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Second mammoth wind farm nears public hearing phase in eastern North Carolina 

Credit:  Second mammoth wind farm nears public hearing phase in eastern N.C. | Lauren K. Ohnesorge, Staff Writer | Triangle Business Journal | Jul 11, 2016 | www.bizjournals.com ~~

As turbines start to dot farmland near Elizabeth City, part of the in-progress Amazon Wind Farm, the Apex project to the south, dubbed Timbermill Wind, is nearing the public hearing phase.

Don Giecek, the Charlottesville, Virginia-based senior manager of business development for Apex Clean Energy, is several years into his due diligence, having picked a 17,000-acre swath that spans parts of Perquimans and Chowans counties – just a few miles away from where Iberdrola crews are already erecting turbines into the sky at what will be the Amazon Wind Farm.

In many ways, the two projects are similar, he says. Timbermill, like Amazon Wind Farm, will have more than 100 turbines, if all goes as planned. The 105-turbine Timbermill project could provide up to 300 megawatts of power.

“That would be enough to provide power to approximately 60,000 homes,” he says.

And, like Amazon Wind Farm, which first had Iberdrola officials talking to eastern North Carolina officials back in 2009, it will take a long time to complete. If all goes well, groundbreaking would happen in early 2018, he says. The farm is targeted to be fully functional by the end of 2018.

But there’s one big difference. It, unlike the project to the north, isn’t finalized.

Iberdrola’s permits have been in place for years, making the Amazon project immune to legislation that could thwart those kinds of projects.

While a bill that would have restricted wind turbines in much of the state, citing concerns over military flight training paths, was not passed in the latest session, legislators have reportedly said they’ll pick it up again in the coming months.

Giecek isn’t worried. He says the project is moving forward, and that it’s met all the required regulatory hurdles – including those put up by the military.

The Timbermill site was picked in part because it was elected to meet with “minimal” interference with both commercial and military aircraft, he says.

Source:  Second mammoth wind farm nears public hearing phase in eastern N.C. | Lauren K. Ohnesorge, Staff Writer | Triangle Business Journal | Jul 11, 2016 | www.bizjournals.com

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