[CPEO-MEF] Air Force plans wind power for Otis (MA) cleanup

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wind turbine could power MMR cleanup

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times (MA)
March 17, 2006

OTIS AIR BASE - Air Force officials want to build a 660-kilowatt wind 
turbine on the Massachusetts Military Reservation that could power the 
base's busy groundwater cleanup facilities.

The site for the proposed turbine, on the base boundary about a 
half-mile from Route 28 in Cataumet, is an ideal location because it is 
a windy area and the treatment plants use a lot of electricity, said 
officials from the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence 
Installation Restoration Program.

...

Air Force officials estimate the turbine could reduce the program's 
electric bill by about $170,000 a year.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/windturbine17.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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