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Article: Wind may blow away power price volatility.(Environment)(Electricity: EWEB has a stake in a wind plant near the Oregon-Washington border.)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- December 26, 2001
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Byline: SCOTT MABEN The Register-Guard
What's the next new energy investment for the Eugene Water & Electric Board?
The answer is blowing on the Oregon-Washington border southwest of Walla Walla.
EWEB is in final negotiations for a piece of the power to be generated from the world's largest single wind farm, recently built on ridges and agricultural hilltops near the Columbia River.
Under the first phase of the Stateline Wind Generating Project, 264 megawatts of electricity will come on line Jan. 1. When fully operational, more than 450 wind turbines will produce up to 300 megawatts of power - enough to serve the energy needs of 70,000 ...