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Submission + - First town in U.S. to become 100% wind powered

Submitted by gundar99 on Tuesday May 06, 2008 @04:05PM

gundar99 writes: Rock Port, Missouri is the first 100% wind powered city in the US. Loess Hill Wind Farm, with four 1.25 MW wind turbines is estimated to generate 16 gigawatt hours (16 million kilowatt hours) of electricity annually. 13 gigawatts hours of electricity have historically been consumed annually by the residents and businesses of this town of 1,400 people.

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