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Vol. 14, No. 28 Week of July 12, 2009
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CIRI gets Fire Island wind farm permit

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Cook Inlet Region Inc. said June 30 that it has received key permits for a proposed wind farm on Fire Island near Anchorage.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved permit applications for Wind Energy Alaska’s Fire Island wind farm and related electricity transmission infrastructure and the project is on track for startup in 2011, CIRI said in a statement.

The wind farm will provide commercial-scale renewable power in Southcentral Alaska.

CIRI said the Corps of Engineers issued key project permits under Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, the Clean Water Act, and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, the Refuse Act, in mid-June, after Wind Energy Alaska formally accepted permit conditions for constructing the wind farm and related infrastructure, including the submarine cables needed to connect Fire Island to the Railbelt energy grid.

The permitting efforts with the Corps of Engineers took five years and cost $1.8 million, CIRI said.

CIRI Wind Energy Alaska continues to work to obtain outstanding permits.

If approved the project will construct 36 wind turbines and generate up to 54 megawatts of electricity.

CIRI said the largest remaining regulatory hurdle for the project is relocation of the Federal Aviation Administration aircraft navigation equipment on Fire Island so there will be no interference with operation of the FAA’s VHF omnidirection radio range ground station.

CIRI said that Wind Energy Alaska officials believe that a new VOR facility can be built at Ted Stevens International Airport in 2010, allowing construction of the wind towers and power transmission infrastructure in the 2011 construction season, with the wind farm operational in late 2011.

Wind Energy Alaska is an Alaska company owned 50 percent by CIRI, one of the 12 Alaska-based regional corporations established by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971, and 50 percent by enXco Inc., an EDF Energies Nouvelles company which is a leading wind energy developer.



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