By Kate Day Sager
Olean Times Herald
Allegany town residents heard new proposals for a wind-turbine farm that would effectively reduce the number of turbines built by three, and shift their locations to more remote areas in the community.
During Monday’s meeting for the Town of Allegany Planning Board, a gathering of 15 to 20 residents at the Allegany Senior Center heard a short presentation by Kevin Sheen, senior director of development for EverPower Renewables. The New York City-based company has been interested in constructing a wind-turbine farm in the Chipmonk area for the past couple of years and had initially proposed the construction of 32 wind turbines in the community. The new plan calls for the construction of 29 wind turbines.
Mr. Sheen told the board that the new layout of wind turbines would place the towers 2,500 feet from non-contracted landowners’ properties.
“We think this layout addresses some of the concerns” of the landowners along the eastern ridge of the proposed project, Mr. Sheen said. He said several wind turbines initially proposed for the Chipmonk Road area in the northern and southern ridges of the community were taken out of the plans and shifted to the western ridges of the project near Nichols Run.
