Small Missouri Town Energy Independent
Its time to bring out the champagne folks. Rock Port Missouri has made the public proud by becoming the first town in America to generate all of it’s electrical requirements from wind power. The small town of 1400 in Northwestern Missouri accomplished this feat by constructing four wind turbines, each with the capability of delivering over one megawatt of power.
Currently the electrical demand for the town of Rock Port is 13 million kilowatt hours a year. At full capacity, the wind turbines will produce an estimated 16 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year. This equates to a surplus of nearly 3 million kilowatt hours of electricity, which under an agreement will be sold to utility companies.
How I look at it, the wind farm is a win-win situation for all. Not only does it produce clean and renewable energy, but it also aids the local economy. The wind farm provides additional income to local farmers who have leased portions of their land to the project. There is also an increased tax base for the town. In addition to these things, the wind farm is proving to the rest of the United States that regardless of size, wind farms have the potential to power a good portion of our country. If one town can become fully powered by wind, then so can others.
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Comments
Neena,
First, congratulations on being the newest edition to what looks like, a great website. I look forward to reading you’re future articles.
This article, is just another proof positive example that the old arguments for lack of infrastructure, have no relevance in peoples unwillingness to change.
I’ve heard to many times (and written about) people who say “We cant gain energy independence for at least another 50 years….”
Keep putting out the info Neena. Keep up the good fight, and Alter the Eco!
wow that’s really amazing, its a living example for other cities and places on this planet to opt and follow this example, if we just have the will we can do it and make this planner much more safer and greener for our generations to come, Hats off to Rock Port people.