Wind Energy Project Stirring Up Controversy.
A proposal to build 50 new wind turbines near the San Jacinto Mountains National Monument outside Palm Springs is drawing fire from local residents and some in the environmental community.
The are seems like the perfect place to site the new turbines given that there are already 3,000 windmills in the area and that the area is one of the windiest in North America.
But the proposal calls for bulldozing a mesa which is a significant environmental alteration, and it has created a lightning rod for criticism of wind energy in general.
Critics claim that wind energy delivers only a fraction of the power promised by project developers. And wind farms are not the most aesthetically pleasing places on earth, either.
This could play out as a local development issue or it could become a larger referendum on wind energy in general. Stay tuned...
Turbines fan debate over wind energy [Los Angeles Times]
The are seems like the perfect place to site the new turbines given that there are already 3,000 windmills in the area and that the area is one of the windiest in North America.
But the proposal calls for bulldozing a mesa which is a significant environmental alteration, and it has created a lightning rod for criticism of wind energy in general.
Critics claim that wind energy delivers only a fraction of the power promised by project developers. And wind farms are not the most aesthetically pleasing places on earth, either.
This could play out as a local development issue or it could become a larger referendum on wind energy in general. Stay tuned...
Turbines fan debate over wind energy [Los Angeles Times]
posted by CalEnergyGuy at 10:08 AM
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