UPDATE: Broad Mountain Wind Balloon Test Reset for July 26

Posted on by Kurt Knaus in Events, News, Releases

Weatherly Plaza • 202 Carbon Street • Weatherly, PA 18255

Phone Toll Free: 1-866-591-5005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Kurt Knaus, 717-571-5687

Broad Mountain Wind Balloon Test Reset for July 26

Four representative balloons set to rise Friday morning, weather permitting

WEATHERLY, Carbon County (July 25, 2019) — The Broad Mountain Wind Project has rescheduled its balloon test for Friday morning, July 26. Depending on the weather and winds, the balloons are set to rise in the morning and be up sometime between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Four balloons will be elevated within the footprint of the proposed 21-turbine wind farm in Packer Township to serve as a representative example and provide additional data for site analyses to be submitted as part of the ongoing zoning hearing process. The four balloons will be spread across different parts of the wind farm, with one each on the far eastern and western ends and two others in between along the ridge.

The balloons, about 12 feet in diameter, will be tied to a cable and rise to the height of the proposed 656-foot (200-meter) tall turbines when the blade tip is at its apex. A smaller balloon or bright marker on the same cable will mark the 418-foot (127.5-meter) height of the nacelle, or hub, which sits atop the turbine tower and holds the rotor and blade assemblies.

The team from Digital Design & Imaging Service Inc., which is conducting the test, will monitor height and capture photos from communities to the north and south of the project site for about two hours until roughly 11 a.m., after which the balloons are winched in and deflated before morning winds or other unsafe conditions prevail. More information about the company and its operations is available at www.AirPhotosLIVE.com.

All of these times are weather dependent.

Broad Mountain Wind is providing alerts about the balloon test for residents through several different channels. Among them:

Broad Mountain Wind has a field office in Weatherly Plaza at 202 Carbon Street in Weatherly. More information is available toll-free at 1-866-591-5005.

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Broad Mountain Wind to Conduct Balloon Test

Posted on by Kurt Knaus in News, Releases, Uncategorized

Weatherly Plaza • 202 Carbon Street • Weatherly, PA 18255

Phone Toll Free: 1-866-591-5005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Kurt Knaus, 717-571-5687

Broad Mountain Wind to Conduct Balloon Test

Four representative balloons set to rise Saturday, July 20, weather permitting

WEATHERLY, Carbon County (July 16, 2019) — The Broad Mountain Wind Project will elevate four balloons within the footprint of the proposed 21-turbine wind farm in Packer Township to serve as a representative example and provide additional data for site analyses to be submitted as part of the ongoing zoning hearing process.

The balloons are set to be elevated shortly after sunrise on Saturday, July 20, weather permitting. The six-person team will monitor height and capture photos from communities to the north and south of the project site for about two hours until 8 a.m., after which the balloons are winched in and deflated before morning winds or other unsafe conditions prevail.

If there is fog, the start of the test time will be extended until most of it burns off, and then the ascent will begin accordingly, lasting approximate two hours for the photos.

Broad Mountain is a windy environment, thus the proposal to build a wind farm there. The air must be calm and still for the balloon test to function safely and properly. If the test cannot be performed Saturday morning, efforts will be made again during that same evening, beginning around 5 p.m., assuming weather cooperates and there are no lightening or evening thunderstorms.

If the test cannot be performed Saturday, efforts will be made again during the same times on Sunday, July 21 and Monday, July 22. If weather prevents all of the tests, new dates will be proposed.

The balloons, about 12 feet in diameter, will be tied to a cable and rise to the height of the proposed 656-foot (200-meter) tall turbines when the blade tip is at its apex. A smaller balloon on the same cable will mark the 418-foot (127.5-meter) height of the hub, which sits atop the turbine tower and holds the rotor and blade assemblies.

The four balloons will be spread across different parts of the wind farm, with one each on the far eastern and western ends and two others in between along the ridge. The tests are being conducted by Digital Design & Imaging Service Inc. More information about the company and its operations is available at www.AirPhotosLIVE.com.

Broad Mountain Wind will provide alerts about the balloon test for residents through several different channels. Among them:

Broad Mountain Wind has a field office in Weatherly Plaza at 202 Carbon Street in Weatherly. More information is available toll-free at 1-866-591-5005.