COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Colorado Springs Utilities plans to purchase 50 megawatts of wind energy from Clipper Windpower in a deal that will provide 3 percent of the city's electricity in 2011.
The deal, which has yet to be signed, calls for the utility to pay up to $273 million over 20 years. Wind turbines for the project will be constructed in eastern El Paso County.
Springs Utilities has other renewable energy sources on tap: It's discussing a solar project to be located at the Air Force Academy and recently received a $250,000 federal grant to develop woody biomass as a fuel.
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