The Marion County Board of Commissioners met on Monday, March 10 to discuss the Aircraft Detection Lighting System (ADLS) lighting in the Sunflower Wind project area, which is located between Marion, Peabody and Florence. Planning/Zoning/Environmental Health Director Sharon Omstead opened the session by giving background to the packed room which included the board, Marion County Administrator Tina Spencer, Country Attorney Brad Janz, Orsted (the company that handled the Sunflower Wind project) representatives Danny Sears-Greer, Jase Sherwood, Joshua Svaty and Zoe Weinstein and members of the public. Omstead explained that the wind farm was required to install the ADLS lights and use them, which they did. “However there was a warranty issue, and the lights weren’t working as we had hoped. And so they default to blink so that’s a safety factor,” said Omstead. “This has been going on for a while, and Orsted has been kind of battling out this warranty issue. It’s a new technology, it’s just taken a long time to work out the kinks. So the commission requested that Orsted come in and talk about why it has taken so long.”g.
Source: Hillsboro Free Press
