There was a time when the wind whistling through the radio towers on Greenbury Point was far less noticed than the radio messages they sent to the Atlantic Fleet during World War II or the first microwave signal sent to a satellite.

The 19 towers that once dominated the mouth of the Severn River and the Annapolis skyline dwindled to three after the facility was mothballed by the 1993 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.

But the wind still is there. And now a state delegate and energy company are teaming up in an attempt to bring the future of energy generation to the former Naval Radio Transmitter Facility.

Del. Ron George, R-Arnold, and Alpha Energy, which is based in Annapolis, are preparing a $30- to $40-million proposal for six to 10 wind turbines near the existing radio towers.

Mr. George and David Murrin and Marcellous Butler of Alpha Energy held a meeting on... [continue via Web link]