What will happen to NASA Plum Brook Station?
Plum Brook Station (PBS) remains an active NASA testing facility. Each of the five Plum Brook test facilities is available to all of the NASA centers and also to customers in government and the private sector, both domestic and international. NASA is also studying the possibility of siting a Wind Farm at PBS and is currently in the midst of conducting several environmental and feasibility studies. NASA has identified 2,000 acres for producing renewable energy and pending the results of the studies plans to offer a land lease to an outside wind farm developer, who would own, operate and maintain the Wind Farm – in return for NASA’s use of the generated electricity. Any excess power could be offered to consumers through local utilities’ electrical grid. The studies will continue through 2011. If the plans are approved, the Wind Farm could be generating power by 2013.
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