The Litchfield Times reports that BNE Energy received approval from the Connecticut Siting Council on June 3, 2011 to build wind turbines on the company’s Colebrook property. According to BNE, these will be the first residential wind turbines in the state.
Together with a related project slated for an adjoining property, the turbines should generate 9.6 megawatts, about quadruple the town’s annual energy use, Times reported.
The vote by the Siting Council was six to one with two abstentions. The opposition vote was based on neighbor’s air rights and the reliability of a steady stream of energy.
