LOCATED IN LACKAWANNA, THE 20 MW STEEL WINDS PROJECT IS SITUATED ON A 30 ACRE PORTION OF THE FORMER BETHLEHEM STEEL FACILITY, WHICH IS BEING RETURNED TO PRODUCTIVE USE UNDER THE NYS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION BROWNFIELD CLEANUP PROGRAM.
STEEL WINDS WILL GENERATE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 6,000 WESTERN NEW YORK HOMES.
THE PROJECT WILL BE OPERATED BY UPC WIND, WITH TURBINE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES PROVIDED BY CLIPPER WINDPOWER FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.
WHERE BETHLEHEM STEEL ONCE SUPPORTED AN EARLIER INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, THE STEEL WINDS PROJECT IS BRINGING NEW JOBS AND CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TO THE LAKE ERIE REGION. WE ARE PLEASE TO BE OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY AND INTRODUCING THIS NEWEST GENERATION OF WIND TURBINES TO THE MARKET.
MANUFACTURED IN CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA, IT IS AMONG THE LARGEST LANDBASED WIND TURBINES IN THE WORLD MANUFACTURED IN NORTH AMERICA.
FOR THE STEEL WINDS PROJECT, UPC WIND HAS PARTNERED WITH BQ ENERGY TO PRODUCE AND SELL CLEAN ENERGY, CAPACITY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES TO ENERGY RETAILER CONSTELLATION NEW ENERGY THROUGH 2009
REACHING FULL COMMERICAL OPERATIONS AND REDEVELOPING A NEGLECTED BROWNFIELD SITE ARE BOTH SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE STEEL WINDS PROJECT.
IN ADDITION TO INCREASING DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION AND ENHANCING ENERGY SECURITY, WIND POWER IS CONSIDERED AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE UNITED STATES’ ENERGY FUTURE AND A CRITICAL SOLUTION FOR FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE.
WIND POWER DOES NOT EMIT GREENHOUSE GASES OR OTHER DAMAGING POLLUTANTS. ONE ADDITONAL BENEFIT IS THAT WIND, UNLIKE TRADITIONAL POLLUTING SOURCES OF ENERGY, HAS NO FUEL COST, THEREFORE, SERVING AS A NATURAL HEDGE AGAINST VOLATILE FUEL PRICES, WHICH IN MOST MARKETS IN THE UNITED STATES CAN HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON ELECTRIC BILLS.
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