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As utilities work to reduce carbon emissions, Kentucky now has its first wind turbine
A windy forecast could someday provide energy to Kentucky households. Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities have installed the state’s first utility wind turbine. It's located at the E.W. Brown Generating Station in Mercer County. The single turbine won’t produce a large amount of energy, only about 16...
LG&E and KU add Kentucky’s first utility wind turbine to research, development portfolio
As a way to research the potential wind energy could provide in Kentucky, PPL Corporation recently installed the state’s first utility wind turbine. PPL is the parent company of the Louisville Gas and Electric Company ... Read More » The post LG&E and KU add Kentucky’s first utility wind turbine to research, development portfolio appeared first on Daily Energy Insider.
Kentucky's first utility wind turbine installed in Mercer County
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities have installed the state's first utility wind turbine. The 165-foot-tall turbine was installed in Mercer County as part of the Renewable Integration Research Facility at the E.W. Brown Generating Station. Data collected from the turbine will be used to...
Magistrate Kevin Hicks: A Closer Look
Kevin Hicks moved to Harrodsburg, where he lives on Perryville Street, in 2019. Soon after, Hicks decided to. run for office, and now represents District 5 on the Mercer County Fiscal Couft, replacing Wayne Jackson, who served on the fiscal court for 29 years. Hicks was raised in “a little...
Fiscal Court Keeps Flex Funds For County Roads
It’s spring, and that’s when governments’ fancies turn to pouring asphalt. At their April 9 regular meeting, the Mercer County Fiscal Court voted to use $189,000 in flex funds—which allow counties to use rural secondary funds for county roads—plus $160,000 in carryover funds. The fiscal court also voted to allow the state to use $309,410 in rural secondary funds to finish paving on KY 1160/Talmage-Mayo Road and work on Curdsville Road. All of the numbers are projections for fiscal year 2025.
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