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Ryan Robinson sent me this picture. He is a Helicopter Pilot and has a cool RC business he is running. This picture was taken from a Remote Controlled Helicopter Airplane that he has mounted a digital camera on. Pretty Amazing shot and what a hobby - that is the ultimate mash-up “Remote Control Photography” celebrity weddings will never be the same.

As you can see all 9 of the windmills are installed but not yet operational. They look really cool and you can see them from almost anywhere in the south half of Utah Valley.

Somebody asked me in the comments where the power is going and if you can choose to buy green power. Apparently there is a rumor that the power is being sold to people in California.

This is what I know: The power is being put on the grid just like power from any other source. What does that mean? Even if you wanted too you couldn’t buy totally green enegry. Rocky Mountain power is buying all of it so if you live in Spanish Fork you won’t see any of this power. If you pay your electric bill to rocky mountain power you will see some of it. But it will me mixed with “dirty” power sources like coal and natural gas.

Interestingly I found out that Spanish Fork residents are getting some of their power from a windfarm in Wyoming which means you don’t have to feel totally guilty when you turn on the lights.

These are 2 megawatt windmills so if everything is running as planned they should be able to power about 5000 homes.

Going on the Grid for rocky mountain power - Utah Power and Light Orem, Southern Utah, Salt Lake City