MADISON, N.Y. — Seven wind turbines, part of New York’s first commercial wind farm, were demolished in Madison County on Thursday afternoon. The turbines, which had stood for more than 20 years, were brought down in a controlled demolition that took only about 20 seconds.
Rachel Smith, Senior Project Manager at EDP Removals, explained the decision to dismantle the turbines.
“We had to evaluate whether it made sense to refurbish them and make them run longer or to take them down,” she said. “It turned out that these wind facilities were prototypes at the time and it was just really hard to find the parts to refurbish them, and so the most economical way was to take them down and to start a new project sometime in the future.”…