ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate voted Saturday to put a 13-month moratorium on the development of tall wind turbines within 56 miles of the U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River base in southern Maryland, a move that critics say will jeopardize a wind farm in Somerset County on the Eastern Shore.
The Senate voted 31-16 to delay construction in order to wait for a study on how wind turbines could affect radar use around the base. The height restrictions in the bill vary depending on how many miles away from the base the turbines would be.
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