Verve to expand albany wind farm.
Albany may be eligible for wind farm development — or even for the first wind farm in the United States — based on state and federal regulations that require permits, local officials say.
For years, the state has granted exceptions to the requirement to develop wind farms. State officials, however, say the department's proposed rules make those exemptions meaningless.
Wind developers in the state are planning to sue the state, arguing the rules can't allow them to develop the largest commercial wind farm on the East Coast.
"You're setting back the development of the U.S. economy," said John McRae, executive director of the Albany-based Community Wind Energy and Renewable Energy Association, an industry trade group. "We think that this is a huge blow."
State officials, though, see other benefits: they say wind turbines can be installed in locations with low energy costs, and they can reduce or even eliminate traffic congestion.
The first two turbines planned under the rules would be constructed at two small sites: The Alton Park site at the eastern end of the village on the western side, and the site off of Route 34 east of Albany.
Each site is less than 1.6 acres, about a half-mile apart, and would be about the size of a parking garage.
Albany officials hope to break ground in 2019 on the first two turbines, at a cost of about $2 million.
On the other side of the state, a large wind farm, the largest of its kind in the country, is under construction near the town of Albany.
For years, a small area west of town has been home to a wind farm development.
The federal Environmental Protection Agency in 2009 required states and local governments to develop about 1 megawatt of large-scale wind power in a proposed wind farm — or two megawatts, the equivalent of the entire national power grid — to be built.
That's a bit less than the planned first two turbines, but some industry officials said state officials need to get a bit more creative.
"What we're really encouraging is they're starting from a much smaller footprint," said Ron Hagen, vice president of regional planning for the American Wind Energy Association in Alabama. "If we can take care of a bit more of it for small communities here, then it's definitely a good thing."
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