Albany County approves 24-month conditional use permit for Heirloom Energy pilot

The Albany County Board of Commissioners approved a conditional use permit on April 15 allowing Heirloom Energy to build a temporary pilot wind-energy installation north of Rock River.

County planning staff and the applicant described the project as a two-year test of a new wind-energy device that will occupy roughly 5 acres and run on a track supported by multiple towers. David (county planning staff) told commissioners the device would likely be about 65 feet tall, include a number of support towers laid out in an oval, and carry moving wings that could reach speeds up to 90 miles per hour. He said the project is nearly a mile from any occupied structures and that the applicant had provided responses to comments from the Wyoming Department of…