By Leonard Sparks <\/p>\n
Published: 2:00 AM - 05\/16\/12 <\/p>\n
LIBERTY A study identifying three sites in Liberty as potentially suitable for a community-owned wind-energy project is spurring talk of new zoning rules. <\/p>\n
Supervisor Charlie Barbuti recommended the town consider guidelines to cover wind energy at Liberty's May 7 <\/p>\n
Town Board meeting. <\/p>\n
The board met one day after the Sullivan Alliance for Sustainable Development held a public forum to review four sites identified in an ongoing study of suitable places for a wind farm. <\/p>\n
\"I came away from the (community) meeting thinking it's something that would be important,\" Barbuti said. \"We don't address geothermal; we don't address solar; we don't address the new technologies.\" <\/p>\n
Sullivan Alliance invited residents to the Liberty Senior Center on May 6 to unveil one site on Thunder Hill Road in Grahamsville and three Liberty sites that might be viable for a wind farm. <\/p>\n
The areas in Liberty include Walnut Mountain Park, a ridge just north of Old Loomis Road, and another ridge east of Route 17 near Tanzman Road. <\/p>\n
The ongoing study is being funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant. Part of the funding is being used to identify shovel-ready sites that might be ideal for a small wind farm. A 5.4-megawatt farm could generate $1.4 million in revenues, according to SASD's presentation. The study envisions such a system owned by local groups or by municipalities. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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