A clean energy developer hopes to start construction of a wind farm in Botetourt County by year’s end, even as it continues to search for a power company to purchase electricity generated by the giant turbines.
Apex Clean Energy is “working diligently” to begin work on the site by November or December, development manager Charlie Johnson told the county board of supervisors Tuesday.
Johnson said the company is confident of meeting its deadline “if all the pieces fall into place.”
One of the pieces yet to fall into place is an agreement with a utility to purchase electricity from the 80-megawatt project, which Apex says would be capable of powering up to 20,000 homes as a green energy source.
