Jan 24 2011
The Highland North Wind Project located in Adams and Summerhill townships will receive $6 million as funding under the Clean and Alternative Energy Grant Program. The funding was approved by the Commonwealth Financing Agency.
The project estimated to cost around $122 million would bring in benefits to the local economy and make Cambria County, a leader in green energy generation.
The approval accorded by the Adams and Summerhill townships for the expansion program will allow the project to erect 30 new wind turbines. The proposed expansion is to be situated over a land possessed by Highland Sewer and Water Authority close to its Lloydell Reservoir. The planned expansion will increase the wind power generation capacity of the state by 10% and any extra power produced from the facility will be traded to the grid.
The project has chosen EverPower, a New York-based company, to construct the wind turbines. The company will deploy around 100 workers at the construction site to complete the constructions and put the wind turbines into operation by the end of the year. The wind farm will deploy 12 workers permanently at the location when it completes the commissioning process. The wind turbines will be erected over towers that are 70 feet taller than the earlier installed ones and will reach a height of 490 feet at the tip. Each of the wind turbines will offset around 2,700 tons of carbon dioxide every year and will provide the township $4,000 as revenue.
Source: http://www.everpower.com/