[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY, ENCROACHMENT: Wind farm developer reconsiders near Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Proposed Pantego wind farm stalls

By John Murawski
News and Observer (NC)
January 12, 2013

The nation's largest independent wind farm developer said Friday that  
it has abandoned its original plans for a 49-turbine project in  
Eastern North Carolina.

Chicago-based Invenergy's reconsideration of its proposed Pantego  
Wind Energy project comes after months of delays caused by risks that  
would be deal-breakers for just about any wind farm.

The Pantego project's spinning blades pose a potential threat to bald  
eagles roosting and foraging in Beaufort County, and they would  
create a collision risk for F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets making  
practice runs from nearby Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

Invenergy is considering whether to reconfigure the location of the  
giant turbines or give up on the site altogether and move the  
project. At their maximum height, the blade tips extend 492 feet into  
the air, interfering with air space needed for $31 million fighter  
jets that swoop in at an altitude of 500 feet.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/01/12/2600290/proposed-pantego-wind- 
farm-stalls.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
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