Scout Clean Energy’s –Nimbus LLC facility proposed for Carroll County has advertised, as I have read online, that at “peak” the project will produce 180MW of electricity, enough to supply 30,000 households.
How? For what period of time does the facility produce that much electricity? One Hour? Four Hours? Eight? 24?
How many actual hours of energy is electricity furnished to the 30,000 households?
Originally advertised by Scout, no electricity [would be] supplied to Arkansas; therefore, no permits [were] required. What percent of the necessary electricity are the 30,000 households going to actually receive during the course of a day? 100%? (give me a break) 75%? 50%? 25%?
How much of the actual required electricity to operate the homes? It is stated online that Wind Energy Facilities output is only 20-40%, and Arkansas is not known for the necessary high wind speeds to generate maximum output. Is that enough electricity to validate the potential serious damage to water wells, springs, aesthetics, health, safety, welfare, customs, culture, property taxes and the environment of Carroll County?
Are wind turbines that are not efficient worth the true cost to the citizens of Carroll County and Carroll County itself?
In discussion with the county tax collector and the county tax assessor in a neighboring state where wind facilities are prevalent, there is an on-going challenge to actually collect and disperse the property taxes supposedly generated by Scout Clean Energy project for that county. Yes, the same Scout as here in Carroll County.
I was told “do what you can to not allow a wind facility into your county, they are not worth it.” Yes, the wind facility has paid the taxes to that county into an escrow account that the county cannot access! After receiving the tax invoice the wind producer “protested” the taxes. And now, for years, the county does not have access to the money.
What advantage is the tax money if not available for the county? By the way, the tax issue has been pending in court for years due to a lawsuit filed by the wind company for reduction in taxes, which amounts to almost 70% of the original taxes that were an enticement to the county to allow the wind facility into the county. Promises, promises.
If it seems too good to be true, you know the rest of the phrase. Dewey County, Oklahoma, has experienced that adage.
E. Richard Williams