Industrial wind scam returns – Is your town in the sacrifice zone?
Credit: Jun 14, 2025 · Karen Engstrom · post-journal.com ~~
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The towns of Ellery, North Harmony, Stockton, Sherman, Westfield, and Ripley are being targeted by Bedrock Renewables.
Bedrock gets lots of Federal, State and local subsidy money if they succeed in erecting 600-foot industrial wind turbines across the western portion of Chautauqua County.
NYISO states the power realized from onshore wind is 24% of rated capacity but “is actually 10% due to being out of phase with grid demand” (Power Trends). One 450 foot wind turbine tower is made of 900 tons of steel, 2300 tons of concrete and 1300 tons of non recyclable plastic. Not Green. Not Zero.
The Wind Target Zone stretches across the fourth most important migrating bird flyway in North America on the Lake Erie escarpment where flocks of birds seek the updrafts to propel them across Lake Erie. Proposed turbines may also be located on the Chautauqua Gorge watershed – one of the most unique geological features of the county and a protected “high quality spawning habitat for several native Great Lakes fish…” (US Fish and Wildlife).
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2025/06/14/is-your-town-in-the-sacrifice-zone/
