What
is Proposed?
Status
updated November 5, 2007
- Deerfield / PPM: A 15-2MW
turbine project adjacent to the existing Searsburg wind
farm. PPM
has filed its revised proposal with the Public Service
Board and Docket 7250 proceedings are underway. FWVT
has filed for party status, as of 11/03/07 this is pending.
The project is also undergoing review by the US Forest
Service. A draft Environmental Impact Statement is expected
to be done by early winter, and a USFS decision is scheduled
by July 2008. The PSB proceedings are available at http://www.state.vt.us/psb/document/7250Deerfield/deerfield-main.htm PPM's website for
this project is http://ppmenergy.com/deerfield/
- Sheffield
/ UPC: A 16 -2.5MW turbine project was approved
with conditions by the Public Service Board in August of
2007. See the Public Service Board press release see news report , The
project is undergoing a specific review by the US Army
Corps of Engineers. The Ridge Protectors group has filed
a VT State Supreme Court appeal of the PSB's decision.
UPC hopes to begin construction in the spring or summer
of 2008. The Public Service Board's proceedings are available
at: http://www.state.vt.us/psb/document/7156upc/upc-main.htm UPC's
website for the project is http://www.sheffieldwind.com/
The current crop of proposals would yield about 100 MW
of independent renewable power in Vermont or about 33MW
at 33% capacity factor.
No one has proposed that every ridgeline in Vermont be developed,
only those few that meet the criteria of sufficient wind
resource, combined with existing infrastructure and closeness
to transmission lines. This amounts to less than a dozen
sites around the state.
The Dept. of Public Service has already published reasonably
comprehensive windfarm siting guidelines, which are for
the most part followed by the existing proposals.
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