New York firm proposing up to 338 turbines off R.I.'s coast - Providence Journal

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Source: Providence Journal

New York firm proposing up to 338 turbines off R.I.'s coast

01:50 PM EST on Thursday, November 15, 2007

By Peter B. Lord
Journal Staff Writer

A New York investment company is proposing to erect
between 235 and 338 large wind turbines to generate
electricity in state waters just off Watch Hill, Block
Island and Little Compton.

The Allco Renewable Energy Group Limited says it may
erect Danish turbines whose blades are 295 feet in
diameter, mounted on towers that would rise 262 to
345 feet above the water.

Allco’s proposes to start construction in the first
quarter of 2009 and go into commercial service a year
later.

Allco says in a written proposal that it would assemble
its turbines at Quonset Point.

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Source: Providence Business News

Posted Nov. 16, 2007
Energy

R.I.: New wind-farm proposal not a serious possibility

By David Ortiz
PBN Staff Writer

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s chief energy
adviser this morning said a New York company’s interest
in building a large wind energy project off Rhode Island’s
coast is “extremely premature.” At this time, the
proposal is not seen as a viable option for alternative
energy development in the state.

“This was an unsolicited proposal that apparently came
in,” Andrew Dzykewicz, executive director of the R.I.
Office of Energy Resources, told Providence Business
News. “These people are trying to find out what the
process is. That’s all it is.”

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Read more: http://www.pbn.com/stories/28367.htm