Sand Hill Wind Project

Sand Hill Wind Project

FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. has applied for a CUP for the repowering (i.e., removal and replacement) of 70-80 existing wind turbines equivalent to 4 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity with 40 mixer-ejector wind turbines (MEWTs) with a combined generating capacity of 4 MWs, to assess the functionality of the new turbine design and the extent to which it could reduce impacts on birds and bats compared to the existing turbines. The project includes an avian impact validation study funded by a grant from the CA Energy Commission. The CUP application is for only the 40 MEWTs; however, the EIR will programmatically evaluate the impacts of future repowering of an additional 32 MW of existing turbines and generating capacity.

Livermore

Alameda

Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), Department of Water Resources

California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT), Department of Water Resources

Power:Wind (Megawatts 40-320)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cumulative Effects, Geology/Soils, Noise, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire