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Wind farm remorse
WITI-TV — Even a child playing with a kite or a pinwheel realizes the strength of a strong breeze. Harnessing the wind to power homes is no longer something that will happen in Wisconsin, it’s happening now. FOX 6’s Ted Perry’tells you there’s also controversy blowing in the wind.
May 7, 2008
Fox 6 Milwaukee, myfoxmilwaukee.com
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Engineer questions wind energy claims
With 49 years as a power engineer, going from engineer apprentice to manager of power supply for approximately two-thirds of rural Illinois, my blood curdles when I read some of the rabid pro-windmill articles rampant in the press these days.
Statements like “the wind is free” (then why do they need the massive tax breaks and subsidies) and “this wind farm will supply 35,000 homes,” neglecting to finish the sentence with “for maybe 25 percent of …
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Wisconsin county implements strict noise regulations on wind turbines; Company declares “war to end all wars”
Calumet County, in eastern Wisconsin, recently faced a dilemma that is increasingly common in rural America: an outside company had appeared in their region, planning to build wind farms and seeking permits. Many local governmental bodies have taken a cursory look at complex reports submitted by companies, taken assurances of “no noise” at face value, and later regretted not learning more. The Calumet County Board of Supervisors took two years to consider the issue, and …
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CCC4RE member clarifies group’s position
Carol and Wes Kupsky, Ken Buechel and Len Davis have asked several questions of those county residents and fellow taxpayers they have labeled the “Anti-Renewable Energy Crowd.”
As a member of that concerned grassroots citizens group, known as CCC4RE, Calumet County Citizens for Responsible Energy, I appreciate the chance to provide them with much-needed information.
No. 1. CCC4RE held a public informational meeting in August 2007 at Chilton High School. Seven hundred people attended. The wind company …
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Windmill proposal goes around again
A new proposal for a wind energy law in Eau Claire County is being presented to rural leaders after a previous draft had been criticized for making windmills too expensive to build.
The county’s Planning and Development Committee reviewed the draft Tuesday night and agreed to have it brought to town leaders before coming back for a public hearing on the evening of May 27.
“The revision you gave us was a vast improvement,” said Will Fantle, …
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Ordinance, neighbor opposition may hinder area wind farms
Farmers considering whether to install a wind turbine to generate electricity likely will face prohibitive county laws and opposition from area residents, a wind energy expert said.
With a few exceptions, “if there has been controversy in your neighborhood about a wind farm, people are not going to let you put up a 100-foot tower,” said Jenny Heinzen, an instructor specializing in wind turbines at Lakeshore Technical College.
“Hopefully people recognize that small wind turbines for individual …
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Supported facts about wind energy
I recently submitted a letter to the Tri-County News regarding the negative aspects of wind turbine farms.
The intent of the letter was to spark some further debate on the issue, and the fact that an individual took the time to question and counter some of my points makes me appreciate the blessings of a country that allows us all to freely speak our opinions.
My letter was originally printed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as a …
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Developers considering windy Lake Michigan as power source
Wind turbines could soon tower above the Kenosha skyline, but not on land.
They’d be stretching skyward out of Lake Michigan.
According to Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials, three developers have expressed interest in building hundreds of the turbines offshore, including more than 600 that would stretch from Kewaunee to Kenosha. The developers have concepts but they haven’t submitted formal plans, said Steve Ugoretz, lead wind energy analyst with the Department of Natural Resources.
A plan by …
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Dover looks at limits on wind turbines
DOVER — Ray Gromacki says he is a realist when it comes to the green movement that is sweeping America and emerging technologies that support today’s lifestyles.
But at the same time the Dover town chairman wants to make sure town residents and their properties have some relief from the towering apparatus needed to support machinery like wind turbines, television and broadcast antennae and cell phone towers.
The Town Board and Plan Commission on April 16 directed …
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Wind farms proposed on water; 3 separate groups want to put turbines in Lake Michigan
Three developers are floating plans to erect hundreds of wind turbines in Lake Michigan as interest in the construction of wind farms surges around the country.
The Lake Michigan plans are all in the very preliminary stages, and how they would be financed is unclear.
The projects are being discussed as several state agencies have launched a study to determine the feasibility of erecting wind turbines on the two Great Lakes that border the state — Superior …
