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70th Year, No. 27 Freeport, N.Y. 11520
The Community Newspaper
Thursday, July 7, 2005
CAPS FLY IN THE AIR as Baldwin seniors become graduates.
Offshore wind park meeting lieid
by Kim Graham
A community open house was held Tuesday, June 22, at the Massapequa Park Village Hall, to provide information about a proposed Long Island Offshore Wind Park.
Many concerned residents attended the event hosted by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and FPL Energy. Representatives from LIPA, KeySpan, FPL Energy, the United. States Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, AWS True Wind and various community and environmental groups were on hand to answer questions.
On April 26 LIPA and FPL Energy jointly submitted a proposal to the Army Corps of Engineers to construct what may be the first offshore wind park in the country. Upon approval, 40 wind turbines will be assembled 2.5-3.5 miles off the South Coast of Long Island. The turbines will span a region from Jones Beach State Park to Robert Moses State Park. The site was selected based on its ability to meet specific
criteria: distance from the coast line, bird nesting areas and shipping channels; average wind velocity; water depth and proximity to existing substations.
FPL Energy, a world leader in wind power technology, has been contracted by LIPA to develop, construct and operate the proposed wind park. LIPA will supply a transmission cable to carry the power to land. Over a 20-year contract with FPL Energy, LIPA will have exclusive rights to buy the energy generated by the wind park. After the 20-year contract expires, the planned wind park will be handed over to LIPA.
At maximum operation, the wind park will be capable of generating 140 megawatts of power, or enough electricity to serve approximately 44,000 average homes on Long Island. This equates to only two percent of the energy supplied by LIPA.
According to Daniel Zaweski, the director of energy efficiency and distributed generation programs at LIPA, less than one
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CLASS LEADERS: Salutatorian Matthew LaBianca and Valedictorian Phillip Eye.
Schenker, Class President Lauren
percent of energy supplied directly by LIPA is generated via renewable resources. The majority of LIPA's energy comes from plants operated on oil or natural gas.
The major benefits of the wind park, according to representatives at the open house, are the diversification of energy resources and the environmental benefits of a 100 percent pollution-free renewable energy source such as wind
power.
All of the environmental groups represented at the open house were in support of the project. According to Adrienne Esposito, executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, "Wind power is a necessary part of the energy mix. We need clean, safe domestically produced energy and that is what wind power offers."
(continued on page 8)
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| Title | The-Leader_2005-07-07 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within the Village of Freeport and Baldwin. |
| Creator | Linda Toscano |
| Publisher | L & M Publications, Inc. |
| Contributors | Scanned by Imaging & Microfilm Access, Inc. (Bohemia, NY 11716) |
| Date | 2005 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Freeport Memorial Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | This digital image may be freely used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this image is permitted without written permission of the Freeport Memorial Library, 144 W. Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520 or email: frreference@freeportlibrary.info |
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