ADAMS -- Two weeks ago, Patriot Renewables LLC told the Savoy Selectmen that it intended to put an eight-turbine wind farm in the mountain town, and on Tuesday they set their sights on Adams as well.

Todd Presson, chief operating officer of Patriot Renewables, met with Adams Town Administrator Jonathan Butler to inform him that the company is in the "very entry level" stages of expanding the project across the border into Adams.

"The site, as envisioned right now, will consist of 16 turbines," Butler said "I believe the breakdown is six in Savoy and 10 in Adams. Really, that's just a vision, and what they're working on now is putting together some figures and finding out what the capacity up there could be."

Presson said the 10 and six configuration is one possibility, but the company is waiting for more data from a meteorological (met) tower in Savoy before it makes any final determinations. He said the company is also considering putting a met tower in Adams to help determine the placement of turbines.

"We had not intended to apply to put a met tower up in Adams," he said. "We will eventually need two met towersŠ but after talking with [Butler] we may go ahead and apply for the permit in Adams as well. I'm not sure what the timing of that will be for practical reasons, because winter is closing in on us."

Butler said the exact parcel of land for the site is not yet certain, but it is in the area above Upper East Hoosac Street. Patriot does not intend to bring any immediate plans either to the Adams planning board or to the zoning board of appeals. Butler said the project is "leaps and bounds" away from that stage yet.

"Right now, we're looking at it in the proposal stage, so we're being as cooperative with them as we are with any potential business owner," Butler said. "We will definitely follow through with the whole process and give the community every opportunity to give any feedback that they would like to provide."

This would be the second wind farm project in the planning stages in Savoy and the first in Adams. Two years ago, Minuteman Wind LLC informed Savoy of its intention to put five, 425-foot wind turbines on 290 acres of West Hill which could put out 12.5 megawatts of electricity at a construction cost of roughly $22 million.

The company suspended those plans when the Savoy zoning board of appeals became defunct but has recently expressed interest in restarting the process. The company and the town have worked out a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deal on the Minuteman project which could bring in about a quarter million dollars per year to Savoy.

Both Butler and Presson said it was too early to determine how Adams would be compensated for the wind farm or on how much electricity it could produce.

"The ridge runs across both towns. So we're looking at a project that is partially in Savoy and partially in Adams," Presson said. "We wanted to meet with the town and let them know what we're thinking and what our plans areŠ We're looking forward to working with both towns to bring a project all the way to completion here."