The Kirkwood ski area in the US is planning to install 20 wind turbines to provide the resort with pollution-free power. The 100-foot tall wind turbines should be running by 2010. The spinning blades will provide 6,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity daily – enough to satisfy about 20 percent of demand during the peak winter season and virtually everything needed in the summer.
The turbines would make Kirkwood the first US ski resort to get a significant amount of its electricity from renewable energy generated on its own property. While other US resorts are also using wind power, much of it is generated by turbine farms several states away from the resorts. ...Kirkwood is Tahoe's only major resort not connected to the region's power grid. Its energy comes from Kirkwood Mountain Utilities, an independent producer that operates a diesel-fueled power plant. The resort has been fined several times for violating pollution standards. Now, Kirkwood could become a showcase for a new kind of green power.
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