TVA to Buy 450 Megawatts From Dakota Wind Turbines Oct 23, 2009
The 20-year power purchase TVA signed with Invenergy in 2004 to add 15 wind turbines to TVA's wind farm on Buffalo Mountain near Knoxville was valued at the time at $60 million ... TVA was the first utility to develop a commercial wind farm in the Southeast when it erected three turbines on the reclaimed strip mine on Buffalo Mountain in 2000. (ABC News -- Wire)
West Virginia hosts national quad festival Oct 4, 2009
This year, 13 miles of new single-track trails are available for dirt biking on Buffalo Mountain. The West Virginia Legislature created the Hatfield-McCoy Trial System to attract tourism dollars to nine southern West Virginia counties. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Chole Adams nearly always sells out her Mexican food at Vermont farmers’ markets Sep 9, 2009
She also patronizes the Buffalo Mountain Co-op and Caf. in Hardwick and purchases from online Mexican groceries when necessary. (Boston Globe)
Tenn Tech wins grant to develop wind power Jul 18, 2009
One potential demonstration site is the Tennessee Valley Authority s Buffalo Mountain Wind Power Plant. Gao directs the Electric Transportation and Power Systems Laboratory at Tennessee Tech and says its engineering program is well qualified to collaborate with other institutions such as the TVA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Needed: 100 New Nuclear Power Plants in 20 Years Jun 16, 2009
The 18 big wind turbines atop Buffalo Mountain just a few miles away have the capacity to produce 29 megawatts, but actually produce only 6 megawatts. The Southern Company s new biomass plant in Georgia -- biomass is a sort of controlled bonfire of waste wood products -- will produce 96 megawatts. (Human Events Online)
