Windmills of Livermore #4

WINDMILLS OF LIVERMORE Sitting in my office, I feel both privileged and thrilled when I look out of the window to the majestic views of most iconic windmills in California. The Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area in Livermore were first developed for wind power in the late 1970s, and with that the Wind energy generation on a commercial scale was born in the USA. The 50,000-acre Area, one of the nation’s oldest wind farms, serves as a functioning museum of wind technology. The sleek new state-of-the-art windmill turbines are majestic giants at 430 feet tall from the base to the tip of the blade, and stand taller than the tallest coast redwood trees. The 180,000-pound unit that contains the ge...View all