2024-11-23
http://w3.windfair.net/wind-energy/news/565-usa-california-is-more-efficient-when-it-comes-to-wind-resources

USA - California is more efficient when it comes to wind resources

Idaho has more wind resources than California, but California has developed many more projects

Idaho has more wind resources than California, but California has developed many more projects, a workshop was told. California is 17th in the nation for wind resources, and has more than $2 billion invested in wind projects. Idaho is ranked 13th for wind-power potential and has no commercial wind installations, speakers said. Gary Seifert of the INEEL said he is appalled that Idaho is a blank spot when it comes to commercial wind developments. “I´d like to see us growing wind in our fields instead of buying power from Arizona,” Seifert said.

One sizable wind project is now moving forward. Boise-based Windland Inc. has proposed putting 130 power-generating wind turbines on Cotterel Mountain, between Albion and Interstate 84. The turbines, each 20 stories tall, would be on 4,600 acres leased from the Bureau of Land Management. A Burley man, LeRoy Jarolimek, wants to construct a wind turbine on his property. About two years ago Jarolimek received a $10,000 USDA grant to cover 25 percent of the cost of a 20-kilowatt wind turbine for a net metering project. He recently received another USDA grant for $20,000 to cover 50 percent of a feasibility study for his project.
Source:
Online editorial www.windfair.net
Author:
Trevor Sievert, Online Editorial Journalist
Email:
press@windfair.net
Keywords:
USA, California, Idaho, wind energy, wind resources




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