[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: Wind turbines proposed for Massachusetts Military Reservation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cape military base looks to wind energy

By George Brennan
Cape Cod Times (MA)
June 12, 2009

CAMP EDWARDS - The Massachusetts National Guard submitted plans 
yesterday to place 17 wind turbines on the 22,000-acre Massachusetts 
Military Reservation in what could be a first step toward making it a 
"clean energy incubator," officials said.

The wind project could potentially supply all the electricity needed for 
the base, which hosts the National Guard, Air National Guard and Coast 
Guard operations, they said.

...

Each of the 17 turbines, if they are all approved, would be 400 feet 
high and have the potential to generate a total of 25.5 megawatts of 
electricity, Guard spokeswoman Lynda Wadsworth said. The visual impact 
from off the base would be minimal, she said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090612/NEWS/906120330/-1/NEWSLETTER100

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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