Nearly a decade after the Navy retired and dismantled 19 communications towers along the Severn River, a fledgling energy company is planning to build wind turbines that would turn the near-constant breeze there into electricity. ...The county must decide whether wind turbines would affect the communications towers. Of the turbine proposal, Schram said, "We'll see how it goes along from this early stage."

10 turbines envisioned for former Navy communications site along the Severn River

Nearly a decade after the Navy retired and dismantled 19 communications towers along the Severn River, a fledgling energy company is planning to build wind turbines that would turn the near-constant breeze there into electricity.

David Murrin, a merchant mariner who has formed a partnership with his lifelong friend, developer and marina owner Marcellous Butler, wants to build up to 10 high-tech windmills near the Naval Academy at Greenbury Point - enough, he said to provide power for as many as 10,000 homes.

Despite the current financial crises, the partners have investors lined up to back the $30 million to $40 million project, Murrin said.

"We haven't finished organizing the company, but we've built a team with financial experience and some who have worked with wind farms," said Murrin., who would not identify potential investors. "We have had... [continue via Web link]

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