ADAMS, Mass. -- Two weeks ago, Patriot Renewables LLC told the Savoy Selectmen that it intends to build an eight-turbine wind farm in the mountain town. On Tuesday, the company set its sights on Adams as well.

Todd Presson, chief operating officer of Patriot Renewables of Quincy, met with 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 after his talk with Presson. "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 tower -- known as a met tower for short -- being erected in Savoy before it makes any final determinations. He said Patriot Renewables is also considering putting a met tower in Adams to help determine the placement of the turbines.

"We had not intended to apply to put a met tower up in Adams," he said. "We will eventually need two met towers, 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 will be in the area above Upper East Hoosac Street.

"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 are. We're looking forward to working with both towns to bring a project all the way to completion here."

Patriot does not intend to present any immediate plans to either the Adams Planning Board or Zoning Board of Appeals. Butler said any 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," he 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."

The proposed wind farm is the second in the planning stages in Savoy and the first in Adams.

Two years ago, Minuteman Wind LLC of Framingham informed Savoy of its intention to build five, 425-foot wind turbines on 290 acres off West Hill and produce 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 it has recently expressed interest in restarting the process, as a new board is being appointed.

Minuteman and the town had worked out a deal for the project under which the company would make payments in lieu of taxes that officials have said could bring in about $250,000 a year to Savoy.

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