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Article: Wind power's promise.(Editorials)(It can provide lots of power - sometimes)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- March 24, 2007
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Byline: The Register-Guard
One day soon a person in Lane County may wait to run the dishwasher until a utility sends a signal to indicate that the wind is blowing in the Columbia Gorge. That's just one example of how the Northwest may incorporate wind power as a major source of electricity. It can be done - but it won't be free, and wind is unlike other primary power sources.
Wind power is developing rapidly in the Northwest and in many other parts of the world - so rapidly that the Bonneville Power Administration convened a group of utilities, regulators and energy planners to study how a large quantity of wind power could fit into the regional power ...