The chairman of the New York Power Authority says Lake Erie and Lake Ontario could be the starting places where thousands of renewable megawatts will be produced from offshore windmills over the next two decades, according to a broadcast news story on Buffalo's WKBW-TV. Richard Kessel sees Western New York as the place where the United States can begin to follow the lead of Europe, where he says power generators several miles offshore are common.
Requests for Proposals to build the windmills are being solicited by NYPA until June 1, 2010 and a decision is expected by this December, according to the Chairman and CEO, who made his announcement in December.
Chairman Kessel said the project would mean construction and manufacturing jobs, and local officials echoed his call for increased renewable energy projects for Western New York.
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