Are you kidding? There will be no egg on any of the dictatorship's face. The county legislatures AND the metroplex will boast how they helped the tax base and helped add these jobs to the job base. When in fact, this is the GE's baby!!!! But just watch who takes the credit for this.

well my friend, only those who know what a fake (and herself when she looks in the mirror ) will SEE that egg dripping down! You and me and the bunch of us here who see through the baloney or capicola or prosciutto whatever it may be that she feeds the sheep!

I can hear her say " Joe Shurada is off his rocker to propose this since studies show Schenectady isn't conducive to wind farms!"

Then while she cuts the ribbon "I always KNEW that Schenectady was THE best place to build a wind farm!"

HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA That is very very funny indeed, friends.

I think you are both wrong........She will simply STOP the wind from blowing.

Actually, she'll just blow a lot of hot air, causing the wind farming to do better.  Amazing that the most power is made from this on Tuesday evenings at the beginning of the month.

Suzie can be a wind turbine all of her own!!!

But, as GE powers itself, let me see if they will have GE solar panels GE power for residential use in the next 5years......

......THE CITY THAT LIGHTS AND MOVES THE WORLD......

HELLO, I know this stuff exists, there is an international space station and a space shuttle that flys up to visit it multiple times a year.......DONT TELL ME WE DONT HAVE ACCESS AT REASONABLE COST........

Please, dont let suzie sell it.....

National Grid is a British owned company......GE is what?

There is low cost energy out there somewhere....Just like there's a cure for cancer! Both are non-existent, or so they tell us!

Relatively low cost would be nuclear, which has been found to be quite safe, but we had one accident, therefore, we can never use it.

I was reading a magazine in Borders last night and they have GE residential solar panels that go on the roof like shingles.

I don't know anything about wind turbines, but are they being sought after to take the place of our present energy source? And can they actually meet and supply the demand?

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EDITORIALS Catch the wind in N.Y. and Sch’dy

    Wind energy is important to the country, which is why Congress should renew federal tax credits when they expire at the end of the year. It is also important to New York state and Schenectady, which is why the proposed takeover of Energy East by the Spanish utility Iberdrola should be approved, and why Schenectady’s colleges should be joining with General Electric to train workers for this emerging industry.
    The utility deal would be good for the state’s environment (less burning of climate-changing fossil fuels) as well as its economy. Iberdrola is the world’s fourth-largest utility and the leader in wind power, and wants to invest approximately $2 billion in wind energy in upstate New York over the next five years. Not only would this help the state achieve its laudable goal of getting 25 percent of its energy from renewables by 2013, it would be good for companies that make, maintain and service windmills — like GE, whose Renewables Division is located in Schenectady and in the last year has added 650 jobs high-paying, white-collar jobs.
    Although the proposal has been approved by the federal government and other states in the Energy East service area, the state Public Service Commission might reject it based on a 10-year old state policy that says a utility that distributes power can’t also produce it. In addition to sacrificing all those environmental and economic benefits, rejection would send the usual signals about New York’s business-unfriendliness. If necessary, the Legislature should modify the policy so the deal can happen.
    If it does happen, a lot of technicians will be needed. In fact, they are already in such demand worldwide that GE’s vice president for renewables just promised to hire every graduate from such a program at a community college in New Mexico for the next three years.
    Metroplex Chairman Ray Gillen, who is also a trustee of Schenectady County Community College, would like to see that college have similar programs — not just for field technicians, who tend to leave after graduation, but for higher-end engineering, diagnostics and sales jobs, where they would be more likely to stick around and work for GE or some other high-tech company. He thinks a collaboration among SCCC, Union College, Union Graduate College (which is already placing more focus on green technology business) and GE, partly funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, is a natural. We agree.

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ROTTERDAM
Wind power project eyed GE’s proposal for giant turbine gets favorable reception
BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter

A landmark wind turbine just shy of 400 feet high on the General Electric property off Interstate 890 was described Tuesday to the Rotterdam Planning Commission.
The Capital Region’s first industrial-sized wind turbine will eventually provide about 3 percent of the plant’s energy needs.
    The enormous turbine will extend 397 feet from the tip of its rotor to the base of a 250-foot tower, according to plans. GE will construct it near where the Navy test facility once stood, about 800 feet away from the access road running parallel to Interstate 890.
    “This is a brand new project that hasn’t ever been done in the Capital Region,” project development manager Ty Remington told commission members. “The town symbol is the windmill and I think this ties quite nicely into that image.”
    Remington said the turbine would generate about 2,300 megawatt hours of electricity each year. He said the electricity will be used to power the company’s Renewables Global Headquarters.
    The turbine will be equipped with a wind sensor that can determine the optimal direction to face the rotor. The rotor can move in a full circle for a total of nine complete turns before automatically unwinding itself.
    At some point, the company plans to build a visitors’ center near the turbine. Remington said the turbine would also be a showpiece for wind energy.
    “It kind of sets the stage for new renewable energy projects in the area,” he said.
    The proposed turbine will be nearly identical to one GE constructed at Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort in Massachusetts. Dubbed the “Zephyr” by the resort, the tower produces about 33 percent of the total electricity used there and cost about $3.9 million.
    Company officials said the project in Rotterdam will be considerably less difficult to build, given the flat topography of GE’s sprawling 628-acre plant and its location near a major highway. The project was tentatively set for completion sometime by summer 2009.
    The project will be the first to face scrutiny under a wind energy ordinance now being drafted by the town. Town Planner Peter Comenzo said the new law will likely be adopted before the commission’s review of the turbine project is completed.
    Remington said GE was aware of the draft ordinance and had been making plans in anticipation of its being ratified. For instance, he said, the company has already determined it can build turbines on only a sliver of its property due to the setbacks proposed in the law.
    “At most, you could get two or three more,” he said. “But at this time, there are no plans to build more.”
    GE officials are planning to show a video demonstration of the Jiminy Peak turbine during the commission’s meeting in July.
    Commission members were generally receptive to the proposed turbine. Chairman Lawrence DiLallo said the project would provide an excellent model for other renewable energy efforts in the area.
    “It’s a very exciting project,” he said. “I know both county and local officials are very in favor of this project.”     

studies have shown that Schenectady county is not viable for wind. Didn't they check with Madame Savage? Hahahha  

that will be good....nooooowwww I know why Holland had all those windmills....to push the scent of septic effluent away from the center of town or any area they were located.......

clever