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THE TEAM
The Number Three Wind Farm is being developed by Invenergy’s growing thirty-person New York development team located across New York State in Ithaca, Orchard Park, and New York City. The team is supported by engineers, construction managers, and other professionals at Invenergy’s headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The [Insert Project Name] requires a team effort involving the following dedicated team members: Marguerite Wells (Lead Developer), Katy Warner (Administrative Assistant), and Lori Kunert (Invenergy's Lowville Office Coordinator).
THE PROJECT
The Number Three Wind Farm is an opportunity to boost the local economy of Lewis County and create jobs, all while generating clean, American-made energy to meet New York's growing electricity needs.
Invenergy is developing the project on approximately 8,000 acres of private land it is leasing in the towns of Lowville and Harrisburg. Number Three will generate considerable financial contributions to local economies, all while building New York's green economy and further solidifying our nation's energy security.
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103.9
megawatts
27
turbines
29,000
homes powered annually
Jobs
Invenergy plans to hire an project manager and several wind technicians to perform routine maintenance on the wind turbines. These will be permanent positions will based at a new O&M Building to be built by Invenergy in the project area. Interviews will begin after the start of project construction.
“[Locals] want the job because they’ve lived there all their
lives...[It] gave me the opportunity to stay here and make a good
living.”
Clyde Mustain
O&M Manager, Spring Canyon Energy Center
Local Economic Impact
Estimated annual property tax and tax-related payments include $800,000 per year in PILOT and host community agreement payments and $53,000 per year in fire department taxes. Total shown is the estimated total payments over 20 years assuming 2% escalation per year.
“The Invenergy project is helping the tax payers by helping to pay
the school debt down...so it gives tax reliefs to all of the tax payers
in these school districts that the wind turbine project is in.”
Darryl Fowler
Breckenridge Township Board Member
Invenergy in New York
Successfully completed the development of 4 energy projects in New York to-date:
- Shoreham Solar (Nassau County)-25 MW
- Sheldon Wind Farm (Wyoming County) - 112.5 MW
- Orangeville Wind Farm (Wyoming County) - 94 MW
- Marsh Hill Wind Farm (Steuben County) - 16.2 MW
These projects have injected millions of dollars into local economies and provided an additional source of clean energy for New Yorkers and our nation. Invenergy continues to develop other wind and solar projects across New York, all in various stages of development.