Wind Power News: Arizona
These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They are the products of the organizations or individuals noted and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of National Wind Watch.
Perrin Ranch wind project on line, nearby residents say county let them down
WILLIAMS, Ariz. – Drive north on Highway 64 and about 13 miles outside Williams wind turbines begin to pop up west of the roadway. The spinning turbines – 64 in all – are part of the recently completed Perrin Ranch wind project. Not everyone though is happy about the installation of the renewable energy project. Many residents of the Junipine Estates and Howard Mesa subdivisions, including John Lee, feel that the project completed by NextEra Wind Energy has destroyed one . . .
Renewable energy supporters, opponents both want specific policies from Coconino County
Coconino County’s Board of Supervisors was nearly evenly split a year ago over whether to permit construction of the county’s first industrial-scale wind farm north of Williams. The Perrin Ranch wind farm, which passed on a 3-2 vote after 13 hours of discussion, is up now, but the debate over how to regulate future renewable power installations in the county is just getting started. One supervisor is pushing for specific rules and land designations that allow more renewable power, while . . .
Thanks to wind farm, we are facing a 6.6 percent utility increase
First of all I want to thank Williams News for continued coverage about wind energy in the North Country. A few weeks ago I predicted this utility rate increase would soon be here. It is now before the Corporation Commission for a hearing on Jan. 19. I believe it will pass because it is directly connected to the cost of infrastructure that APS had to endure for the Perrin Ranch Wind Farm due to the State Corporation Commission’s insistence that . . .
Wind farm is a temporary boost
The wind farm is a temporary boost for Williams but permanent eyesore for residents bordering the complex. It is easy for the Mayor to praise the benefits that Williams has recognized from Perrin Ranch Project since he doesn’t have them in his backyard to look at every day (out of sight out of mind). This is much like the position the County Board of Supervisors have taken. The problem is, that this boost will be short lived when the project . . .
County board approves giant wind farm project
The Disgen Marcou Mesa Project went before the Navajo County Board of Supervisors Tuesday and received the support needed to move ahead with its 390-megawatt wind energy facility. The project, to be located approximately six miles north of Joseph City and south of the Navajo Nation border, calls for a multi-phase endeavor that would result in the construction of 130 to 189 wind generating towers and related facilities. The massive project will encompass approximately 33,709 acres of land that consists . . .
Adjacent landowners to share in wind farm profits
HOLBROOK —The Navajo County Board of Supervisors, by 4-1 vote, will allow a 194-tower wind generating project north of Holbrook to proceed unimpeded. In voting against the proposal, District V Supervisor Jerry Brownlow said he is not against the project, just their desire to be granted blanket waivers for setback restrictions. He said board members toiled over the wording of the ordinance, in effect only since the advent of the Iberdrola project near Snowflake, and it should be followed. Supervisors . . .
Wind farm generates debate; Perrin Ranch neighbors vow to prevent more projects
The cranes now hoisting giant wind-turbine blades between Williams and the Grand Canyon represent a victory for renewable-energy advocates and a defeat for nearby residents who fear for their property values. The debate foreshadows others on the horizon as utilities rapidly increase the amount of energy they get from renewable sources such as solar and wind, and as those projects encroach farther on people in rural areas. The Perrin Ranch Wind Energy Project now under way and scheduled to open . . .
Yavapai Land Trade: Gridlock or checkmate?
CAMP VERDE – The Yavapai Ranch Land Exchange, which was to have been the state’s largest land swap ever, affecting communities across the north half, remains deeply mired in differences between the two parties. One issue is already in court; one may end up there. In the meantime discussions have come to a halt because one party won’t write a letter to the other. Currently the trade is the subject of federal court suit because the two sides don’t agree . . .
Wind-power project pushed back two years
Construction of a transmission line to carry renewable energy wind power from Lincoln County to metropolitan Phoenix slipped back two years to 2015, a representative of the Sun Zia Project told county commissioners last week. Martin Bailey, real property manager for SouthWestern Power Group, said the proposed route stretches about 460 miles from Lincoln County through Luna County, Hidalgo County and Casa Grande, Ariz. The transmission line will provide a delivery capacity of 3,000 megawatts, and all without any tax . . .
Perrin wind farm set to power up near Grand Canyon
WILLIAMS, Ariz. – The Perrin Ranch Wind Farm, a 99.2 megawatt electrical generating project located just north of Williams, will likely be supplying power to Arizona Public Service by the end of the year. When complete, the project will include 62 wind turbines in all. The turbines are 298 feet tall from base to blade tip and are spread over 20,000 acres with each turbine taking approximately a half-acre per turbine out of service on Perrin Ranch. The Perrin Ranch . . .
