Company seeks public input on Humboldt County wind energy farm project

Humboldt County may see a significant boost in its renewable energy portfolio should a proposed onshore wind energy farm be built near Scotia, according to local officials. The San Diego-based company Humboldt Wind LLC that is leading the project is set to host two public meetings in Fortuna and Eureka next week to discuss details of the project and answer questions.

Local officials such as Humboldt State University Schatz Energy Research Center founding director Peter Lehman said while the company and county still has to conduct studies on potential environmental impacts, especially potential impacts to birds like eagles and marbled murrelets, the project would be tens of times larger in terms of energy output than any other renewable energy project in the county. The project is estimated to be able to produce enough energy to power about 33,000 homes.

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