Towns of Stark & Warren

WINDMILL PLAN STIRS UP CONTROVERSY:

The wind energy company that convinced many local towns, businesses and individuals to subsidize the electricity produced from Central New York wind turbines is seeking approvals to build its first wind farm in New York.

Community Energy's Jordanville Wind Farm would have as many as 75 wind turbines on private land in Herkimer County, about 20 miles north of Cooperstown. The turbines would generate enough power for as many as 60,000 homes.

Local people paying extra for wind power are supplying some of the capital for the Jordanville Wind Farm project. Set in farm country near Glimmerglass Opera House and Otsego Lake, it has been controversial, and that controversy has reached to the Hudson Valley.