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    Wind Power News: Georgia

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    These news and opinion items are gathered by National Wind Watch to help keep readers informed about developments related to industrial wind energy. They are the products of the organizations or individuals noted.


    July 4, 2007 • Georgia

    Wind power study by Southern Company and Georgia Tech suggests Tybee good place to begin

    Southern Company said on Wednesday that a thorough two-year study conducted with the Georgia Institute of Technology has identified several conditions potentially favorable for wind power generation off the coast of Georgia, but that high costs and regulatory issues still need to be resolved.
    Launched in 2005, the joint study examined in detail a variety of factors — including wind resources, technology, siting, environmental, weather conditions, permitting and economics — associated with sites off Georgia’s coast.
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    October 26, 2006 • Georgia, News

    Offshore wind project not likely

    Don’t hold your breath waiting for wind power off the Georgia coast.
    Georgia Tech and Southern Co. have been looking into a possible wind project, but increasing costs for the turbines along with a stalled regulatory process make it an unlikely prospect for the near future, said William Bulpitt, senior research engineer with Georgia Tech’s Strategic Energy Initiative.
    “The main stumbling block is economics,” he said. “The price of steel and copper have gone up dramatically.”
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    September 9, 2006 • Georgia, News

    Data analysis begins in Floyd wind power study

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    By Chris Marr, Rome News-Tribune Business Editor
    The yearlong data collection is finished in a wind-power viability study in Floyd County, but analysis of the results will take several weeks.
    Green Power EMC, a joint effort by 17 of the state’s electric cooperatives, set up an assessment tower in summer 2005 atop Oglethorpe Power’s Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant, off Big Texas Valley Road.
    The 200-foot tower — a pole with wind-measuring equipment, a thermometer and other recording devices …

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