The Oswego County Legislature passed a resolution Thursday that opposed the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) proposal to seek contractors to develop a Lake Ontario-based wind farm to be located near the shores of Oswego County.

The resolution passed after numerous residents from Oswego County and surrounding communities spent nearly two hours addressing the Legislature, voicing their concerns with the project and, in other cases, their support of the wind farm.

Representatives of the NYPA have stated that the project, known as the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project (GLOW), would lead to the development of 120-500 megawatts of wind generation in the New York state waters of either Lake Ontario or Lake Erie. Each turbine placed within the body of water would result in the production of 3 megawatts of power, thus necessitating between approximately 40 to 170 turbines to comprise the wind farm.

The project would place turbines in water levels approximately... [continue via Web link]