Developer wants to put 36 windmills in Central New York

Posted: 02.16.2012 at 6:22 AM

MADISON (AP) -- A wind farm developer is floating a plan to build 36 turbines on 7,500 acres in Madison County.

The Syracuse Post-Standard reports that Rolling Upland Wind Farm would be built in the town of Madison, which welcomed the state's first seven windmills in 2000. The town has a special planning board meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday to discuss the project.

Developers of the $110 million project don't anticipate starting construction until 2015.

The project is proposed by EDP Renewables North America. It has 20 wind farms in the United States, including a 195-turbine project 75 miles northeast of Syracuse in Lewis County.