[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY, ENCROACHMENT: Kern County (CA) wind farm

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Planning Commission OKs plan for desert wind farm

BY JENNY SHEARER
Bakersfield Californian
February 29. 2008

Mighty winds blow through Kern County, and plans for a wind-farm project 
that could create energy dominated a lengthy discussion at Thursday's 
Kern County Planning Commission meeting.

The commission voted 3-1 to support the PdV Wind Energy Project by Power 
Partners Southwest LLC, an entity affiliated with enXco, to move forward 
with plans to place 100 to 300 wind turbines on nearly 6,000 acres about 
15 miles west of Rosamond.

...

But Northrop Grumman, a defense contractor, doesn't want the project in 
its backyard.

Dave Mazur, a vice president and program manager for the B2 bomber, said 
the turbines would interfere with its operations at the Tejon Test 
Facility, so much so that it would have to close. The facility works on 
stealth technology testing and many classified military contracts, but 
it's not a military installation. Northrop asked the commission to 
postpone any decision so a third party, cleared to review classified 
issues, could review the project.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.bakersfield.com/137/story/376611.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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