Farms: Altamont Pass Wind Farm in Northern California
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*Facts about Altamont wind farm: - Altamont Pass is still the largest concentration of wind turbines in the world, with a capacity of 576 megawatts (MW), producing about 125 MW on average and 1.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) yearly. http://www.eoearth.org/article/Altamont_Pass,_California *California's wind farm: -In the year 2004, wind energy in California produced 4,258 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, about 1.5 percent of the state's total electricity. That's more than enough to light a city the size of San Francisco. -More than 13,000 of California's wind turbines, or 95 percent of all of California's wind generating capacity and output, are located in three primary regions: Altamont Pass (east of San Francisco - a portion of which is shown on the right in this photo from NREL), Tehachapi (south east of Bakersfield) and San Gorgonio (near Palm Springs, east of Los Angeles). In 1995, these areas produced 30 percent of the entire world's wind-generated electricity. http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/overview.html
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@FreeMTrider Or I could work at a refinery that has existed for 100 years which freed thousands from starvation. Cancer row for 11 million people? All of which will live into their 70's? Youd prefer that we all die of abscesses and impacted teeth in our 30's. You are childlike in your ingratitude and lack of reasoning.
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@AynManRand Your friend or you could live by an oil refinery or 30 miles away and still suffer the effects of contaminated water. You know like the ones they have in L.A. and LA called cancer row? Believe me I've seen them and they are a mess. Fortunately, CA is doing something about them.
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He's been there for almost thirty years. When he bought his property most of the turbines were dead. Then they managed to get some money (a good portion from state and federal incentives) and started getting the machines back on line.
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@AynManRand why would you move next door to the worlds largest wind turbine farm? They have been in this area for the past >30 years?
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My friend lives right next to these monstrosities. Its so loud he might as well have moved next door to an airport.