Developers say project is not financially viable in scaled-back form
By Eric Florip, Columbian
Transportation & Environment Reporter
Published: March 4, 2012, 4:00pm
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Hundreds of wind turbines rise from the dryland wheat country of eastern Klickitat County. On Monday, Gov. Chris Gregoire approved plans for a 35-turbine wind farm in Skamania County.
Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday approved a controversial wind farm in Skamania County, but the decision handed a hollow victory to developers who say the project isn’t economically viable in a scaled-back form.
Gregoire’s announcement gives a green light to the Whistling Ridge Energy Project, located just outside the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area near White Salmon.
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