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White Hills wind farm explained
BP Wind Energy held three public meetings last week with the Bureau of Land Management to inform the public about its plans for a 500-megawatt wind farm near White Hills. ...[BP Wind Energy Business Development Director Daniel Runyan] agreed that there would be some noise while the turbines were operating, and the turbines could kill some birds and bats, but they would likely have no effect on large game animals, such as deer. BP and BLM are still working on wildlife studies.
December 14, 2009
by Suzanne Adams
in Kingman Daily Miner
$1 billion project still years from operation
KINGMAN - BP Wind Energy held three public meetings last week with the Bureau of Land Management to inform the public about its plans for a 500-megawatt wind farm near White Hills.
White Hills is located about 40 miles north of Kingman on U.S. 93. The farm would have up to 335 wind turbines generating between 1.5 and 3 megawatts of power each, depending on the wind speed, said BP Wind Energy Business Development Director Daniel Runyan. Each turbine can detect and turn itself into the wind.
The turbines start generating electricity at about 12... [continue via Web link]
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