Backcountry wind project runs into turbulence. The Boulder Brush project, paired with turbines at the Campo Indian Reservation, hits legal hurdles
The fate of a proposed wind energy project that would install 60 turbines hundreds of feet high in rural East County is up in the air, after a California court granted an appeal to a local group opposed to its construction. Ranchers Donna and Joe Tisdale of Boulevard object to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors' approval of the Boulder Brush Project that plans to build a high-voltage substation, a switchyard and an overhead transmission line along a 320-acre corridor on private land.
According to permitting documents, the turbines would reach 586 feet at their highest points, which is higher than San Diego's tallest building, the 34-story One America Plaza. 'You know how people complain about jets taking off from airports?' Tisdale said. 'Well, turbines in areas with strong winds kind of sound the same way, except they never land. You're constantly being bombarded ...
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