Green Options » renewable energies http://greenoptions.com/tag/renewable-energies Posts tagged 'renewable energies' Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Missouri Town Powered Fully by Wind http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/23/missouri-town-powered-fully-by-wind/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/23/missouri-town-powered-fully-by-wind/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:50:59 +0000 Joshua S Hill http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/23/missouri-town-powered-fully-by-wind/ Bluegrass_areial1_enlarge The town of Rock Port, in Missouri, is another of the growing number of towns and cities laying claim to be powered entirely by a renewable energy. And though the small town only boasts a population of 1,300, it is the first community in the United States to be powered entirely by wind power.

“That’s something to be very proud of, especially in a rural area like this - that we’re doing our part for the environment,” said Jim Crawford, a natural resource engineer at the University of Missouri Extension in Columbia.

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