DER looks at wind power for Cumberland park
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HARRISBURG - The
Department of En
vironmental Resources is
considering installation of a
wind powered electric
generator at the Kings Gap
Environmental Center m
Cumberland County.
“The tune is right for the
department to explore
alternative energy sources
for state parks, forestry
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facilities,” said DER
Secretary Clifford L. Jones.
Paul Gipe, a wind energy
consultant, is conducting a
study for the department to
determine if the use of wind
powered generator at the
environmental center can be
economically justified.
Gipe, of Harrisburg, said
the minimum wmd speed
needed for a wmd turbine to
function properly is nine
miles per hour. He said he
will determine if the Kings
Gap site is suitable by Jan. 1,
1980.
“Pennsylvania has the
largest concentration of
windmill manufacturers in
the country, including
General Electric,
Westmghouse, Alcoa and the
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Gipe said.
“If the Kings Gap facility
is producing more electricity
than it uses, the power will
be sold back to the utihty. No
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wind is blowmg, the electric
meter actually can be
reversed and at tunes of low
wind, electricity will be
drawn from the utihty lines.
Jones said the department
is looking mto wmd power,
solar power and other
alternative energy sources
m an effort to promote the
use of non-polluting,
renewable sources of heat
and electricity.
The wind turbines that
could be used at Kings Gap
use two, three or four
propellers to generate
electricity and can cost from
$5,000 to $30,000, depending
on the size.
The Kings Gap En
vironmental Center sits on a
mountamtop, so it is a
logical site for a wind
generator, Gipe said.
“If the Kings Gap project
is successful, we may well
move on to constructing
windmills at other parks,”
Jones said.
Potato
grower
charged
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Potato
grower Thomas 0. Conklin
of Bndgehampton, N.Y., has
been charged by the U.S.
Attorney with moving
potatoes from fields infested
with the golden nematode in
violation of Federal statute
and U.S. Department of
Agriculture quarantine
regulations.
The charges brought
against Conklin involved 11
separate instances of
potatoes moving to locations
in Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, North Carolina, the
District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico.
The golden nematode is a
tiny, destructive eelworm
that can reduce potato
yields, if not controlled. It is
easily spread in soil that
may cling to potatoes,
machinery, nursery stock
and other items.
Regulations of the
department's Animal and
Plant Health Inspection
Service provide that
potatoes grown on infested
fields be moved only under
conditions that minimize the
chance of spread. In the
United States, the nematode
is found only on Long Island
and in a small area in up
state New York.
Maximum penalty for
each of the 11 counts Conklin
is charged with is $5OO and a
year uyprison. Arraignment
is onheduled for November.
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