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Lisa André

Lompoc’s Strauss Wind Project a major site for endangered plant species, still on track to completion

By

Lisa André

The nearly 3,000-acre project, on the ridgetops near the end of San Miguelito Road, calls for erecting 29 wind turbine generators up to 492 feet tall, constructing an electrical substation at the site, a switchyard near Highway 1 and transmission lines from the substation to the switchyard.