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North Fork wineries, farms embrace wind turbines
Photo credit: Mark Harrington | At Half Hollow Nursery in Laurel, a towering 156-foot structure was recently installed in the center of the 1,200-acre farm. (Jan. 12, 2010)
It's the dead of winter on the agricultural North Fork, but the first of what's expected to be an abundant new crop has just sprouted on a farm in Laurel: wind-energy turbines.
At Half Hollow Nursery in Laurel, a towering 156-foot structure was recently installed in the center of the 1,200-acre farm by Eastern Energy Systems of Mattituck. When it's officially connected to the electric grid...
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