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Two years later, FPL still dogged by stalled wind efforts in St. Lucie County
Florida Power & Light's sister company is the biggest producer of wind power in the country, but the utility can't seem to get a wind project off the ground in its home state.
FPL's proposal to build a wind farm on a barrier island in St. Lucie County has languished in the halls of county government since it was filed in 2007.
Nearby residents have called the 400-foot-tall turbines eyesores and questioned their impact on Hutchinson Island's shoreline.
May 16, 2009
by Eve Samples
in Palm Beach Post
Florida Power & Light's sister company is the biggest producer of wind power in the country, but the utility can't seem to get a wind project off the ground in its home state.
FPL's proposal to build a wind farm on a barrier island in St. Lucie County has languished in the halls of county government since it was filed in 2007.
Nearby residents have called the 400-foot-tall turbines eyesores and questioned their impact on Hutchinson Island's shoreline. County commissioners have wondered if they generate enough electricity to be worthwhile.
Even after FPL scaled back the plans from nine turbines to six last... [continue via Web link]
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