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New York renewable power plan would cost $382 billion by 2030
April 8, 2013 by Louise Downing in Bloomberg News

"It's too ambitious by 2030 to replace all the state's power with renewables," Angus McCrone, a senior analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance in London, said today. The projections, he said, look "unrealistic" for individual technologies. ...offshore wind turbines would cover an area of about 4,903 square miles, and onshore machines would cover a further 1,000 square miles.

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Banning turbines in Litchfield maintains town's 'well-being'
March 24, 2012 by Amanda Fries in Observer-Dispatch

If industrial wind turbines set up shop in her community, however, she said they'd be destroying a community that is "so peaceful and relaxing." In a 4-1 vote Thursday night the Litchfield Town Board passed a local law that will ban construction of industrial wind turbines.

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Turbines in the Backyard: The Sound and the Strobes: NYT Critics' Pick
February 2, 2012 by Andy Webster in New York Times

Wind power - wait, not so fast, says "Windfall," Laura Israel's urgent, informative and artfully assembled documentary. An account of rural Meredith, in upstate New York, when wind turbines came to town, the film depicts the perils of a booming industry and the bitter rancor it sowed among a citizenry.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| USA]

Archaeology or Anarchy?
October 14, 2010 by Nancy Madsen in Watertown Daily News

"It appears they're doing considerable disturbance to the land when the FEIS is supposed to look into those impacts," said Arthur D. Pundt, a resident who has tracked and argued against wind power development in the town since 2006.

Wind panel visiting Iberdrola's Maple Ridge wind farm
October 6, 2010 by Matt McAllister in Watertown Daily News

The Hammond Wind Committee will visit Iberdrola's Maple Ridge Wind Farm on Saturday to get a first-hand look at an industrial wind project.

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Windpower panel faces 2-week deadline
September 1, 2010 by Joyce M. Miles in The Tonawanda News

The committee's task is to assess whether the county should be for or against possible siting of an up-to-166 turbine wind farm in Lake Ontario, in the Youngstown to Wilson area. That's one locale specifically referenced by New York Power Authority in its call for proposals to construct a wind farm in Lake Erie and/or Lake Ontario.

Most e-mails opposing wind farms cite concern of spoiling lake view
August 15, 2010 by Thomas J. Prohaska in Buffalo News

The belief that wind turbines would spoil the view from the Lake Ontario shore is the most often-cited reason for opposing the New York Power Authority's proposed wind power project, according to Niagara County Legislator David E. Godfrey, R-Wilson.

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Air wind turbine concerns
July 7, 2010 by Joanne Pilgrim in The East Hampton Star

Concerns about how a wind turbine that is proposed for farmland on Long Lane in East Hampton could affect the neighborhood and the view were aired once again at Town Hall last Thursday night, when the East Hampton Town Board had a second hearing on a permit request for the system.

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Lake windmill project spurs debate among lawmakers
June 13, 2010 by Thomas J. Prohaska in Buffalo News

Now that the Power Authority has received five proposals from developers willing to build the 166 windmills off the shores of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario or both, some county lawmakers from lakeshore districts are saying, not so fast. "I support the resolution we set up supporting the project, but we need to pay attention to the environmentals," said Legislator John Syracuse, R-Newfane. "We've got a sensitive resource there."

Legislature debates wind towers; County lawmakers oppose Lake Erie site
May 16, 2010 by Nicholas L. Dean in The Post-Journal

The Chautauqua County Legislature opposes the development of offshore wind power in Lake Erie. Legislators passed a motion opposing the New York Power Authority's proposal to develop wind-generating projects in the Great Lakes during its April meeting. The item was one of the last pieces of business on the legislature's agenda during the marathon four-hour long meeting.

Also filed under [ Energy Policy]

Public comments aired at wind project hearing
May 13, 2010 by S. Alexander Gerould in Westfield Republican

Arthur Giacalone, an attorney from East Aurora ...said there was inadequate time to review the project's draft environmental impact statement, and he urged residents to approach the DEIS with "healthy skepticism" as it contained what he called slanted information. "If you take the time to closely examine it, there is example after example of where this is happening," Giacalone said.

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Project to cost $1.5B
April 28, 2010 by Paul Schliesmann in The Kingston Whig Standard

The ex-Kingstonians planning to erect 60 to 90 wind turbines west of Wolfe Island in the waters of Lake Ontario have pegged the price of the project at $1.5 billion. ...If approvals from various provincial and federal departments go according to schedule, the company will order the turbines two years from now and install the foundations a year later.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Canada]

Wind farm going up off Wolfe Island
April 13, 2010 by Nancy Madsen in Watertown Daily News

Wind-farm forum brings large turnout
April 7, 2010 by Kate Day Sager in Olean Times Herald

"We have lost the still of the night, and my hope and prayer for you is that you never have to live with the nightmare we have in Cohocton." Those were the words of Hal Graham concerning a Cohocton wind-turbine farm, as he spoke Wednesday evening at a public forum in Allegany. ...The two-hour event was attended by as many as 150 people, as well as some town officials

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Angry anglers oppose NYPA GLOW Project
March 13, 2010 by Robert E. Aliasso Jr. and Tom Bishop in Democrat and Chronicle

On Earth Day 2009, New York Power Authority (NYPA) President Richie Kessel unveiled plans to industrialize Lake Ontario and Lake Erie with near shore wind turbines clustered in 120MW to 500MW arrays in waters 150 feet deep, or less. Some arrays would consist of 500 turbines towering 450'from the lake levels. NYPAs proposal was unveiled without input from the shoreline communities or businesses that will be the victims. Currently, Jefferson, Oswego, Cayuga and Wayne Counties are working towards unilateral opposition to this NYPA project in Lake Ontario.

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Legislators blow off wind project proposal
March 11, 2010 by Aaron Curtis in The Palladium Times

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.

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Barclay: Too many questions remain to allow wind mills on Lake Ontario
March 8, 2010 in Oswego County Today

Assemblyman Will Barclay (R,C,I-Pulaski) said today too many questions remain unanswered for windmills to be allowed to be built along the Lake Ontario shoreline. The New York Power Authority announced in December 2009 it is accepting requests for proposals (RFPs) from prospective wind mill companies to construct wind turbines along Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. The period for proposals to be accepted will come to a close in March.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Energy Policy]

Tilting at windmills; A Finger Lakes family and their quiet village brace for the big wind
February, 2010 by Angela Cannon-Crothers in Mountain Home Monthly

"They stole our peace with a smile on their faces," says Judy. Hal has been speaking out about the unexpected noise problems from the newly erected turbines for a year now. The sound has been described as that of a jet engine taking off, an expressway, or the constant drone of a tractor. The Grahams say that leaseholders in Cohocton were told the sound of the turbines was likened to that of a refrigerator running, but that's not what they hear.

Also filed under [ Impact on People| Pennsylvania]

Legislature opposed to wind farms in the lake
February 17, 2010 by Nancy Madsen in Watertown Daily News

A wind power project on an island is OK, but turbines in the lake are not. The Jefferson County Board of Legislators' Planning and Development Committee passed on Tuesday night a resolution opposing the New York Power Authority's plan to put a wind farm in Lake Ontario.

Windmills stir up a storm in Cape Vincent
February 14, 2010 by Marie Morelli in The Post-Standard

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