August 29, 2020
Iowa

Fight may be coming over wind energy in Hardin County

By Matthew Rezab | Times-Citizen | Aug 28, 2020 | www.timescitizen.com

A court battle could lie ahead after the Hardin County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously last week to adopt amendments to its commercial wind energy ordinance.

Representatives of RWE Renewables, which has spent more than $2 million preparing to build a 200-megawatt wind farm on the western edge of Hardin County, say they have vested rights and should be allowed to operate under the previous version of the wind ordinance because those were the guidelines when they started the project in 2017.

Letter from RWE to county, April 27, 2020 (PDF)

Letter from RWE to county, May 14, 2020 (PDF)

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