Orthodox Monks Fight Wind Project
The towns of Warren and Stark, Herkimer County, and the New York
Public Service Commission approved a wind project a mile away
from the Russian Orthodox monastery in Jordanville last year after
an 18-month state environmental quality review, according to the
Albany Times Union on January 6, but that has not stopped
the progress of the monks’ opposition to the project. In
January, the Preservation League of New York State named the monastery
as one of seven historic sites in need of protection. Their president
Jay DiLorenzo called it of “extraordinary historic, religious
and cultural significance, but…currently threatened.”
The 49 wind turbans, which would be located about 85 miles west
of Albany in Jordanville, would generate power for up to 60,000
homes. The Russian-speaking monks fear that the wind farm would
disturb the contemplative religious life at their 80-year old
monastery.
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