New York State currently has 280 MWs of wind farms (www.awea.org/projects/newyork.html)

New York also imports some of the 153 MWs of wind energy being produced in Pennsylvania (www.awea.org/projects/pennsylvania.html), and a portion of the 107 MW’s being generated in Illinois (www.awea.org/projects/illinois.html).

To find out more about wind development in New York State, go to the Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACENY), visit http://www.aceny.org/.

There are currently over 5,000 MWs of additional wind farms being proposed throughout New York State: Over 6,000 E/NSI customers are currently purchasing more than 10 million kwhs of wind energy and 15 million kwhs of hydro power. E/NSI supplies that demand from a combination of wind and hydro plants both in New York State and imported from our neighbors. The continued customer demand will enable E/NSI and our renewable energy partners (Starphire New Energy Technologies and EarthKind Energy) to continue to build the consumer demand for new, emission-free electric generation throughout the state and region.

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One Farmer’s View of Wind Power

Carl and Bonnie Stone own the land the hosts 5 of the 7 wind turbines for the Madison Wind Power Project in Madison, New York (just east of Syracuse, Madison was the first wind farm built in the state). Carl wrote the following poem in praise of wind power:

Winds of Change

The farmlands of our New York State
Are takin' on a change.
It all has happened just of late,
And to most it still looks strange.

There is a brand new crop here now,
Like none we've ever seen.
It isn't some new breed of cow,
And it has no leaves of green.

The crop that I now speak about
Has been with us all along.
It's one we've never been without,
It's presence always strong.

For years I've always fought it,
Rarely considered it a friend.
Until this fella, he just bought it,
Yup, this guy, he bought my wind!

So now up from the fields of corn,
Majestic towers rise,
And mammoth rotors gently turn
Against the bright blue skies.

I think we will see many more
Before we all are through,
But one thing that I know for sure,
It's the right thing for us to do.

It surely beats a plume of smoke
Polluting all our air.
They stand as symbols to all folk
To show that we must care.

For years we all learned to take
From this world placed in our hands,
But now for all our children's sake,
We must make some long-term plans.

So where will they finish with this thing?
I s'pose I'll never know.
I just hope that guy drops by 'fore spring.
Maybe I can sell some snow!

[This poem may not be reproduced without the author’s permission]