With their excellent wind resources, the communities of Bliss and Eagle are ideally positioned to benefit from a state-wide initiative to get more energy from renewable sources. Noble Environmental Power has constructed a 100.5 megawatt (MW) windpark using 67 GE 1.5 MW turbines.
The Noble Bliss Windpark represents a $200 million investment in clean, renewable energy
that will bring an estimated $121 million in new revenue to the Western New York economy over the next 20 years. On May 18, 2008, Noble held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially mark the start of operations; read about the ceremony in the May issue of Noble News - the Wyoming County edition. The Noble Bliss Windpark provides the following clean energy and economic benefits to the communities of Bliss and Eagle:
Noble has kept its commitment to hiring qualified residents from the local and regional New York community.
Clean energy
Wind energy is 100% clean and renewable. Unlike fossil fuel power plants, wind energy creates no pollution -- no acid rain, no smog, and no mercury, which is a harmful toxin, particularly to women and children. Read more about energy and the environment on our FAQs page.
To make that much energy from coal, over 20 years, you would have to burn 2.28 million tons of coal - it would take a train 259 miles long to hold that much coal!
Economic benefits
The Noble Bliss Windpark pays Host Community Agreement and PILOT payments to the town of Eagle, Wyoming County, and the Pioneer and Letchworth School Districts.
Lease payments to participating landowners also provide a significant source of income to the local community.
![[Get Adobe Acrobat Reader]](../../images/getacro.gif){kind=small}
