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Windy Ridges

David Fletcher points out the DOE site for wind power. I've been following coverage of a possible wind farm in Highland County, Virginia, in the local paper, but hadn't looked at any on-line resources on the subject.

This map indicates that Virginia has wind resources consistent with utility-scale production. Several areas of the state are estimated to have good-to-excellent wind resource. These include the Atlantic coast along the Delmarva Peninsula and the Virginia Beach area, the ridge crests in the north-central part of the state, and ridge crests near the borders of West Virginia and North Carolina.

Highland residents are concerned that massive windmills, towering over existing fire and cellular towers, will greatly decrease the value of the viewshed. More power could be drawn from the Chesapeake Bay winds, but construction might be easier in the mountains.

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