New Hampshire
Granite Reliable Power’s Coos County, NH Wind Project
STATUS: In progress, with opposition TYPE: Wind OPPOSITION: Residents of Coos County, Groveton area residents, Fish and Game Department, Appalachian Mountain Club PROSPECTS: Indeterminate BACKGROUND: The estimated $257 million wind farm would consist of 33 wind turbines generating 99-megawatts of … Continue reading
Henniker Biomass Facility, NH
STATUS: Suspended TYPE: Biomass OPPOSITION: Citizens PROSPECTS: Unlikely; prolonged delay BACKGROUND: The Henniker Biomass proposal has been suspended after Laidlaw Energy Group withdrew its bid to build the 20-megawatt woodchip burning facility in Henniker. The company will instead focus on … Continue reading
GenPower Biomass Facility, NH
STATUS: Killed TYPE: Biomass OPPOSITION: Citizens: Hinsdale; Winchester; Concerned Citizens of Hinsdale PROSPECTS: Dead BACKGROUND: GenPower LLC submitted designs for a $95 million wood-burning power plant to the Hinsdale, N.H. Planning Board. The proposal included a $7 million construction and … Continue reading
Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH) Clean Air Project, Merrimack Station
STATUS: In progress TYPE: Coal OPPOSITION: Stonyfield Farms, Sierra Club, Conservation Law Foundation PROSPECTS: Likely BACKGROUND: In June 2006, the New Hampshire Legislature enacted RSA 125-0:11-18, et seq., the "Scrubber Law", which required the local utility to install a wet … Continue reading