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Reg wind23p Wood County Landfill area. Two workers hail the crane operators on the ground from the top of the windmill. Diane Hires 10/23/03
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Blades that are 132-feet-wide each were placed on two high-tech windmills yesterday on what is considered the state's first commercial wind farm. The $5 million project, a joint effort by municipal utility co-op AMP-Ohio, Texas-based Green Mountain Energy Co., and the city of Bowling Green, should be completely online within the next two weeks.