High Sheldon Wind Farm is located in

Sheldon, New York Sheldon is an incorporated town in Wyoming County, New York. The population was 2,409 at the 2010 census. The Town of Sheldon is on the west border of Wyoming County. The town is southeast of Buffalo. History The Town of Sheldon was founded in ...

USA in Wyoming County, about 30 miles southeast of Buffalo. Constructed in 2009 and operated by

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, it has 75 units capable of 1.5 Mw each for a

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of 112.5 megawatts, using

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1.5sle turbines. The

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stirred controversy in the town over concerns of noise,

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, and property values. For comparison in 2023, 15 and 16 megawatt turbines are being tested.

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