N.Y. board OKs large wind farm despite local prohibition

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A New York board has approved plans to build a 27-turbine wind farm despite a newlocal law intended to block the project.The state's Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment approved the 124-megawatt Calpine wind farm in eastern Broome County yesterday. It's the fourth windfarm approved by the board in the past four months, representing 577 megawatts ofrenewable energy generation.A new zoning law adopted by the town of Sanford effectively banned the project, butSiting Board Chairman John Rhodes said environmental impacts would be minimized,based on plans by developer Calpine.