Wind Power News: Pennsylvania
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Wind turbines closer to reality
BP Alternative Energy will begin to seek permits from the state later this month into early June for a wind turbine facility it hopes to have in operation in the southern part of Wyoming County by the end of 2009.
Speaking during a “Mehoopany Wind Energy Project” open house at the Triton Hose Co. in Tunkhannock, Pa., on Thursday, BP Alternative Energy business developer Kevin Davis said that testing with meteorological towers has determined that …
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Fayette officials to join windmill dispute
Fayette County commissioners will intervene in a civil lawsuit over proposed windmills in Georges and Springhill townships, but not necessarily because they favor or oppose the project.
Commissioners on Thursday voted 2-1 to file a notice of intervention in the lawsuit, which pits PPM Renewable Energy Corp. of Portland, Ore., against the county’s zoning hearing board.
PPM, which has offices in Perryopolis, filed the civil suit last month, after the zoning board denied its request for a …
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Gamesa wants more room for wind farm
The company planning to construct wind turbines in Logan Township needs supervisors to enlarge the wind zone and to back away from stricter rules, a representative said Thursday.
“It will not financially work with less than 25 turbines,” Tim Vought of Gamesa Energy USA told supervisors.
He showed them a map with 17 turbines in the township’s wind zone south of Route 36 and an additional eight turbines north of Route 36 outside of the wind zone.
The …
N. Union may turn to wind
North Union Township may join other regional municipalities that have created or are creating wind turbine ordinances.
At a supervisors’ meeting this week, North Union Township Supervisor Gary Croll said a group from St. Francis University, Loretto, is interested in testing wind capacity with a meteorological tower in North Union. That group is investigating the potential for a commercial wind farm.
He said there is also a resident who may want to erect a personal turbine to …
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Windmill supporters bring case to commissioners
Several people in favor of a windmill project for Wharton, Springhill and Georges townships brought their case Tuesday to the Fayette County commissioners.
Speaking during public comment of the commissioner’s agenda meeting, people representing carpenter’s unions and themselves spoke about the need for the county to have the South Chestnut Wind Project.
In February, the county zoning hearing board unanimously denied a special exception request that would have allowed the construction of 18 wind-powered turbines in …
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Couple sues wind farm over noise levels
HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blue Knob couple is seeking unspecified monetary compensation and is asking a court to intervene to reduce noise and vibration from energy generating turbines in the Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm.
A Pittsburgh attorney representing Todd and Jill Stull of Pine Springs Lane, Portage, filed a 14-page civil lawsuit in Blair County court naming Gamesa Energy USA, developers of the wind farm in Portage Township, Cambria County, and Juniata and Greenfield townships, Blair …
Couple goes to court for windmill distress
The Juniata Township couple seeking relief from noisy wind turbines has taken their complaint to Blair County Court.
Todd and Jill Stull, in a lawsuit filed at the courthouse, accuse Gamesa Energy USA LLC and the Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm LLC of destroying their quality of life and damaging their health. They’re seeking an injunction ordering the noise to be reduced.
Ever since the wind turbines were built on acreage spanning Blair and Cambria counties, the Stulls …
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Leawood company involved in energy project declares bankruptcy
A Leawood company that hoped to develop a wind-powered energy project in Pennsylvania has declared bankruptcy.
Generation Resources Holding Company LLC, with offices at 118th Street and Roe Avenue, listed $75,052 in assets and $5.86 million in liabilities.
The company owned a 50 percent interest in Stony Creek Windpower LLC, according to the bankruptcy petition. It valued that interest at $75,000. Its remaining assets consisted of $52.44 in accounts at Capitol Federal Savings.
Generation Resources’ biggest unsecured claimant …
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Township to conduct windmill sound studies
Unable to agree on an expert to gauge noise from Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm turbines, Portage Township and Juniata Township in Blair County will conduct separate studies.
Portage officials said they likely will hire a company next week to conduct the sound study from their side of Blue Knob Mountain.
“At this next meeting, we should have all of the information and I would hope we can come to some resolution,” Supervisor Ken Trimbath said.
Juniata already has …
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Wind turbines for Pennsylvania?
The winds of change are blowing energy alternatives into central Pennsylvania and stirring up debate along the way.
Central Pennsylvania, with its many blustery ridgetops, is seen as a prime location for wind farms by wind turbine companies and local environmentalists concerned about climate change. But others in the environmental community argue that wind farms would harm forests and wildlife, and local planners worry about sound pollution and blighted landscapes.
Gamesa Energy USA, one of the largest …
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