Thursday, May 12, 2011

North wind farm market dries up

Four proposed wind farms in Jefferson County will never get off the drawing board unless they can find someone to buy their power. And the most likely buyer — the New York Power Authority — has refused to purchase any electricity generated by wind here.

The decision is in retaliation to the county Legislature's 14-0 vote in March to oppose NYPA's plan to put wind turbines in Lake Ontario.

"We have no plans to enter into any agreement in Jefferson County based on the vote of the county legislature," said Richard M. Kessel, president and chief executive officer of New York Power Authority. "We respect their decision, and we won't place any of our wind turbines in the area, but we won't enter into any agreement with any wind power project in the county."

In Jefferson County, Acciona Wind Energy USA's St. Lawrence Wind Farm, BP Alternative Energy's Cape Vincent Wind Farm and Iberdrola's Horse Creek Wind Farm are still in the local approval process.

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