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Minnesota Turbines At Forefront of A New Movement: Community Power

Although most analysts consider it unlikely that neighborhoods or towns will one day exist entirely off the grid, believers in small-scale power see a growing role for local renewables, ranging from individual windmills and solar panels atop homes and big-box stores to larger clusters of turbines and panels wherever they will fit. In Rock Port, Mo., spinning turbines already are producing more than 100 percent of the town’s annual energy requirements.

By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer

Full Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101203097.html

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