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Scenic town weighs pros and cons of wind farms
FREDERICKSBURG - Residents of this scenic Hill Country community are split over a California company's interest in building a field of wind turbines north of town to generate electricity.
June 21, 2007
by Zeke MacCormack
in Express-News
FREDERICKSBURG - Residents of this scenic Hill Country community are split over a California company's interest in building a field of wind turbines north of town to generate electricity.
Pat Crenwelge is among property owners leaning toward an agreement with AES Wind Generation, which declined to answer questions about its project.
"This is what's going to help our children keep the land in our family," Crenwelge said of 800 acres off RR 965 that ancestors settled in the 1800s.
But neighbor Leo Tynan hopes those courted by AES consider the greater community before signing on with a project he fears will deface the... [continue via Web link]
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