and Zoning Board declined to give them a construction permit. Voting 5 to 0 to deny their application.

The reason given for the denile was that the design was judged to adversly impact the value of property values and, because none of these has ever been built, it was felt there was no way to assess its impact on the environment.

Overall the residents thought that this design was inappropriate to their neighborhood, and thought it was extremely ugly and would spoil the viewscape.

Thought you should be aware of this before you get involved with these guys.