Simulation of Georgia Mountain Wind Project, Vermont (2.5 miles) Simulation by Saratoga Associates and Northeast Wind Wind Energy: Toward Building Consensus THE VISUAL IMPACTS PROBLEM Jean Vissering Landscape Architecture
Dec 17, 2015
Simulation of Georgia Mountain Wind Project, Vermont (2.5 miles)
Simulation by Saratoga Associates and Northeast Wind
Wind Energy: Toward Building Consensus
THE VISUAL IMPACTS PROBLEM
Jean Vissering Landscape Architecture
Gas Station along Scenic Section of Interstate 89, Vermont
Simulation of 5-turbine Georgia Mountain Wind Project, Vermont (portion) (.7 miles)
Simulation by Saratoga Associates
Simulation of Granite Reliable Wind Project, New Hampshire (2.6 miles)Simulation by Northeast Wind
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
Station ►
West Virginia Coal Plant
Fenner Wind Project, New York
Photograph by John Zimmerman, Northeast Wind
Scale (Size)• Height
• Horizontal Scale (# turbines)
San Gorgonio Wind Facility, California
Photo by David Polanski
Simulation of 15-tTurbineDeerfield Wind Project, Vermont (6.1 miles)
Simulation by Northeast Wind
Panorama View of 15-turbine Deerfield Wind Project Site, Vermont, (6.1 Miles Away)
Haystack Mountain
Factors reducing visual impacts:
• Distance Away
• Cultural vs. Natural Context
• Occupies Limited portion of the View
• Project would appear lower in elevation and away from major focal point.