BLOWING IN THE WIND - Wind Farms Produce Energy And Problems

(08/13/2003)

Windmill farm in Tucker County Photos by Barry Miller The public will have more time to comment on new regulations for how wind farms choose sites for their giant wind turbines. The public can make comments through this Friday. Some environmental groups are in a quandary over the windmills, on the one hand environmentally friendly, but on the other, create a powerful sight across mountain vistas, in addition to killing a large number of birds. Wind farms produce electric power. They are springing up in the higher mountains of West Virginia. The Legislature passed a law this spring requiring the PSC develop site criteria for all new electric power generating stations, including wind farms. PSC lawyer, Leslie Anderson, says the comment period has been extended at the request of Friends of the Allegheny Front, in response to plans for a new wind farm in Tucker County.

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