NY approves 124 MW wind farm in Broome County
The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment has approved the development of a 124 MW wind farm in Broome County, N.Y.
Dubbed Bluestone Wind, the renewable energy project is estimated to require an investment of approximately $200 million. Bluestone Wind, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Calpine Corp., filed the initial project application in September 2018.
The wind park will consist of up to 27 wind turbines – 23 in the town of Sanford and four in the town of Windsor – and it will be located on about 25 square km (more than 6,000 acres) of privately leased rural land. Associated underground collection lines, access roads, two permanent meteorological towers and an operation and maintenance building will be situated in Sanford.
In Sanford, the developer will also build two substations: one at the end of the project’s 34.5 KV collection system that will include a 10 MW battery storage system, and the second at the point of interconnection, adjacent to an existing electric transmission line owned by New York State Electric and Gas Corp., delivering power into the NYISO system. The two substations will be linked through a 60 m long span (200 feet) of overhead 115 KV transmission line. Bluestone Wind will sell all the renewable energy credits associated with the power it produces under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
Source: Commercial Property Executive