THE ANSWER TO POWER IS BLOWIN' IN THE WIND EDISON REWARDS PALMDALE FACILITY.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - Southern California Edison Southern California Edison (or SCE Corp), the largest subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE: EIX), is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California. It provides 11 million people with electricity. presented a $993,171 check Friday to the Palmdale Water District for its wind turbine project. The check, which covers nearly half the cost of the turbine's installation, was given to the district under a program aimed at encouraging low- or zero-emission self-generation units. The program is intended to help meet the state's energy needs while keeping air emissions down. ``The district's decision to invest in this renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. source will help protect the environment while helping the state meet growing energy demands,'' said Kevin Ellison Kevin Ellison (born February 23 1979 in Liverpool, England) is a footballer, currently in his second spell with Chester Ciy. The player has had a varied career (predominantly spent as a left winger) that saw him be a latecomer to professional football but then briefly grace the , SCE's director of major customer accounts. The wind turbine, located at Lake Palmdale, is used to power the district's water treatment plant and booster Booster - A data-parallel language. "The Booster Language", E. Paalvast, TR PL 89-ITI-B-18, Inst voor Toegepaste Informatica TNO, Delft, 1989. pump facilities. Thus far, the turbine is handling about 61 percent of the power needs for those facilities, said Dennis LaMoreaux, the district's general manager. The turbine has generated 900 megawatt meg·a·watt n. Abbr. MW One million watts. meg  a·watt hours thus far. Projections
are for the turbine to produce about 1.3 million megawatt hours a year.
``It's right on course with the estimates,'' LaMoreaux said. ``It's been performing well.'' The turbine is among the Antelope Valley's tallest structures, standing at 230 feet at its rotor rotor: see generator; motor, electric. hub. Its blades extend an additional 84 feet beyond that. The turbine had been installed after some controversy and a legal challenge over the district's original environmental document by the city of Palmdale. The legal challenge resulted in a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Superior Court judge directing the district to complete a full environmental impact report on the project. The judge's ruling, however, focused on the potential effect on birds and not on aesthetic concerns. Among the results of the legal battle was a requirement for the base of the turbine to be fenced in and for a regular count of bird carcasses at the site. Thus far there have not been any carcasses found, LaMoreaux said. Jim Skeen, (661) 267-5743 james.skeen(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) This wind turbine, located at Lake Palmdale, is used to power the district's water treatment plant and booster pump facilities. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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