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Proposed wind turbine in Comstock stirs debate
September 29, 2008 by Karren Rhodes in Reno Gazette-Journal
September 29, 2008 by Karren Rhodes in Reno Gazette-Journal
Residents weighed the greenness of wind power with the amount of visual pollution that the tall towering structures could bring to the popular 1860s-era tourist destination communities in the Comstock Historic District, designated a National Historic District. ...If placed on the ridge lines as the company proposes, the wind "turbines would be highly visible from Virginia City, Gold Hill and American Flat," [resident Ron] Reno said.
Most of the wind turbine towers would be installed within the National Historic District and about half would in the Comstock Historic District.
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Wind farm plan stirring a whirlwind of questions
September 5, 2008 by Karen Woodmansee in Nevada Appeal
September 5, 2008 by Karen Woodmansee in Nevada Appeal
Hamilton is proposing a wind turbine farm on Bureau of Land Management property along the ridgeline of the Virginia Range, just east of Washoe Valley and west of Virginia City. The 72 turbines would be placed where the wind is strongest, beginning at McClellan Peak and extending northward to Geiger Summit, touching Carson City, Washoe County and Storey County.
The whirlwind, if it comes, could be from officials and residents of Storey County, especially the Comstock Historic District, who aren't crazy about modern wind turbines being in view of the 1860s-era communities of Virginia City, Gold Hill and Silver City.
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