[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: More "Green Remediation" wind turbines proposed for Massachusetts Military Reservation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Upper Cape base turning to more turbines

By George Brennan
Cape Cod Times
March 24, 2010

By next year three wind turbines could be added to the one already 
spinning at the Massachusetts Military Reservation under a joint plan 
proposed by the Air Force and Army cleanup teams.

The turbines, to be located near the PAVE PAWS radar station on the 
Sagamore side of the base, are among more than two dozen turbines 
proposed on the Upper Cape since the first of the year, according to the 
Federal Aviation Administration.

The FAA determines whether a wind turbine poses any risk to flights. The 
Air Force and Army applied to place four turbines, but will only build 
three at most, said Doug Karson, a spokesman for the Air Force Center 
for Engineering and the Environment.

Meanwhile, the 6th Space Warning Squadron at Cape Cod Air Force Station, 
which operates PAVE PAWS, is in the early stages of considering two wind 
turbines to reduce its $5,000 per-day electric costs, said Lt. Col. Max 
Lantz.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100324/NEWS/3240315/-1/NEWSMAP

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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