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Old 07-04-2013, 03:27 AM   #91 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by NachtRitter View Post
SHere, Andrew Walden, who was apparently irked by the "37 skeletal wind turbines abandoned to rust on the hundred-acre site of the former Kamaoa Wind Farm" states:
Note also that (per the linked article) those 37 "abandoned" turbines have now been dismantled and sold for scrap. Just like a lot of worn-out cars :-)

Oh, and fossil-fueled generating plants get decomissioned, too. Here's our local utility planning to shut down its coal plants in favor of renewables & natural gas: NV Energy to decommission coal plants, shift to gas and renewables - Las Vegas Sun News Here's another closed coal plant: Edison to decommission Mohave power plant in Nevada - Los Angeles Times

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