Wind Power News: Pennsylvania
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Rapp sponsors solar, wind tear-down bill
Rep. Kathy Rapp, R-Warren, wants solar panels and wind turbines installed in Pennsylvania to be taken down responsibly. House Bill 2104, which Rapp introduced recently in the state House of Representatives, would require companies installing alternative energy equipment be responsible to take the equipment down no later than 18 months after the facility has stopped producing electricity. “With solar and wind farms continuing to permeate our landscape, we must assure that long-term sustainability and reclamation concerns are addressed before it . . . Complete story »
Hegins Twp. Zoning Hearing board decision on wind farm coming Jan. 11
VALLEY VIEW – The Hegins Twp. Zoning Hearing Board said Tuesday night that it would announce its decision on a proposed wind farm at a 6:30 p.m. Jan. 11 meeting in the township ambulance building. [rest of article available at source] Complete story »
Pa. community’s fight against electric lines shows tensions with a clean energy future
Barron Shaw’s family has been selling fruit from its orchard that spans the Pennsylvania-Maryland border for more than a century. His ties to the land go back even farther. “My family ancestors built this house on the hill here in 1862 during the Civil War,” he said while walking around his orchard recently. “So we have quite deep roots in the land here.” So he was alarmed when he learned in 2017 that a company called Transource wanted to build . . . Complete story »
More turbine project details provided, but Hegins Twp. continues hearing again
Round 2 of the public hearing involving the proposed wind farm that would be partially in Hegins Twp. was held Tuesday evening and ended like the previous hearing: without a conclusion but with a continuation. [rest of article available at source] Complete story »
Clearfield County planners tentatively approve $200M wind turbine project in Chest Township
CLEARFIELD – The Clearfield County Planning Commission approved a three-lot subdivision in Chest Township for the placement of three wind turbines at its meeting last week. Competitive Power Ventures of Braintree, Mass. and Silver Springs, Md. is planning to install 18 or 19 wind turbines in Clearfield and Cambria counties at a total project cost of roughly $200 million. The bulk of the project will be in Cambria County with up to three wind turbines and a substation being located in . . . Complete story »
Pa. community’s fight against electric lines shows tensions coming with push toward a clean energy future
Barron Shaw’s family has been selling fruit from its orchard that spans the Pennsylvania-Maryland border for more than a century. His ties to the land go back even farther. “My family ancestors built this house on the hill here in 1862 during the Civil War,” he said while walking around his orchard recently. “So we have quite deep roots in the land here.” So he was alarmed when he learned in 2017 that a company called Transource wanted to build . . . Complete story »
Hegins Township solicitor challenges wind farm plan’s details
VALLEY VIEW – Hegins Township’s solicitor sparred verbally Wednesday night with the project manager of the proposed wind farm in Hegins and three other townships. During a hearing that lasted more than three hours at the Hegins Township Ambulance Association, solicitor Donald G. Karpowich, Drums, challenged senior project manager David F. Allen on numerous issues related to the proposed $300 million project. One was whether the township Wind Energy Safety Ordinance requires Anthracite Ridge Wind Energy, the company that wants to . . . Complete story »
County commissioners discuss development projects
The Sandy Ridge Wind Farm sits high on the ridge running alongside Interstate 99, partially in Taylor Township, Centre County, and partially in Synder Township, Blair County. In 2012, nine wind turbines were approved on the Taylor Township side of the project. Liberty Power plans to add four wind towers to that total, along with more in Blair County, said Schnure. The plans have received approval from the FFA and PennDOT’s Bureau of Aviation for the first phase of the project, said Schure. Complete story »
Judge dismisses attempt to overturn county zoning change
POTTSVILLE – A judge has dismissed a challenge by a Lackawanna County business to a change to an ordinance that will limit the height of new wind turbines in much of Schuylkill County. In a one-sentence order, Schuylkill County Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin dismissed the challenge raised by Clean Air Generation LLC, North Abington Township, to the county planning commission’s refusal to consider its plan for new wind turbines in Frailey, Porter and Tremont townships. The effect is to uphold the . . . Complete story »
Wind energy company closing Lehigh Valley manufacturing plant, shifting work to Mexico
A maker of components for wind turbine blades is closing its manufacturing plant in the Lehigh Valley and shifting the work to Mexico, putting 67 people out of work, according to a notice filed with the state, an internal memo and multiple sources familiar with the company’s thinking. Windkits LLC is planning to stop manufacturing at its facility at 7346 Penn Drive in Upper Macungie Township on Aug. 13, according to a summary of the notice posted online Friday by . . . Complete story »
