Construction is underway on Rocky Forge, a nearly 80 megawatt wind farm on North Mountain in Botetourt County.
A couple of ridges away in Gala, government officials and community boosters gathered Saturday with Apex Clean Energy and its contractors to sign a 254-foot wind turbine blade. It’s a celebration of a milestone as the companies begin the process of erecting 13 wind turbines and mounting blades on them.
It’s taken 12 years to get to this point since Apex first announced its plan to build the wind farm – and seven more since landowner Jerry Fraley began pursuing the idea in 2007…