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February 28, 2002

Windmill windfall

  • Anacortes firm builds towers for $100M wind farm
    • By TERRY STEPHENS
    Special to the Journal

    Oregon wind farm
    Photo courtesy of Bonneville Power Administration
    Wind farms like this one in Condon, Ore., are being built to provide electricity for Bonneville Power Administration customers.

    Wind power is finding a market niche in the Pacific Northwest, becoming increasingly competitive with conventional coal, gas and nuclear power plants. And, even though so-called wind farms are being sited on the eastern side of the state along the Columbia River, wind energy projects are also helping the economy in Western Washington.


     
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