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Students suffering from wind turbine noise
Author: Mulvaney, William
Dear Chairman [Gary] Weinard, My name is Bill Mulvaney and I am the Superintendent of Schools for Armstrong Township High School and Armstrong-Ellis CUD #61. I also served on the wind panel that met to try and give direction to the county board on wind turbine ordinances. Our panel did not come up with any recommended changes, but I would like to share a few thoughts with you. I have noticed that we have some children in our district that . . .
More »Bat Fatality Monitoring Report for the Pigeon Creek Wind Turbine
Author: DeWitt, Sharon
This research effort was conducted as part of the Habitat Conservation Plan for Adams Electric Cooperative for the Pigeon Creek Wind Turbine, Adams County, Illinois. A contractual agreement was made with John Wood Community College, Quincy, Illinois, and research was conducted by Sharon DeWitt, a faculty member, and Cindy Spohr, a student intern in the Natural Sciences Department. Monitoring of the wind facility was conducted during the summers of 2010 and 2011 and occurred from mid June through September 30th . . .
More »Decommissioning Estimate for the Green River Wind Farm Phase I
Author: Energy Ventures Analysis; Hewson, Tom; and Stamberg, John
Executive Summary Energy Ventures Analysis, Inc. (EVA) was asked to review the Green River Wind Farm Phase 1 Decommissioning Plan that had been prepared for the applicant by Sargent & Lundy Consulting (S&LC) that explains RMT Energy’s decommissioning estimate. If this plan was found to be unrealistic, EVA was to prepare an independent decommissioning cost estimate that would more closely approximate current decommissioning cost. Our review found that the S&LC/RMT Energy report was unrealistic that resulted in vastly underestimating current . . .
More »Green River Wind Endangered Species Consultation
Author: Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Mainstream Power USA/Green River Wind proposes a commercial wind energy generation project in southeastern Whiteside County, comprising approximately 9 wind turbines and a substation. Collection power lines will be located underground, and each turbine will be served by an access road. Soils in the project area consist largely of sandy and friable loamy soils, most of which are tilled. Some remain in pasture or open woodlands, while a few acres have been restored to native prairie vegetation. The project area . . .
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