Windmills in Nebraska need transmission lines to truly be of benefit.
In the Hills of Nebraska, Change Is on the Horizon
By DAN BARRY
Published: August 4, 2008
AINSWORTH, Neb.
Driving south out of the agricultural town of Ainsworth, you can’t miss its newest crop: wind turbines, three dozen of them, with steel stalks 230 feet high and petal-like blades 131 feet long, sprouting improbably from the sand hills of north-central Nebraska, beside ruminating cattle.
Though painted gray, the...(complete article here).
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