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November 29, 2016

Wind turbines on land could get a lot taller soon thanks to new technology

  • Two projects in New York would have turbines up to 656 feet tall; several projects with towers topping 600 feet are in the works for Texas and Kansas.
    • By GEORGE M. WALSH
    Associated Press

    Clean energy and environmental interests usually go hand in hand. But in western New York, they are battling over plans to build dozens of wind turbines that could be among the nation's tallest, rising 600 feet above the scenic shores of Lake Ontario.

    Apex's proposal to plant 70 propeller turbines amid the farms and towns east of Niagara Falls is still in its early stages, but it has already generated thousands of pages of comments, studies and legal documents considered by state regulators.


     
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