Will wind power be a breeze in Coos County? (NH)

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http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Will+wind+power+be+a+breeze+in+Coos+County%3F&articleId=2253c56c-ad30-48d5-a179-8ec28254790c

A Connecticut company testing for wind power potential and impacts on the 24,000-acre Phillips Brook property in Coos County said it is looking at developing a 100-megawatt windpark by 2009. The 33 to 67 turbines -- each about 400 feet high -- would be spaced just over 1,000 feet apart.

Meanwhile Tillotson Corporation, owners of The Balsams Grand Resort in Dixville Notch, is looking at a smaller field of wind turbines to the north of Phillips Brook on its North Sanguinary Ridge, said Richard Harris, spokesman.

"The primary interest is in being self-sufficent," said Harris.

In June, the state approved its first wind turbine facility in Lempster, near Lake Sunapee. It will produce about 24 megawatts of power for the firm Iberdrola.

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