The lone windmill at McEvoy Ranch, the largest privately owned turbine in California at the time of its construction, has been dismantled. The 148-foot-tall Danish-made turbine was built in 2009 as a source of renewable energy on the west Petaluma olive ranch. It was decommissioned for eight months after lightning struck it in 2011, and it has stood still for the past five years.
“We decided to not reinvest in it since the technology…