February 23, 2009 3:22 PM
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Abandoned Airport Looks to Solar Energy
(MoneyWatch) A friend sent me a note this morning with a story that Palmdale Airport is looking to turn itself into a massive solar energy farm. I guess if you have nothing better to do with an airport that gets 300+ days of a sun a year, this is a pretty good use!
LA World Airports abandoned its efforts to bring service to Palmdale after realizing that it was a futile effort. The City of Palmdale continues to push for service, but in this economy there's absolutely no way that it can be sustainable, especially considering they couldn't make it work during good times. So now, the latest idea is to put up a bunch of solar panels on the property so that state requirements to have a certain percentage of power generated by alternative sources can be met.
I like it. It's about time that airport was used for something productive.
LA World Airports abandoned its efforts to bring service to Palmdale after realizing that it was a futile effort. The City of Palmdale continues to push for service, but in this economy there's absolutely no way that it can be sustainable, especially considering they couldn't make it work during good times. So now, the latest idea is to put up a bunch of solar panels on the property so that state requirements to have a certain percentage of power generated by alternative sources can be met.
I like it. It's about time that airport was used for something productive.
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