ENB Region 5 Completed Applications 09/20/2006

Noble Clinton Windpark, LLC (Noble) is proposing to install and operate a wind-powered generating facility consisting of 68 wind turbines and associated facilities within an approximate 4,487-acre area in the Town of Ellenburg.

    Each turbine has a capacity of 1.5 megawatts (MW), and the combined total capacity of the project is approximately 102 (MW). In addition to the wind turbines, the project will involve the  construction and use of approximately 16 miles of access roads, an electrical collection system consisting of both underground and above ground installations, a new substation constructed on a 7.341-acre parcel that will tie into an existing 230-kilovolt (kV) New York Power Authority (NYPA) Plattsburgh – Willis line to provide access to the grid, and associated staging areas for parking and storage. The actual Project Site is located on an approximate cumulative 96 acres within the 4,487-acre Project Area.

    The wind turbines to be installed will be  General Electric (GE) 1.5 MW wind turbines with each turbine consisting of a tubular steel tower with a 77-meter-(253-foot)-diameter rotor, and a nacelle which houses the generator, transformer, and power train. The rotor and nacelle are mounted on top of the tower giving the rotor hub a height of 262 feet (80 meters).  Each turbine has a maximum height of approximately 389 feet (120 meters) with a rotor blade oriented straight up, and will occupy a concrete base with a diameter of approximately 18 feet. Aviation lights will be limited to the minimum required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation warning lights will be installed only on structures along the Project perimeter.

    A pad transformer will be located adjacent to the base of each tower, raising the voltage of the electricity produced by the turbine generator up to the 34.5 kV voltage level of the collection system.  The project will include approximately 15 miles of trenched-in ground and about 4 miles of overhead 34.5 kV electric cable to collect all the power from the turbines and terminate at the substation. The new substation will be located on a 7.341acre parcel on the east side of Ryan Road immediately south of the existing 230-kilovolt (kV) New York Power Authority (NYPA) Plattsburgh – Willis line. The substation will consolidate all the electric output of the 68 wind turbine generators from this project along with the output of the 54 wind turbine generators from the 81 MW Noble Ellenburg Windpark, transform it into the NYPA transmission level of 230 kV, and tie into the adjacent NYPA line.

    Regulated freshwater wetlands and state-protected streams are located within the project site, and permits are required for the construction of access roads, the construction of the turbines, and the buried electric cable interconnection lines. The project as proposed will result in temporary impacts to 2.49 acres of state-regulated freshwater wetlands and 130.20 linear feet of state-protected streams, and permanent impacts to approximately 0.65 acres of state-regulated freshwater wetlands and 61.08 linear feet of state-protected streams. The applicant is currently investigating mitigation options with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the NYSDEC to provide acceptable compensatory mitigation for the permanent impacts to both federal and state-regulated freshwater wetlands.

    The proposed project is located on the western edge of Clinton county, north of the No. 5 Road, in the Town of Clinton.

Noble Ellenburg Windpark, LLC (Noble) is proposing to install and operate a wind-powered generating facility consisting of 54 wind turbines and associated facilities within an approximate 2,665-acre area in the Town of Ellenburg.

    Each turbine has a capacity of 1.5 megawatts (MW), and the combined total capacity of the project is approximately 81 (MW). In addition to the wind turbines, the project will involve the  construction and use of approximately 11 miles of access roads, an electrical collection system consisting of both underground and above ground installations, a new substation constructed on a 7.341-acre parcel that will tie into an existing 230-kilovolt (kV) New York Power Authority (NYPA) Plattsburgh – Willis line to provide access to the grid, and associated staging areas for parking and storage. The actual Project Site is located on an approximate cumulative 120 acres within the 2,665-acre Project Area.

    The wind turbines to be installed will be  General Electric (GE) 1.5 MW wind turbines with each turbine consisting of a tubular steel tower with a 77-meter-(253-foot)-diameter rotor, and a nacelle which houses the generator, transformer, and power train. The rotor and nacelle are mounted on top of the tower giving the rotor hub a height of 262 feet (80 meters).  Each turbine has a maximum height of approximately 389 feet (120 meters) with a rotor blade oriented straight up, and will occupy a concrete base with a diameter of approximately 18 feet. Aviation lights will be limited to the minimum required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation warning lights will be installed only on structures along the Project perimeter.

    A pad transformer will be located adjacent to the base of each tower, raising the voltage of the electricity produced by the turbine generator up to the 34.5 kV voltage level of the collection system.  The project will include approximately 10.3 miles of trenched-in ground and about 6.27 miles of overhead 34.5 kV electric cable to collect all the power from the turbines and terminate at the substation. The new substation will be located on a 7.341 acre parcel on the east side of Ryan Road immediately south of the existing 230-kilovolt (kV) New York Power Authority (NYPA) Plattsburgh – Willis line. The substation will consolidate all the electric output of the 54 wind turbine generators from this project along with the output of the 68 wind turbine generators from the 102 MW Noble Clinton Windpark, transform it into the NYPA transmission level of 230 kV, and tie into the adjacent NYPA line.

    Regulated freshwater wetlands and state-protected streams are located within the project site, and permits are required for the construction of access roads, the construction of the turbines, and the buried electric cable interconnection lines. The project as proposed will result in temporary impacts to 3.54 acres of state-regulated freshwater wetlands and  26.11 linear feet of state-protected streams, and permanent impacts to approximately 0.82 acres of state-regulated freshwater wetlands and 11.22 linear feet of state-protected streams. The applicant is currently investigating mitigation options with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the NYSDEC to provide acceptable compensatory mitigation for the permanent impacts to both federal and state-regulated freshwater wetlands.

    The proposed project is located on the western edge of the Clinton county, south of the existing NYPA Plattsburgh – Willis line transmission corridor, in the Town of Ellenburg.