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Generating Electricity: Wind Power Basics. Wind Resources. http://attra.ncat.org/images/renewables/windResourceMap2.jpg,,Retrieved on 2/11/2009 . CT Wind Resources. http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/maps_template.asp?stateab=ct, Retreived on 2/11/2009. Massachusetts Wind Resources.
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Wind Resources http://attra.ncat.org/images/renewables/windResourceMap2.jpg,,Retrieved on 2/11/2009
CT Wind Resources http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/maps_template.asp?stateab=ct, Retreived on 2/11/2009
Massachusetts Wind Resources http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/maps_template.asp?stateab=ma, Retrieved on 2/11/2009
Workers Blade 112’ long Nacelle 56 tons Tower 3 sections Wind Turbine Components
Example: Desert Sky – West Texas 107 Turbines at 1.5 MW each
Example: Searsburg Wind Facility 11 Turbines at 0.55 MW each
Example: Cape Wind Project • 130 turbines • 3.6 MW each
Environmental Issue – Visual Pollution • Visual pollution • Bird and bat migration