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Wednesday, Jan 7
Towns look to ride wind power
GREENFIELD ? Town supervisor Dick Rowland wants to make his town the first in Saratoga County to boast wind turbines, and local officials are working to get new laws in place to facilitate wind farm development.Town officials formed a Wind Power Advisory Committee last year to help study...
Saturday, Dec 6
Ski resorts cashing in on thinking green
Jiminy Peak is perhaps the "greenest" of any local resort because of the mountain's $3.9 million wind turbine. The turbine, installed last year, powers up to half the mountain's electricity, and also generates revenue for the business by selling the excess to the electricity grid.
Saturday, Nov 8
Opinion: Shell says it will pay landowners' legal bills
The Houston-based company wanted to build two 50- megawatt wind farms that would have produced enough electricity for 25,000 homes. Also, most of the hill towns do not have zoning regulations that would allow such large-scale wind farms, although some of the towns are drafting new laws t...
Friday, Nov 7
Clean electricity can help budgets
Yes, solar energy and wind power have an important place in our energy future. But the wind does not blow and the sun does not shine 24/7. Solar may be practical for base-load application in Arizona. Wind can be most effective in some coastal regions and in the Plains states. For New York, howeve...
Thursday, Oct 30
Nipping corruption in the wind
Wind farms, where turbines can rise more than 300 feet high, are becoming a hot topic . As companies scour breezy hilltops for turbine locations, there have been complaints from some areas that local officials who own land they've leased to the companies have been self-dealing by passing...
