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		<title>Farm could harvest Grundy County winds; Grand Rapids Wind Energy Center looking to expand to the east</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Invenergy of Chicago is to expand the multi-million dollar Grand Rapids Wind Energy Center eastward into Grundy County.
&#8220;We are currently reaching out to the landowners,&#8221; Invenergy spokesman Michael Arndt noted Wednesday, during the public meeting concerning the expansion project. &#8220;We held a landowners meeting recently with those who will prospectively be hosting wind turbines, and 120 landowners showed up. They&#8217;re very interested.&#8221;
The project would be located in the westernmost section of Grundy County - including Vienna Township - directly east .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbine rescue training conducted</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Members of MABAS Division 25 Technical Rescue Team recently conducted a training session at the GSG LLC Wind Farm north of Mendota.
With the ever increasing presence of wind turbines in the area comes the need to have the personnel properly trained to perform rescues if need be. The team has been working with the wind farm since it was built and has created a good working relationship. The wind farm personnel were on hand for the training and assisted the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter provokes conflict of interest debate</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A letter from Hancock County State&#8217;s Attorney Jim Drozdz sparked a debate about a possible conflict of interest by Hancock County board members Joe Stevenson and Tom Scheetz in their dealings with a windmill manufacturer.
Stevenson and Scheetz have each signed an option agreement with EcoEnergy, a windmill manufacturing company looking to develop a windmill farm in the county. The company plans to issue a site plan in the future which details who receives a windmill. The site plan must be .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm windfall&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The proposed wind farms in Woodford County have created controversy and debate for months, but now they have a new supporter.
School districts in Woodford County receive about two-thirds of their funding from property taxes and if wind farms are allowed the districts could collect money for each wind turbine, like they collect money from each property owner.
The value of each one of these turbines is equal to a home worth over &#36;700,000.
Under the current tax levy the districts would get .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Agreement, final vote may be a month away for El Paso wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plans for a wind farm near El Paso have been stalled for nearly a year because of township road issues, but now an agreement and final vote may be a month away.
Paul Lewis, attorney for wind farm developer Navitas Energy of Minneapolis, and Robert Lenz, representing commissioners in El Paso and Palestine townships, say progress has been made on an agreement on maintenance of township roads. A stipulation from the Zoning Board of Appeals a year ago required an agreement .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Livingston Co. Board approves wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Electricity-generating wind towers soon may dot the landscape of northeastern Livingston County, now that the County Board has approved the Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm.
By a 17-4 vote with three abstentions, board the 155-turbine project proposed by Spanish wind farm developer Iberdrola Renewables. It will be built on sites scattered across 15,000 acres between Saunemin and Odell.
“We are excited about the strong support we have received,” Iberdrola project developer Jesper Michaelsen said after the vote. “This will be a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Umholtz to county board: Don&#39;t do it</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tazewell County State&#8217;s Attorney Stewart Umholtz warned Tazewell County board members Monday that he would be required to “take legal action” if the county board approves a questionable expansion of a tax-free zone for a proposed wind farm.
County Chairman Jim Unsicker says that Umholtz is entitled to his opinion, but that opinion is not shared by many people. “(Umholtz&#8217;s) view on the expansion of the enterprise zone is diametrically opposed to the view of a number of people on the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm work won’t begin soon</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although Horizon Wind Energy jumped a big hurdle Tuesday by receiving a conditional-use permit from the Logan County Board, more obstacles still line the path to the start of construction on the Rail Splitter Wind Farm in Logan and Tazewell counties.
“Frankly, we can’t establish a start date,” project manager Bill Whitlock said Wednesday afternoon. “The threat from the objectors has created too much uncertainty.”
Ninety days of uncertainty, as it turns out.  That’s based on Rockford attorney Rick Porter’s threat .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Logan County votes on wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Horizon Wind Energy and Railsplitter Wind Farm faced the last major hurdle with local governments Tuesday evening. The companies have worked for months with township and county officials on permits and agreements that would allow the construction, operation and maintenance of 29 wind turbines in northern Logan County.
Hours and hours of testimony and evidence were gathered from seven zoning board of appeals hearings, and more was heard at last week&#8217;s board-of-the-whole meeting.
Planning and zoning chairman Gloria Luster brought forward the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Logan County wind farm approved, but opponents vow fight</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Horizon Wind Energy has permission to build a wind farm in northern Logan County, and opponents have pledged to fight it in court.
The Rail Splitter Wind Farm would involve 29 wind turbine towers, each standing 389 feet tall, near Emden. Another 38 towers will be across the county line in Tazewell County, which has already approved the project.
News of the approval pleased Joel Smiley, director of the Lincoln-Logan Development Partnership, who sees the project as an economic boon to the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Agency: Wind farm expansion is legal</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Umholtz says enterprise zone extension goes against spirit, letter of law
Just a day after Tazewell County State&#8217;s Attorney Stewart Umholtz threatened legal action against the county if it extends an enterprise zone, the state agency that regulates the zone said an extension is perfectly legal.
But Umholtz said the agency, The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, doesn&#8217;t have authority above state law, which he believes prohibits the extension to a proposed wind farm near the Tazewell and Logan county .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tazewell board taking the air out of proposed wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A proposed wind farm for Tazewell and Logan counties is in jeopardy because the Tazewell County Board and Horizon Wind Energy LLC can’t reach an agreement. 
The board’s land use committee met Tuesday, and problems that have apparently been brewing under the surface for months came to light. The holdup came even as the Logan County Board voted the same day to issue a conditional-use permit to build 29 wind turbines in the northern portion of that county. 
Assistant Tazewell .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Tazewell snarled in internal wind farm feud</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tazewell County State’s Attorney Stewart Umholtz is threatening legal action against the county itself if it ignores his advice and expands an enterprise zone to include a proposed wind farm.
Umholtz sent a letter Tuesday to County Board members, saying he opposes expanding the zone to include the Rail Splitter Wind Farm near the Tazewell and Logan county line, saying it would violate state statute.
“Let me make myself perfectly clear,” Umholtz said in the letter. “The proposed expansion of the enterprise .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>El Paso wind farm vote delayed again</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Woodford board puts off decision until Aug. 19 on lack of road agreement
The Woodford County Board once again postponed voting for 30 days on the El Paso wind farm, deciding instead to take up the development at its Aug. 19 meeting.
Board members reached the decision by a 10-5 vote Tuesday night after lawyers representing the project&#8217;s developer, Navitas Energy, and the township road commissioners affected by the wind farm said they were close to striking a deal. By delaying the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Umholtz shows his opposition to wind farm; State&#39;s attorney threatens legal action against Tazewell County</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>16 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tazewell County State&#8217;s Attorney Stewart Umholtz is threatening legal action against the county itself if it ignores his advice and expands an enterprise zone to include a proposed wind farm.
Umholtz sent a letter Tuesday to County Board members, saying he opposes expanding the zone to include the Rail Splitter Wind Farm near the Tazewell and Logan county line, saying it would violate state statute.
&#8220;Let me make myself perfectly clear,&#8221; Umholtz said in the letter. &#8220;The proposed expansion of the enterprise .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bureau County to fine wind farm developer; Providence Heights violated property codes during tower construction</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Bureau County Board voted in favor of penalizing a rural Tiskilwa wind farm for being in violation of building standards.
The board voted 13 to 5 recently to fine Providence Heights wind farm for not maintaining a proper distance from property lines in setting up seven turbines. While the board agreed on fining the wind farm a maximum of &#36;500 a week per turbine, it did not reach a consensus on the exact amount.
Board member Marcus Throneburg, along with Jim .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Board to vote on wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hartsburg, Ill. -
One member of Union Ridge Wind, which is opposed to a wind farm in northern Logan County, has asked to speak this evening before the Logan County Board takes an official vote on issuing Horizon Wind Energy a conditional-use permit to construct 29 wind turbines.
 “I told him I’d give him five minutes,” said board chairman Dick Logan, who soaked in a lengthy discussion from both sides during last Thursday’s county board workshop session. “I don’t know if .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fines are sought over turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Bureau County Board has voted to seek fines against a rural Tiskilwa wind farm for not building its turbines in the correct places.
On July 8, the county board voted 13 to 5 to impose fines against Providence Heights wind farm for each of seven turbines which were built in violation of setback requirements. The maximum fine is up to &#36;500 per week, per turbine, as determined by the courts.
Voting in favor of the motion were Dale Anderson, Joe Bassetti, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County board hears additional public comment on wind farm;  Residential property owners ask board&#39;s support protecting property value</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thursday evening the Logan County Board opened its floor for citizens to speak their opinion one more time on the proposed Railsplitter Wind Farm.
Horizon Wind Energy is planning to put up 29 wind turbines in Logan County as part of Railsplitter Wind Farm. Horizon has requested conditional use of agriculture land for the production of electricity created by wind turbines.
The measure is set to come to a formal vote on Tuesday evening.
Residential property owners opposing wind farm
Barb Aper, a Logan .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Board doesn&#39;t give go-ahead just yet</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Walnut Ridge wind turbines won’t be blowing in the wind any time soon.
At Tuesday’s meeting, the Bureau County Board voted unanimously to table action on granting conditional use permits for the turbines until the road agreement plan with the county is approved. The board also tabled granting conditional use permits to build three substations for the Walnut Ridge project in northwest Bureau County.
County Engineer John Gross said the county ordinance states the road agreement must be approved and adopted .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Straw poll reveals support for Logan Co. wind farm project</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wind farm in northern Logan County is poised to win approval from the Logan County Board.
A straw poll of County Board members revealed overwhelming support for a special-use permit for the Horizon Wind Energy project. The board’s official vote is expected Tuesday.
The Logan County Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals previously recommended the Rail Splitter Wind Farm, which would have 67 wind turbine towers, each standing 389 feet tall. Twenty-nine of the electricity-generating towers would be in Logan .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Firms eye Adams County as possible wind farm site</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two leading wind energy companies are looking at Adams County as a potential site for a wind farm.
Global Winds Harvest of Schenectady, N.Y., in partnership with Acciona Energy, a Spanish company that owns 192 wind energy facilities worldwide, is studying wind speeds and talking with landowners in the Camp Point area.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anything happening in Adams County which is particularly unique at this point. We&#8217;re looking at wind projects across the Midwest. Part of that process includes assessing .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Co. board supports wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Union Ridge Wind took its plea to the Logan County Board Thursday to either deny a conditional-use permit for Horizon Wind Energy to build a wind farm in northern Logan County or to include a property value guarantee to insure against any potential loss of members’ assets.
Opposing lawyers – Rockford attorney Rick Porter, representing URW, and Horizon’s attorney Frank Miles – were on hand, along with both opposition and proponents of the wind turbines.
Following the arguments, a motion to approve .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Company interested in building wind farm in Pana</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The trade winds of good fortune are blowing through Christian County again, with news of another major wind farm under development.
This time it&#8217;s a Lenexa, Kan., company called TradeWind Energy, which is looking to build a 100-turbine project on perhaps 14,000 acres of farmland about a mile north of Pana.
&#8220;Rolling Farms Wind Project&#8221; was announced Wednesday and could feature about 100 360-foot-tall turbines and cost up to &#36;500 million to build. If all goes well, it might be up and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New zoning laws adopted for ultralights, wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ultralight pilots and proponents of wind turbine use in Boone County are pleased with new zoning laws adopted Wednesday by the Boone County Board.
But the massive changes have drawn the ire of residents who say turbines and ultralight aircraft will infringe on residents who will suffer lower property values and noise pollution, among other problems. A public hearing is still required and a zoning map must be approved before the new rules take affect.
The new codes require newly-built wind turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind turbines can’t pay for themselves</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is and has been much discussion and controversy about wind turbines in Boone County as well as many other areas. I would like to paint a word picture of my views of the situation.
In my opinion, there are two groups that are strongly in favor of wind turbines. They are venture capitalists and environmentalists.
The venture capitalists are enthusiastic about making money, with someone else paying the majority of the freight. I say this because the 400-foot wind turbines that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Group opposed to wind farm near Carlock to get day in court</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BLANDINSVILLE —
Information is Power will get its day in court.
The group of residents trying to stop the construction of White Oak Energy Center near their homes will have their lawsuit against White Oak Wind Energy LLC and the McLean County Board and Zoning Board of Appeals heard Oct. 27 in McLean County Court.
White Oak Energy Center is a &#36;250 million, 100-turbine wind farm slated to be constructed on 12,000 acres along the Woodford and McLean county border near Carlock. Eighty-nine .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farms sprouting up on central Illinois landscape</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Three more wind farms &#8212; each a utility-scale project with the potential for 100 to 150 towers &#8212; are in the works for central Illinois.
Trade Wind Energy, a Kansas-based alternative energy developer, confirmed the company has signed leases with landowners for two wind farms in DeWitt County and is in discussions for a third in Christian County.
The first two sites are east and west of Clinton, about 45 miles northeast of Springfield, and the third is north of Pana, 45 .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Review nets no change in plan</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[No major changes were made in 24 conditions for the Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Project when a Livingston County Board committee and some other board members reviewed them Wednesday.
The committee agreed to finish work on the conditions at a July 15 meeting.
At that next session, the Agriculture and Zoning Committee also will review two written items submitted last night: project developer Iberdrola Renewables&#8217; response to the proposed conditions; and additional conditions suggested by the attorneys consulting with the county .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind hearings come to calm close in 7th inning</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Doug Thompson, chairman of the Logan County Zoning Board of Appeals, opened Wednesday night&#8217;s public hearing by saying that after many hours and opportunities there would be no more testimony heard. It was time for the board to deliberate. &#8220;We thank you all for your input,&#8221; he said.
This was actually the ninth hearing on a request for conditional use of land for wind turbines, but the first two hearings didn&#8217;t count due to an error in notifying some of the .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>North Boone wind turbine debate continues</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A decision tonight by the Boone County Zoning Committee angers people opposed to building wind turbines there.
The turbines would be built on about 70 acres of land owned by the North Boone School District, and would be used to power the schools in that area.
People who live nearby say they want more land separating them from the turbines, but county leaders didn&#8217;t see the necessity in that. The zoning committee ruled to keep wind turbines 1,000 feet from surrounding properties, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm clears panel</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Railsplitter Wind Farm in northern Logan County has jumped through a big hoop in becoming a reality.
After about an hour of deliberation at the Hartsburg American Legion Wednesday, the Logan County Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously voted to recommend the county board approve the project.
Attached to the recommendation is a list of 18 concerns, which county zoning officer Will D’Andrea requested. D’Andrea’s concerns basically deal with parent company Horizon Wind Energy being in compliance with all county ordinances before .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm issue to come back to Livingston Co. committee on 15th</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The issue of whether a wind farm should be built in Livingston County will come back to a county committee on July 15, after members have digested the information they received Wednesday night.
The board’s agriculture and zoning committee took up the question of whether Iberdrola Renewables should get a special-use permit to build Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm, a 155-turbine project scattered across 15,000 acres between Odell and Emington.
The committee on Wednesday reviewed the Zoning Board of Appeals findings, including .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Boone County closer to zoning law</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[BELVIDERE — Wind turbines and ultralight aircraft took center stage again Wednesday as Boone County moved one step closer to approving new zoning laws.
Residents focused on proposed distances between turbines and surrounding property, as well as new rules that would allow single-engine planes to take off from county land.
The Planning, Zoning, and Building Committee meeting Wednesday is likely the last stop before the full board’s vote in what has been a marathon of meetings designed at completely overhauling the current .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm drawing attention</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Livingston County officials have received a letter from a lawyer asking for a &#8220;property value guarantee plan&#8221; if the Streator Cayuga Ridge South wind farm is approved.
Attorney Richard S. Porter, representing People Protecting Cayuga Ridge (PPCR), sent the letter to members of the County Board, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the county&#8217;s zoning administrator. The letter was released to the media by Judy Campbell, of rural Cornell and a candidate for the County Board in the November election.
She was .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Panel to rule on wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[HARTSBURG &#8212; The wait is finally over.
After hearing an end to both public comments and closing arguments, the Logan County Zoning Board of Appeals tonight will make a decision on whether to grant a conditional-use permit to allow Horizon Wind Energy to construct 29 wind turbines in northern Logan County.
The board also has the option of adding conditions to the permit, including a property value guarantee proposed by Union Ridge Wind attorney Rick Porter.
The five-member panel, appointed by the county .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed wind farm moves to Livingston Co. Board</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[PONTIAC &#8212; A proposed wind farm in Livingston County was recommended for approval Monday and now moves to the County Board.
The Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously voted to recommend Iberdrola Renewables’ plan for the Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm, a 155-turbine project scattered across 15,000 acres between Odell and Emington. If approved, work on the project could begin by the end of 2009 and finish by the end of 2011.
The project’s “overwhelming advantages” outweigh the potential disadvantages, ZBA temporary .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge sets October trial date in suit pitting group, wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BLOOMINGTON &#8212; A judge ruled Monday that a trial date should be set sooner rather than later in the civil lawsuit involving a proposed wind farm along the border of McLean and Woodford counties.
Judge Scott Drazewski set Oct. 27 for a bench trial for a lawsuit filed by Information is Power, a citizens group that opposes construction of the 100-turbine White Oak Energy Center wind farm by Chicago-based Invenergy Wind.
The lawsuit contends the McLean County Zoning Board of Appeals denied .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Blade problems slow down Big Sky wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PRINCETON — Construction of the Big Sky wind turbines in northern Bureau County and southeastern Lee County has been put on hold until next spring.
On Monday, Charley Parnell, spokesman for the Edison Mission Group, said the delay is due to technical design problems with turbine blades ordered from an India-based company, Suzlon. Edison Mission Group is still evaluating the turbine blade situation and wants to make sure the turbines it gets for Big Sky are efficient and functioning properly. The .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines should be at least 2,000 feet from a property line</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Boone County Board is considering a zoning ordinance that would permit wind turbines as close as 1,000 feet of adjacent property.
That is a far cry from the current setback of 2,000 feet, which after numerous meetings of the Zoning Board of Appeals, three Boone County Board meetings and two years of litigation in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court, was deemed reasonable given the limitations to aviation, crop dusting and quality of life of adjacent property owners.
If you pay taxes .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm hearings contentious; Round four at the Zoning Board of Appeals</title>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A huge three-foot-in-diameter fan wasn’t enough to cool the stifling air in the Hartsburg-Emden High School gymnasium on Thursday evening.   And things only got hotter as the evening wore into a three-hour bout over a wind farm that is proposed for northern Logan County. 
This was the fourth in a series of public hearing held by Logan County Zoning Board of Appeals.  Horizon Wind Energy has requested conditional use of parcels zoned agriculture where the turbines would .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Developer offers deal for neighbors</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a way of compensating residents who live near the construction of wind turbines, but are not participants, Horizon Wind Energy has developed a Wind Farm Neighbor Easement Agreement.
The document outlines an agreement in which Horizon will allow for payments to landowners living near the immediate vicinity of turbines, in exchange for “an easement, right and entitlement on, over, across and under owner’s property for any sound level (audible or otherwise) in excess of 50 decibels &#8230;”
The Illinois Pollution Control .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents comment on wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A major point in the debate over the proposed Rail Splitter Wind Farm’s construction of 29 turbines in northern Logan County has been how the structures will affect those who live around them.
“The wind farm will affect my family in several ways,” said Emden resident Brent Hellman. “We will have to adjust.”
Hellman, one of the landowners who has agreed to have a turbine placed on his property, is the one individual who spoke in favor of the project Thursday during .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Long-winded hearing to be continued</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Union Ridge Wind attorney Rick Porter could have talked all night.
The Logan County Zoning Board of Appeals, however, wasn’t going to let him.
Prior to Thursday night’s public hearing on a proposed wind farm, a one-hour limitation was placed on Porter’s cross-examination of Horizon Wind Energy’s project manager Bill Whitlock.
Equal limitations were also given for closing arguments, which the board still has not been able to hear. Another hearing was scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, so both sides can give public .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Livingston wind farm likely to be recommended</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A 155-turbine wind farm in Livingston County likely will be recommended when the Livingston County Zoning Board of Appeals reconvenes Monday.
Iberdrola Renewables has proposed the Streator-Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm, which would be spread across 15,000 acres in between Odell and Emington. Hearings that stretched over weeks ended Thursday with Iberdrola’s closing arguments and a review of possible special conditions to be attached to the project recommendation.
The board will meet again at 7 p.m. Monday at the Pontiac Township High .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm hearings may wind down tonight</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hartsburg, Ill. &#8212; Tonight’s zoning board of appeals hearing may be the last before a decision is made on whether to issue a conditional-use permit to Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy.
The permit would be a green light in constructing  29 wind turbines in the northern section of the county, mainly in the Hartsburg-Emden area.
County zoning officer Will D’Andrea told The Courier Wednesday that lawyers for both sides have been asked to wrap up arguments at today’s 7:30 p.m. hearing at .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm hearing is Thursday</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Livingston County Zoning Board of Appeals will hear the closing statement at 7 p.m. Thursday from the developers of the proposed Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm. Then it will be time for the board to start deliberations, to determine if the project complies with the eight standards for special uses that county zoning specifies.
The statement, part of the multi-session public hearing on the project at Pontiac Township High School, is anticipated to be fairly brief, as it is not .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm hits standstill</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Construction on the &#36;300-million Big Sky wind farm in southeastern Lee and northern Bureau counties is on hold for at least 10 months, thanks to a problem its supplier is having with faulty turbine blades.
The 13,000-acre, 114-turbine project near Ohio was slated to be online by the end of this year, but blades nearly the length of a football field started cracking on some U.S. wind farms early this year.
Big Sky builder, Edison Mission Energy, has therefore opted to wait .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Horizon signs agreement to maintain roads</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy has been working diligently for the approval of the Rail Splitter Wind Farm in Logan County.
And its opponents have been working just as hard to stop the construction at its current location.
The opponents and proponents, however, aren’t the only people breaking a sweat.
Logan County Engineer Brett Aukamp has possibly been one of the hardest, neutral-party workers since Horizon has filed for a conditional-use permit to begin constructing its wind turbines.
At 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Aukamp was sitting .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Public input at Woodford Co. board meeting gets hostile</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Public input was bitter and confrontational at this week’s Woodford County Board meeting.
The board has discussed ways to respond to the input – mostly in opposition to the proposed El Paso wind farm —including having board Chairman John Krug refer issues to the appropriate public official or board committee for an answer.
The dilemma prompted a veteran board member Tuesday to take the public input microphone himself.
“I believe the Woodford County Board was better before public input was allowed,” Ken Uphoff .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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