Renewable
Wilbarger County, TX Wind Power Project
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Local residents (Archer, Hardeman, Jack, Wichita, and Wilbarger Counties) PROSPECTS: Dead BACKGROUND: Florida Power & Light Company, a subsidiary of FPL Group, pulled the plug on a 35,000-acre Wilbarger County wind power project in September … Continue reading
Gemini Solar Development, Austin, Texas
STATUS: Delayed TYPE: Solar OPPOSITION: Local businesses leaders PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In March 2009, the City of Austin, Texas gave preliminary approval for Gemini’s proposed 30-megawatt solar plant that would be located near Austin. The 300 acres of photovoltaic solar panels … Continue reading
Hook Canyon Hydropower Project, UT
STATUS: Canceled TYPE: Hydropower OPPOSITION: Utah Governor Jon Huntsman; Environmentalists (Bear Lake Watch, Great Salt Lakekeeper) PROSPECTS: Canceled BACKGROUND: In 2006, Symbiotics affiliate Hook Canyon Energy LLC proposed the 1,100-megawatt Hook Canyon pump project in Bear Lake Canyon, Utah. There … Continue reading
Sheffield Wind Project, VT
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Local residents (Ridge Protectors) PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: Developed by First Wind (formerly UPC Vermont Wind), the Sheffield Wind project is estimated to produce 115,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy locally per year. The … Continue reading
Deerfield Wind Project, VT
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Forest Watch, Save Vermont Ridgelines, Wilderness Society, Center for Biological Diversity, Vermont’s Agency of Natural Resources, Local residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Deerfield Wind is proposed to be built on U.S. Forest Service … Continue reading
Glebe Mountain Wind Energy Project, VT
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Local residents (Glebe Mountain Group) PROSPECTS: Dead BACKGROUND: On April 30, 2005, Catamount Energy filed an application to erect a wind farm consisting of 27 turbines on Glebe Mountain, which stretches from Londonderry to Windham, … Continue reading
East Haven Wind Farm, VT
STATUS: Suspended TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: State government (Public Service Board, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources) PROSPECTS: Unlikely BACKGROUND: The proposed East Haven Wind farm would have consisted of four 329 foot tall turbines, totaling 6 MW, on the site of … Continue reading
Black Fork Wind Farm, Ohio
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Crawford and Richland County residents PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: In August 2009, Black Fork Wind LLC submitted an application for a wind farm to be located in Richland and Crawford counties. The project, developed … Continue reading
West Ridge and East Ridge Wind Projects, Harney County, OR
STATUS: In progress with opposition TYPE: Wind Project OPPOSITION: The Oregon National Desert Association (ONDA); Audubon Society of Portland; Nature Conservancy PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: Columbia Energy Partners (CEP) wanted to build its West Ridge and East Ridge wind projects, consisting … Continue reading
First Wind Cascade Wind Farm, OR
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Government officials (Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council), Local residents PROSPECTS: Dead BACKGROUND: Cascade Wind Farm was a proposed 40-turbine, 60-megawatt wind farm in Wasco County, Oregon. The project would have produced electricity for about 18,000 … Continue reading