Massachusetts is searching for every blustery nook and cranny it can find, from the tops of former dumps to a vast military reservation, as it whips up its push for wind energy production.

Gov. Deval Patrick has already set a goal of generating 2,000 megawatts of wind power in Massachusetts by the year 2020 - an effort that may require the installation of as many as 3,000 wind turbines.

So far, the state boasts 11 commercial-scale turbines and dozens of smaller scale versions.

While massive wind power initiatives like the 130-turbine Cape Wind project to be located in federal waters off Nantucket Sound... [continue via Web link]