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Article: Wind of Change? Role and future of wind farms unclear for West Virginia
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- March 17, 2003
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The wind farms springing up in the Allegheny highlands probably
never will sell much electricity in West Virginia, and, without a
significant advance in technology, it's unlikely that wind farms will
spread to other parts of the state.
Despite their seeming isolation, however, the wind farms have a
statewide impact.
Wind farm owners will receive millions annually in state tax
breaks once their windmills are operating, and the electricity they
sell will somewhat compete with coal-fired electricity and the jobs
it supports.
While wind farms don't emit pollution, they raise other
environmental and aesthetic concerns that have caused a schism in the
state's environmental community.
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