Ocotillo Wind Energy Project Advances

On Thursday morning, August 23, Parke Ewing, a resident of Ocotillo, took this photo of the erection of the first of 112 towers for the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility Project.

Heavy equipment, such as a Bigge crane, is now on the project site to complete the construction of the now half-completed structures.

Legal efforts by Ocotillo residents and Native American groups have so far been unable to restrain the project.