Shall mean the Borough of Union Beach Zoning Officer or Planning Board Secretary.

Shall mean the Borough of Union Beach Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Shall mean an energy system that uses more than one technology to produce energy or work (i.e. wind/solar system).

Shall mean kilowatt.

Shall mean a structure designed to support the gathering of wind energy resource data, and includes the tower, base plate, anchors, guy cables and hardware, anemometers (wind speed indicators), wind direction vanes, booms to hold equipment anemometers and vanes, data logger, instrument writing, and any telemetry devices that are used to monitor or transmit wind speed and wind flow characteristics over a period of time for either instantaneous wind information or to characterize the wind resource at a given location.

Shall mean megawatt.

Shall mean the individual or entity that intends to own and operate the wind energy system in accordance with this chapter XIII, Land Use and Development Regulations.

Shall mean the cross sectional dimension of the circle swept by the rotating blades of a wind-powered energy generator.

Shall mean, in relation to a wind energy system, the vertical distance from the ground to the tip of a wind generator blade when the tip is at its highest point.

Shall mean a monopole, freestanding, or guyed structure that supports a wind generator.

Shall mean an electric generating system whose main purpose is to supply electricity, consisting of one or more wind turbines and other accessory structures and buildings, including substations, meteorological towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenances and facilities.

Shall mean a single building mounted wind turbine that has a manufacturer's rating of 10kW or less and projects not more than 60 feet above the existing grade and shall not be considered a small wind energy system in terms of the area or set back requirements. Only one facility is allowed pre-residential or commercial structure.

Shall mean a wind energy facility system which has a rated capacity of not more than 15 kW.

Shall mean equipment that converts energy from the wind into electricity. This term includes the rotor, blades and associated mechanical and electrical conversion components necessary to generate, store and/or transfer energy.

Shall mean electric power generated by wind driven turbine blades turning an electric generator.

Shall mean a wind energy conversion system that converts wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind turbine generator and may include a nacelle, rotor, tower, and pad transformer.

Shall mean the distance measured from the highest grade to the highest point of the turbine rotor or tip of the turbine blade when it reaches the highest elevation.