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March 2008
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- Windfall -- Existing transmission lines help make power feasible
Windfall -- Existing transmission lines help make power feasible
KITTITAS -- Every day the wind blows is a good day here at Wild Horse. This barren, windswept hillside that once was home only to wildlife now has a new use.
The 127 huge, slowly spinning white turbines stretch across the ridgeline, northeast of here, generating enough energy to power 55,000 homes annually -- nearly twice the amount needed for every home in the city of Yakima.
This facility, a $380 million investment by investor-owned Puget Sound Energy, is on the leading edge of a rush to harness the wind in Washington state and across the region.<...Read the full story
March 18, 2008
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