Welcome to the Save St Lucie Alliance, dedicated to stopping the construction of an industrial wind power plant on Hutchinson Island.

Commissioners are considering a Florida Power & Light Co. proposal to change the Hutchinson Island height limits to allow 400 ft + industrial wind turbines on the island. Although they have initially asked for 9 turbines along 7 miles of public beach, their zoning changes are not limited to those sites, and would allow additional turbines without additional variances for height limits.

These types of industrial wind farms create an enormous amount of noise as well as constant shadow flickers during the day and strobes for aircraft at night. They are so huge that they are out of proportion to everything else and they dominate the landscape and can be seen from more than 30 miles away. They have destroyed communities in which they have been built and have destroyed property values to the extent that homes have been demolished because people cannot live near them. In fact, wind turbine noise alone is such a big issue that there are international scientific conferences held each year on it.

See for yourself how loud they are and what they have done to the people unfortunate enough to live near them: http://www.wind-watch.org/videos.php

In our case, because the project is proposed on a barrier island and noise travels so well over water, the project is going to affect our area for miles around. Usually they build these plants in rural or uninhabited areas. This appears to be the first time they are proposing to place them in a populated area and on a barrier island where they will impact so many of us.

This yahoo group is for the citizens of St Lucie County to come together to educate ourselves and our county commission about the impacts an industrial wind plant will have on Hutchinson Island before it is too late. Please join us and get involved. Only members can access all of the information on the site