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tinrobot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 02:25 PM
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Rockport, MO becomes first energy independant town in US
ROCK PORT (AP) - Officials in this northwest Missouri town christened a four-turbine wind farm this week, making Rock Port the first U.S. city to get all of its electricity from wind power.

The $90 million Loess Hills Wind Farm, built by St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group and the John Deere Corp. on bluffs west of Rock Port, generates five megawatts each day, more than enough for this town of 1,300.

The farm is producing enough energy to power a second town of Rock Port’s size. Missouri Joint Municipal Utilities will buy excess power from the farm, expected to eventually generate 16 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year.

http://www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Apr/20080420News018.asp
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Angela Shelley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 02:26 PM
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1. Yippee!
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 02:44 PM
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2. about damn time
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RedEarth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-23-08 02:56 PM
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3. That's great......... the metro Oklahoma City offers customers the
option to use wind energy for their electrical needs and over the last several years I've used 100% wind energy. Heating...that's natural gas.
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