The Lake Benton Wind Farm

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Photos by Susan Ropp

This is the Zond Z-750 (or Enron Z-46) 750 kW wind turbine.  Click here for more information on this wind machine.
 
 
 
 

 

Part of the beauty of windpower is how well it fits into the agricultural setting.  Farmers simply farm around the turbines, which take less than 2% of the land out of production while providing the farmer with approximately $2000 per turbine per year in electricity revenues.
 

 

Some believe that wind turbines are an eyesore, while others find them to be interesting features of the landscape, or even attractive.


 

You be the judge.