Green Options » military reservation http://greenoptions.com/tag/military-reservation Posts tagged 'military reservation' Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Massachusetts Scouting for Wind Power Sites to Meet Goal http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/15/massachusetts-scouting-for-wind-power-sites-to-meet-goal/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/15/massachusetts-scouting-for-wind-power-sites-to-meet-goal/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:04:24 +0000 Dave Tyler http://cleantechnica.com/2009/06/15/massachusetts-scouting-for-wind-power-sites-to-meet-goal/ State officials are looking for unique ways to boost the number of wind turbins in Massachusetts, citing this turbine on Jiminy Peak as an example

The state of Massachusetts is hunting for unusual places to put wind turbines as it looks to meet an ambitious goal of producing 2,000 megawatts of windpower by 2020.

The Associated Press reports that state officials are encouraging municipal planners to look at using capped landfills as potential wind farm locations. Plans were also just announced for a military reservation on Cape Cod.

The state is hoping to jump start development, because right now, the AP reports, there are only 11 commercial scale turbines in the state. But, ther are dozens of smaller ones installed and nearly 200 other projects in various stages of planning.

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