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Official says bureaucracy keeping wind power from Columbia
June 17, 2007 by Liz Langton in Columbia Missourian
June 17, 2007 by Liz Langton in Columbia Missourian
The problem, Dasho said, is in the amount of energy that MISO will allow in the electrical transmission system. The 7 megawatts of wind power would put the Southwest Power Pool's system, which is tied to Associated Electric's system, over capacity by 0.3 megawatts.
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Output and costs of wind power haven't met city expectations
January 28, 2009 by Laura Latzko in Columbia Missourian
January 28, 2009 by Laura Latzko in Columbia Missourian
The city is not getting as much wind power as it expected from the state's first wind farm, and costs are higher than anticipated.
The city thought it would receive 2 percent of its monthly energy from Bluegrass Ridge Wind Farm in Gentry County in 2008, but the actual amount has been between 0.5 percent and 1.4 percent a month.
Connie Kacprowicz of Columbia Water and Light said the reason the city hasn't received as much energy as it anticipated for much of 2008 has been cracked blades on turbines at the wind farm.
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