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Workers Race Clock to Finish Prowers County, Colo., Wind Farm.
Byline: Steve Raabe
Dec. 14--LAMAR, Colo.--Not a whisper of breeze is blowing across the parched Prowers County landscape. On a recent December afternoon that's ironically good news at the wind farm.
In a region where persistent stiff winds promise a badly needed economic boost, still air is a temporary blessing.
An army of 300 workers and a squadron of cranes are racing the clock to complete the nation's fifth-largest wind farm by the end of the year, when a federal tax credit on wind generation expires.
When the air is calm, the 262-foot towers go up easier and faster. But come early January, let it blow.
That's when the Colorado Green wind farm is expected to start a chain reaction that will place wind turbines in motion, pump new tax revenue into depressed Prowers County, and send electricity into the power-hungry Front Range.
"This is a fantastic project," said Brad Semmens, owner of the Country Acres Motel and RV Park in Lamar. "The effect has been pretty dramatic on this community."
While only about a dozen…
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