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Cotterel Mountain Wind Farm Project |
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Windland, Inc. announced Idaho’s first commercial wind power
project in July 2002. The proposed project will be sited on Federal
Bureau of Land Management administrated land atop Cotterel Mountain
in Cassia County, southeast of Burley. The well-documented, highly
energetic winds will
generate enough power for approximately 45,000 homes a year. |
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Project Location |
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Cotterel Mountains are located in
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East face of Cotterel Mountain is clearly visible from I84 |
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| Superior Wind Resource |
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Excellent to outstanding wind |
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Cotterel
Mountains
Up thrust mountain: gradual slope from West, steep escarpment on East 12 miles
of uninterrupted N-S ridgeline perpendicular to prevailing winds U.S. Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) administered lands
Transmission
Close access to 138 kV lines
Between Southern Idaho transmission constraints
BPA Generation Interconnection Request #115
Calendar
Anemometry since Spring 2001 (BPA four years in 1980s)
Avian studies since November 2002
EIS Notice of Intent, December 2002
Draft EIS release Spring 2005
Final EIS March 2006
Record of Decision Released August 2006 |
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Visual Simulation |
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