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September 24, 2014

$8B wind energy plan for LA: ‘21st century's Hoover Dam'

  • A huge wind farm in Wyoming would potentially generate twice as much energy as the 1930s-era dam, and serve 1.3 million people in Southern California.
    • By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
    Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES — Four energy companies proposed an $8 billion project Tuesday that within a decade could send wind power generated on the plains of Wyoming to power-thirsty households in Southern California.

    The sprawling venture — if approved and financed — would create one of the country's largest wind farms, a huge energy storage site and a 525-mile electric transmission line connecting them.


     
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