| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Judge rules in favor of Backbone wind project
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
A Baltimore judge has affirmed a state Public Service Commission ruling favoring the Clipper Windpower project proposed on Backbone Mountain in Garrett County.
Circuit Judge John Miller found no fault with the agency’s approval in 2005 of Clipper Windpower Inc.’s plan to reduce from 67 to 40 the number of giant wind turbines it plans to erect on Backbone.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based company said turbines in the redesigned project would use longer blades than originally proposed to produce a comparable amount of electricity with lower construction costs and less environmental impact.
Clipper proposed no change in the 394-foot height of its turbines. The original project was proposed in 2002 to be located along a 10-mile stretch of the ridge on Backbone Mountain from Wild Turkey Rock to just short of Eagle Rock Road, along Bethlehem Road and north of Gorman Road, near state Route 560.
Project opponent D. Daniel Boone had filed for judicial review of the decision. He claimed the change violated a settlement agreement the PSC accepted when it approved the project in 2003.
The county commissioners have given support to both the Clipper Windpower project and another project proposed on Backbone Mountain by Synergics of Annapolis. The Synergics project has not received PSC approval.
In 2005, the commissioners announced they would not back any wind projects proposed in the county in the future.
7 November 2007
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Funding |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=8115 ]
