Wind Farm Topic of Madison Meeting

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Sat, Feb 11, 2012

MADISON -- A large wind farm with 36 turbines proposed to be located on some 7,000 acres of land in the Town of Madison is the subject of a special meeting of the Town of Madison Planning Board Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the village hall on Rte. 20.

The project is proposed by Rolling Upland Wind Farm, which is owned by EDP Renewables North America, part of EDP Renewables of Madrid, Spain. It would produce 60 megawats of electricity when it comes on line. Construction could begin in 2015.

The 36 windmills -- each almost 500 feet tall -- would be located in an approximate area that is south of Rte. 20, west of the Madison-Oneida counties border, east of East Lake Road and north of the boarder bwteen the towns of Hamilton and Madison.

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