Wind energy projects face resistance from military

27 August 2010, 1:00 am

BARSTOW, Calif. — The U.S. military has found a new menace hiding here in the vast emptiness of the Mojave Desert in California: wind turbines. Moving turbine blades can be indistinguishable from airplanes on many radar systems, and they can even cause blackout zones in which planes disappear from radar. …... Read More »

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