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Resource Documents: Illinois (16 items)
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Steel in Grand Ridge Wind Farm
Author: JandB Steel Erectors
Just over 3,750,000 lbs of rebar in 66 Wind Turbine foundations were installed. Each octagon shaped foundation included a bottom mat, top mat, and column pedestal. Location: Ransom, Illinois. Completed: March 2008 http://www.jbsteel.com/index.php/photos/album/32.html
More »Know the facts before you sign!
Author: Informed Farmers Coalition
The Informed Farmers Coalition is a group of Lee County and Bureau County landowners and citizens whose goal is to spread awareness of all facts concerning wind farm development in the area. The Money Facts Wind plants lower property values. “At present time, anecdotal data indicates that wind turbines have a depressing effect on nearby land values and are a drag on the ag real estate market. Most recent anecdotal data from Illinois indicates that assessed value on farmland is . . .
More »Wind Turbine Setbacks
Author: McCann, Michael
On behalf of my clients and as a real estate valuation advisor to the elected officials of Adams County, I am hereby submitting my written testimony as a professional real estate appraiser. … 1. Residential property values are adversely and measurably impacted by close proximity of industrial-scale wind energy turbine projects to the residential properties, with value losses measured up to 2-miles from the nearest turbine(s), in some instances. 2. Impacts are most pronounced within “footprint” of such projects, and many . . .
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Real-time wind production — various regions
Author: National Wind Watch
World: Current electricity production and consumption of “low-carbon” and “renewable” electricity – click an area for details Europe: Quarter-hour load, generation, exchange – click on sample graph for other countries Europe: Hourly and daily generation, capacity factors Nordpool: Current production by source type in the Nordic power system (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark) Nordpool: Current power flow in the Nordic power system West Denmark: Electricity prices, consumption, and production today, every 5 minutes France: Quarter-hour consumption and production . . .
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