{"id":6488,"date":"2011-07-14T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T21:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-and-wyden-announce-approval-of-the-west-butte-wind-energy-project\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:10:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:10:56","slug":"merkley-and-wyden-announce-approval-of-the-west-butte-wind-energy-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-and-wyden-announce-approval-of-the-west-butte-wind-energy-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y Wyden anuncian la aprobaci\u00f3n del proyecto de energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica de West Butte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington DC -<\/strong> Los senadores de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden anunciaron hoy que el Departamento del Interior de EE. UU. ha dado luz verde al Proyecto E\u00f3lico West Butte en el centro de Oreg\u00f3n. El parque e\u00f3lico producir\u00e1 hasta 104 megavatios de electricidad para hogares y empresas y crear\u00e1 empleos ahora.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;La energ\u00eda limpia y renovable, como la electricidad que producir\u00e1 el Proyecto de Energ\u00eda E\u00f3lica de West Butte, hace que nuestro aire sea m\u00e1s limpio y crea empleos&quot;, dijo Merkley. \u201cLa aprobaci\u00f3n ayudar\u00e1 a que la gente vuelva a trabajar y continuar\u00e1 la reputaci\u00f3n de Oreg\u00f3n como l\u00edder en energ\u00eda limpia. \u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;La aprobaci\u00f3n de este parque e\u00f3lico es una gran noticia para los habitantes de Oreg\u00f3n&quot;, dijo Wyden. &quot;Este proyecto no s\u00f3lo crear\u00e1 empleos muy necesarios en las zonas rurales de Oreg\u00f3n, sino que requiere un enfoque constructivo para resolver los conflictos sobre la vida silvestre que han obstaculizado este proyecto y otros proyectos de energ\u00eda e\u00f3lica&quot;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>El proyecto, que consta de hasta cincuenta y dos turbinas e\u00f3licas de 2,0 a 3,0 megavatios en terrenos privados en los condados de Deschutes y Crook, incluye una carretera de acceso y una l\u00ednea de transmisi\u00f3n que cruzar\u00eda aproximadamente 4,5 millas de terrenos de la Oficina de Gesti\u00f3n de Tierras. BLM exige al desarrollador, West Butte Wind Power LLC, que mitigue 9,000 acres de h\u00e1bitat de urogallo proporcionando fondos para la restauraci\u00f3n y mejora de una cantidad y tipo similar de h\u00e1bitat en tierras de BLM.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <br \/> <\/strong>La compa\u00f1\u00eda tambi\u00e9n proporcionar\u00e1 fondos a trav\u00e9s del condado de Crook para comprar servidumbres de conservaci\u00f3n para el manejo del urogallo y trabaj\u00f3 con el Servicio de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de EE. UU. para desarrollar un Plan de protecci\u00f3n de aves (\u00e1guila real) y murci\u00e9lagos y prepar\u00f3 un Plan de monitoreo y mitigaci\u00f3n de vida silvestre para el condado de Crook. El proyecto emplear\u00e1 a unos 70 trabajadores a tiempo completo durante la construcci\u00f3n y otros 345 trabajadores proporcionar\u00e1n suministros, materiales, apoyo y servicios externos; y pagar alrededor de $1 mill\u00f3n anualmente al condado de Crook en impuestos a la propiedad.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &ndash; Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden today announced that the U.S. Department of Interior has given a green light for the West Butte Wind Project in Central Oregon.&nbsp; The wind farm will produce up to 104 megawatts of electricity for homes and businesses and create jobs now. &ldquo;Clean renewable energy, like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[76,45],"class_list":["post-6488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-energy-independence","tag-tackling-climate-change"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley and Wyden Announce Approval of the West Butte Wind Energy Project - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-and-wyden-announce-approval-of-the-west-butte-wind-energy-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley and Wyden Announce Approval of the West Butte Wind Energy Project - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, DC &ndash; 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