[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: MMR (MA) wind turbine stuck in port

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Delayed parts postpone unveiling

By George Brennan
Cape Cod Times (MA)
September 23, 2009

The Air Force has scrapped a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled to 
celebrate its new 1.5-megawatt wind turbine while it waits for essential 
parts sitting in a New York port, a spokesman said yesterday.

The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment had planned the 
ceremony for Monday to unveil the turbine, which is expected to generate 
electricity to operate a water treatment plant used in the massive 
cleanup of pollution at the base. When it's up and running, the wind 
turbine will save an estimated $600,000 on the annual $2.2 million 
electric bill for the cleanup program, spokesman Doug Karson said.

The $4.6 million Fuhrlander turbine is expected to pay for itself in six 
to eight years after it starts generating power, officials have said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090923/NEWS/909230331/-1/NEWSLETTER100

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