From: howard.smith@spacebbs.com (Howard Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.energy
Subject: Wind Energy Weekly #5 2/2
Date: 26 Jan 93 07:21:00 GMT
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GREEN MOUNTAIN MOVES
AHEAD ON PERMITTING

Green Mountain Power Corp. (GMP) said it plans to continue working
to obtain permits for two wind projects in southern Vermont
regardless of whether the sites are developed in the immediate
future.

The utility, which is based in South Burlington, VT, had proposed
wind power plants at the sites along with another in western
Massachusetts in response to a request for proposals for "green
power" from New England Power Co. (NEPCO) (see Wind Energy Weekly
#477, December 16, 1991, p. 5).

Subsequently, NEPCO notified GMP that two of the three proposals,
totalling 17 MW in capacity, had been selected as part of a
"Negotiating Group" for further discussions and possible power
contract negotiations.

The projects chosen by NEPCO for further discussion include a 7-MW
proposal for a wind facility in the town of Florida, Mass., and a
10-MW proposal covering a project in the southern Vermont towns of
Searsburg and Readsboro.


However, GMP said recently in a newsletter on its wind activities
that it plans to go forward with permitting on both the
Searsburg/Readsboro site and another on the Hoosac Range in
Stamford and Readsboro, "based on our belief that wind power will
provide an environmentally sound and economical source of new
energy in the not-too-distant future.

"This belief is a result of the wind resource and environmental
studies we have conducted at these site areas since 1980; the
experience we have gained operating turbines atop Little Equinox
Mountain; and the generally favorable reaction to our plans by . .
. local town officials and environmental groups."

GMP is working on Special Use Permit Applications to be filed with
the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for the Vermont sites, and is
coordinating its plans with the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB)
and the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.  The projects, it
said, will require a Certificate of Public Good from the PSB in
addition to the USFS permits.

The permitting process in Vermont is of special interest because
the state's environmental community is strong and well-organized
and highly sensitive to development on visible mountain ridgelines.
Although the PSB has generally sought to encourage renewable
energy, private developers have expected the windfarm siting
process to be long and difficult, and have opted to pursue
opportunities in other states.



NORDTANK INKS CHINESE JOINT VENTURE

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Nordtank has signed a joint
venture with Xinjiang Power Corp. of northwest China, the Journal
of Commerce reported.  Xinjiang-Nordtank Windpower Co. will have an
initial investment of $12 million and expects to install 30 MW of
wind generating capacity next year and an additional 100 MW
thereafter, the article said.  Xinjiang and other areas of
northwest China have terrain similar to the Great Plains of the
U.S., and wind resources there are believed to be excellent.

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