Bethlehem water agency explores adding wind power
By Nicole Radzievich
The Bethlehem agency that owns the city's water supply in its spring-fed reservoirs in the Poconos is looking at harnessing another natural resource there: the wind.
In a time when clean energy and green living have become buzz words, the Bethlehem Authority decided Thursday to begin evaluating two companies who want to build a windmill farm at the watershed.
Proposed are 30 to 70 turbines, about 180 feet tall, on the rural ridges of Carbon and Monroe counties. Depending on how many turbines are erected, the enterprise could eventually bring the authority $200,000 to $500,000 a year and provide enough renewable energy to power more than 10,000 homes.
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