2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 14 Feb 2007 00:48:18 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] "Wind farm won't hurt radar"
 
Air Force: Wind farm won't hurt radar

By Karen Jeffrey
Cape Cod Times (MA)
February 13, 2007

Air Force officials are standing behind their initial findings that the proposed 130-turbine Cape Wind project would not interfere with the Air Force's PAVE PAWS radar station in Sagamore.

Supporters of the proposal to build the privately owned wind farm in Nantucket Sound regard this as a victory. Opponents say they will reserve judgment until there is a written report in hand.

The most recent conclusion by the Air Force Space Command echoes the findings from a 2004 study in which it reached the conclusion that 417-foot-tall turbines would not adversely affect the radar operations at PAVE PAWS.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/airforce13.htm

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