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Keywords: Ascension island turbines.JPG en Ascension Island Green Way On rugged lave rock terrain these four 225 kW wind turbines are the first phase of a six turbine site of the 45th Operations Group Detachment 2 at Ascension Auxiliary Airfield AAF South Atlantic Ocean Behind them one of the facilities they help power the TAA-3C-1 and TAA-3C-2 telemetry systems on South Gannett Hill on June 28 2009 The wind turbines work in parallel with low-load diesel generators powering the airfield Space Command sites and facilities and a royal air force airfield facility on the island Ascension AAF's award winning economical self-sufficiency solutions also includes drinking water production and waste water treatment It is exciting to see this base operate in a green environment day-to-day It is cost effective and at the same time protects our environment without interfering with any of our various missions down here Going green has actually helped us become more efficient providing power and water to the air field and the base said Major Jay Block detachment commander The mission of Det 2 is support of eastern range space launches by collecting and disseminating radar telemetry and tracking data Ascension island is 35 square miles in a remote location midway between Brazil and Angola The nearest country is Liberia - 1000 miles away U S Air Force photo/Lance Cheung 090628-F-2907C-538 JPG Posted 7/14/2009 2009-06-28 http //www af mil/photos/media_search asp q ascension 20wideawake page 3 US Air Force photo by Lance Chung PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Wideawake Field Wind farms in Ascension Island
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