filed: March 3, 2024 • New York
Renewed push to put wind turbines in Lake Erie gets blowback in Hamburg
Credit: Barbara O'Brien | Mar 2, 2024 | buffalonews.com ~~
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After a state entity shelved the proposal for wind turbines in Lake Erie 14 months ago, opponents of the idea suspected it was only a matter of time before the idea would be recycled.
“Western New York does not want these wind turbines in Lake Erie,” said David Adrian, an aquatic biologist and member of the Citizens Against Wind Turbines in Lake Erie.
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority determined in December 2022 that it wasn’t the right time to put the turbines in Lake Erie or Lake Ontario. NYSERDA concluded the turbines would cost more than other renewable energy options, and wouldn’t offer a feasible contribution to state climate goals.
Five months later, State Sen. Pete Harckham, a Westchester County Democrat and chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, proposed a pilot project to place wind turbines in Lake Erie.
https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2024/03/03/renewed-push-to-put-wind-turbines-in-lake-erie-gets-blowback-in-hamburg/
