State Grant Delivers $3.2 Million To Cambria County Wind Farm

HARRISBURG — Environmental groups and public officials say a state grant for a wind farm will bring economic growth and promote the energy industry, but a conservative economic group says the grant helps businesses that are “tax eaters.”

 

The Patton Wind Farm in Cambria County recently received a $3.2 million grant from the state taxpayer-funded Renewable Energy Program to purchase and install 15 new wind turbines in Elder, West Carroll and East Carroll townships

However, the state’s contribution is a fraction of the cost for the project, which is expected to create only three jobs. The Patton Wind Farm is a $57.1 million project that also is receiving $39 million from private money and $15 million from the federal government.

The wind turbines are expected to produce 94.6 million kilowatt-hours of energy annually, according to the state Department of Community and Economic Development, or DCED, which encourages economic growth. The average annual electrical energy consumption of a household in the United States is 8,900 kilowatt-hours.

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