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Huge wind turbines don't belong atop Turkey Hill
There are plans moving forward rapidly by PPL Renewable Energy LLC, Allentown, and the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority to construct and operate two gigantic utility-scale wind turbines on top of Turkey Hill in Manor Township. ...Regretfully, there are significant wildlife and environmental problems associated with the proposed Frey Farm Landfill Wind Energy Project. To begin, common sense should dictate that plans are inappropriate to construct two gigantic wind turbines in the middle of such an exceptionally bird-rich location.
April 11, 2010
by Donald S. Heintzelman
in Lancaster Online
There are plans moving forward rapidly by PPL Renewable Energy LLC, Allentown, and the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority to construct and operate two gigantic utility-scale wind turbines on top of Turkey Hill in Manor Township.
Electricity generated by the proposed Frey Farm Landfill Wind Energy Project would be sold to Turkey Hill Dairy, which is next to the proposed wind power site.
Turkey Hill is a prominent land extension jutting into Lake Clarke and the lower Susquehanna River - an exceptionally beautiful, scenic and pastoral rural area.
The entire lower Susquehanna River, from Holtwood Dam north at least to Columbia-Wrightsville, is... [continue via Web link]
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