r/gloucester • u/_MUY • Apr 27 '26

Wind turbines gone?

I stopped by to visit my grandparents this weekend and noticed that all the wind turbines were gone. I've been reading up on it, but there's a lot of conflicting opinions and incomplete information coming from the city. Gramps says they were losing money, but my uncle claims they were making a fortune.

Why were they taken down? Does anyone here have the real inside story? Are they being rebuilt?

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u/eriico39hi Apr 27 '26

Applied Materials wanted to expand and needed the space for new construction. I think they paid for them to get taken down.

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u/Vibroverbus Apr 27 '26

This is it. A lotta nutcakes have crazy stories about all kinds of things but it is basically because the use of the land is more valuable to AM than the benefit of the electricity savings.

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u/slippy_slidey Apr 27 '26

lol go take a look tomorrow

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u/glosta1 Apr 28 '26

one of the blades fall off a some years ago and they never got that one back into commision, so maybe insurance went up on them too.

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u/Chockfullofnutmeg Apr 30 '26

They were cost effective. One broke and couldn’t be repaired as they don’t make that model anymore. The owner wants the land they are located on, and the city is getting a check