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Wind turbine, Switzerland

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Canton Vaud will have 10 additional wind turbines on a third site, by 2014, Romande Energie announced Friday 5 March. The communes of  Longirod and Marchissy, at the foot of the Jura, have agreed to their construction, as have the landowners. The wind energy produced by the mills will supply electricity to some 10,000 households. The cost to build them: CHF60 million.

Romande Energie has set a target to have 10 percent of its energy coming from renewable sources by 2020-2025, the company notes.

Links to other sites: Longirod, Romande Energy, Swiss federal department of energy on wind energy

Posted by Ellen Wallace on 5 March 2010 at 13:07 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 5 March 2010.

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