http://scc.virginia.gov/news/101hw.pdf
I do not believe that this site will have any big effect on the existing flying sites in Virginia. However, if you are inclined to read this report, I think you will be amazed at how the opposition to this project was summarily ignored.
The approval requires that they do a study of the environmental impacts AFTER the project is constructed. Now that is convenience... If there are negative impacts, will they stop the turbines and plant the equipment elsewhere? Not likely, just learn to live with it...
Also, I believe that there was a project similar to this one planned for the Tuskarora Ridge in PA. Don't know the status of that one. If there is opposition to this site, they can expect to be sold out like the folks in VA.
Wind Farm Approval
Moderator: CHGPA BOD
Don't suppose you prefer developing more more mountain top removal to get at coal instead?
I personally think the windfarms look a helluva lot better and are no where near as destructive to the environment. In talking to a biology professor about this, he said more animals were killed off by far from coal production and burning. Pick your poison carefully.
Christy
I personally think the windfarms look a helluva lot better and are no where near as destructive to the environment. In talking to a biology professor about this, he said more animals were killed off by far from coal production and burning. Pick your poison carefully.
Christy
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Just read an exciting report about ocean turbines to produce electricity. Nova Scotia is testing one in the Bay of Fundy. Unlike previous projects trying to harness the tidal powers, this one does not require a dam. The unit is basically a fan which sits at the bottom. Previous installation have shown that there is no interference with sea creatures. The unit is reported to be able to produce 1 MegaWatt of power.
Of course there are no tidal streams to take advantage of in West Va, but the power is most likely not used in West Va anyway.
I like this technology. It apparently needs little maintenance, is out of sight, environmentally friendly and creates a decent amount of power. Not as much as the huge monster windmills that come out of Germany (6 Mega watts!), but give the technology time and it might get more efficient, too.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2007/01/12 ... power.html
http://www.epri.com/oceanenergy/attachm ... -10-06.pdf
Of course there are no tidal streams to take advantage of in West Va, but the power is most likely not used in West Va anyway.
I like this technology. It apparently needs little maintenance, is out of sight, environmentally friendly and creates a decent amount of power. Not as much as the huge monster windmills that come out of Germany (6 Mega watts!), but give the technology time and it might get more efficient, too.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2007/01/12 ... power.html
http://www.epri.com/oceanenergy/attachm ... -10-06.pdf
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01563.html
Grand-Thinking Va. Mayor Seeks Town's Energy Independence
GGeorge B. Fitch has always aimed high. As mayor of Warrenton, he has increased services while dramatically reducing taxes. He mounted a spirited campaign for governor in 2005. And years before, he founded the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team, whose story of beating the odds was adapted into a Disney film.
But his current plan might be his most ambitious undertaking yet: to make his rural town of 8,000 residents energy independent before he leaves office in 2010.
The keystone of what Fitch calls his "low-carbon diet" is to build a $30 million plant at the county dump, which would chew up garbage, construction waste, agricultural residue, manure and other materials referred to as "biomass" and spin it into electricity and ethanol.
He reckons that his plant would generate 10 million gallons of ethanol a year and enough electricity to power every house in town with minimal greenhouse gas emissions and no use of fossil fuels.
All of this he hopes to accomplish without raising taxes or taking on debt. Moreover, he said, it could earn the town a modest profit.
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Grand-Thinking Va. Mayor Seeks Town's Energy Independence
GGeorge B. Fitch has always aimed high. As mayor of Warrenton, he has increased services while dramatically reducing taxes. He mounted a spirited campaign for governor in 2005. And years before, he founded the Jamaican Olympic bobsled team, whose story of beating the odds was adapted into a Disney film.
But his current plan might be his most ambitious undertaking yet: to make his rural town of 8,000 residents energy independent before he leaves office in 2010.
The keystone of what Fitch calls his "low-carbon diet" is to build a $30 million plant at the county dump, which would chew up garbage, construction waste, agricultural residue, manure and other materials referred to as "biomass" and spin it into electricity and ethanol.
He reckons that his plant would generate 10 million gallons of ethanol a year and enough electricity to power every house in town with minimal greenhouse gas emissions and no use of fossil fuels.
All of this he hopes to accomplish without raising taxes or taking on debt. Moreover, he said, it could earn the town a modest profit.
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garyDevan