LIPA Moving Ahead With Wind Power, On and Offshore

According to this article, Wind Power Renews Defunct Nuclear Site, Renewable Energy Access (2/3/05), LIPA trustees and other governmental officials recently gathered at the site of the defunct Shoreham nuclear power plant to dedicate two wind turbines that will supply 200,000 kWh of power annually to Long Island's power grid. But in addition to the Shoreham project, LIPA is also working with FPL Energy to develop large-scale offshore wind generating projects capable of producing up to 140 MW of electricity, which is enough to supply more than 40,000 average-sized homes in the Long Island area. LIPA's offshore wind project should be located south west of Robert Moses State Park and is scheduled for commercial operation in the summer 2008.