Word: n
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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George Eddy Parker Cornwall-on-Hudson, N...
Another increasingly popular fuel for commercial plants is urban garbage. At least 16 plants burn refuse in such cities as New York, Chicago, Sacramento and Milwaukee. One of the latest to switch to garbage power is Hempstead, N. Y., which has set up a $73 million plant on Long Island that will consume 2,000 tons of waste a day and generate up to 40 Mw (megawatts), enough electricity for 15% of the residential needs of Hempstead's 865,000 population...
...Knob mountain, near Boone, N.C., the world's largest windmill is about to start producing electricity for up to 500 homes. Costing $6 million, it has two 100-ft. propeller blades, which will generate power for about 180 per kw. A similar looking but smaller model in Clayton, N, Mex., produces electricity for more than half the town's 3,000 residents...