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Wind Power Proposed For Windy Alaskan Villages

Posted by: Nate Berg

28 January 2009 - 10:00am

The Alaskan government has announced plans to build wind turbines in six small villages along the state's windy western coast. Locals applaud the investment.

"The persistent Bering Sea winds that drive up the cost of light and heat in impoverished Western Alaska are now bringing a promise of redemption as well."

"Last week the state proposed spending $14 million to erect wind farms in six villages on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, including Kongiganak. It's part of a plan for spending $100 million on renewable energy around Alaska to reduce consumption of expensive diesel fuel and bring down local electric bills."

"'The wind turbine is a blessing for us,' Harvey Paul, general manager of the local power company, Puvurnaq, said Monday. 'We have some of the highest fuel prices in the state and some of the best winds.'"

Full Story: State calls for village wind farms
Source: Anchorage Daily News, January 26, 2009
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