USU Study Concludes Wind Power Would Benefit Tooele, Box Elder Counties

Strategically placed wind turbines in Tooele and Box Elder counties  would not only produce supplemental electricity for those areas, but they could also generate tax dollars that could be used for schools, roads, bridges, parks and other community improvements.

That, in part, is the conclusion of two studies sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and recently completed by researchers at Utah State University. The studies were done by Edwin Stafford and Cathy Hartman, professors in the College of Business at USU. A graduate student, Nikhil Mongha, assisted with the studies. Hartman and Stafford have been doing research on the potential of wind power since 2003.

 

The reports are available from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Web site.

 

Read more about the study and results in the full press release in the Utah State Today archives.