Another Wind Farm Under Construction In Somerset County

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Scott Detrow is a congressional correspondent for NPR. He also co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

Detrow joined NPR in 2015 to cover the presidential election. He focused on the Republican side of the 2016 race, spending time on the campaign trail with Donald Trump, and also reported on the election's technology and data angles.

Detrow worked as a statehouse reporter for member stations WITF in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and KQED in San Francisco, California. He has also covered energy policy for NPR's StateImpact project, where his reports on Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom won a DuPont-Columbia and national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013.

November 30, 2011 | 11:20 AM

Scott Detrow / StateImpact Pennsylvania

A Cambria County wind farm

Another wind farm is in the works in Somerset County.
The new 68-turbine facility will be operated by EverPower, who owns the wind farm StateImpact profiled in September.
WJAC has the details:

One of the largest wind farms in Pennsylvania is on its way to being constructed in Somerset County.
The Twin Ridges Wind Farm will be construction in the Big Savage Ridge Area of the county and will span four townships: Southampton, Northampton, Larimer and Greenville. Work is under way to prepare the site and crews have been removing trees and clearing the way for access roads.
In all, 68 turbines will be erected. Once operational, the wind farm will make enough electricity to power 40,000 homes. It will take about 10 people working full-time to help run and maintain, and the project is expected to be complete in about a year.