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Wind Power News: Pennsylvania
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Zoning board rejects proposed wind farm project in Hegins Twp.
HEGINS TWP., Pa. – A wind farm won’t be coming to Schuylkill County after all. Hegin Township’s zoning board rejected a proposed wind farm project Tuesday night. The application was submitted by Delaware-based Anthracite Ridge LLC. Back in 2019, Clean Air Generation LLC proposed building up to 40 wind turbines in the township. That plan was opposed by both residents and representatives of Fort Indiantown Gap. Complete story »
Hegins Twp. Zoning Hearing Board rejects huge wind farm project
VALLEY VIEW – The Hegins Twp. Zoning Hearing Board has rejected a controversial wind farm project. [rest of article available at source] Complete story »
Fort Indiantown Gap leaders pushing back against proposed wind farm near base
Leaders at Fort Indiantown Gap are renewing calls to help block a proposed windmill project northeast of the installation. They’ve been fighting the construction for more than two years, worried it could mean the end of the aviation training center. Fort Indiantown Gap is one of the premier training grounds for the Army and Air National Guard. “There’s only two of the schoolhouses in the entire continental United States. There’s Watts out in Arizona, and there’s Eastern Aviation Training School, . . . Complete story »
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 »
