The Change Mariner: Windmill industry surges

September 27, 2003

Windmill industry surges

A new gust of wind-propelled electricity is blowing into California.
The largest windmill farm in the state began selling power this month from the Delta town of Rio Vista. And more windmills are proposed or are being developed on the Altamont Pass and in the Tehachapi Mountains.

It is the biggest surge in windmill development in California since the 1980s, when developers capitalized on huge tax breaks and pushed the state to the forefront of the nation's nascent wind industry, according to the California Energy Commission.

Posted by Bob King at September 27, 2003 9:24 AM
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