Big new wind farm to add to Oregon's alt-energy resources

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Two workers check out the hub of a massive wind turbine blade assembly before it is positioned atop a pylon for operation.

By KATU Web Staff

Story Published: Oct 3, 2008 at 9:23 AM PST

NEAR, ARLINGTON, Ore. - Almost 50 new wind turbines will soon provide energy to 30,000 homes in Oregon as a new wind farm begins construction.

The Horizon Wind Farm near Arlington will have the environmental impact similar to taking 7,000 cars of the road. The giant wind turbines are hundreds of feet tall.

"It takes about seventy thousand tons of carbon dioxide per year off our roads in terms of cars and things," Ken Ripper of Horizon Wind Energy said, "so it's definitely good for the environment."

The wind farm is expected to go online early in 2009.

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