HOPKINTON -- An expert on the impacts of industrial-scale wind energy development will appear at the Hopkinton Town Hall 6:30 p.m. Aug. 4 to answer questions from community residents.

The event takes place just months after Iberdrola Renewables, the world’s largest renewable power generation company, proposed building a wind farm in Hopkinton and Parishville. Each two-megawatt turbine atop a 100-meter tower would provide landowners with annual income of $8,000 to $10,000. However, some fear the project could destroy neighboring property values and quality of life.

Lisa Linowes, executive director of the Industrial Wind Action Group, a national advocacy organization focused on impact-benefits analysis and policy issues associated with industrial wind energy development, will appear after showing of the film, “Windfall.” The movie chronicles what happened when industrial wind turbines were proposed for a small Catskill Mountains dairy farming community.

As publisher and editor of the IWA website, www.windaction.org, Linowes tracks news and research pertaining to industrial wind, and facilitates information sharing on the issue.

She has presented and debated wind energy issues at numerous venues including the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Society of Environmental Journalists, and the Boston Museum of Science lecture series. She has appeared on CNN, National Public Radio, and the CBS Evening News, as well as in the New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, and dozens of smaller newspapers across the nation.

Linowes served as a member of the New Hampshire State Wind Energy Facility Siting Guidelines Working Group to determine guidelines for the siting of land-based wind turbines. The committee was focused on minimizing and avoiding impacts of large-scale wind development on wildlife and sensitive habitat areas.

At the local level, Linowes has been an active member of planning boards and conservation commissions for over ten years, having reviewed hundreds of development plans including wind energy facilities, large subdivisions, office buildings, and shopping complexes.

“Windfall,” which focuses on what happened when a wind farm were proposed for the town of Meredith, has been show at over 20 film festivals worldwide.

“Industrial wind turbines initially seem like a win-win,” wrote Washington Post movie reviewer Ann Hornaday. “A little extra money in the pockets of struggling farmers, an environmentally sound technology, those graceful white wings languorously slicing the afternoon sky. The filmmaker aims for objectivity, and lets Meredith’s residents speak for themselves.”