North East Windmills


Without government subsidies to the wind industry,
there is no wind industry.

What Really Powers Wind Turbines? Lots and Lots of Government Money

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Wind turbines are popping up in more and more rural communities, yet wind turbines, like so many other “green energy” projects, represent a business that can’t stand on its own two feet without massive government involvement, from tax subsidies and tax credits to outright grants and the result is increasingly expensive electricity from locations with […]

Renewable Wind Energy is Intermittent Energy

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Wind energy is often called “renewable energy.” Since we don’t support wind turbines, people will ask, “Don’t you support renewable energy?” The answer is very simple, we don’t support intermittent energy, because that’s what “renewable” energy really is. Massive wind turbines only generate electricity when the wind is blowing, and how much they produce varies […]

Where is the North East Township Wind Turbine Zone?

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If you’re unclear where wind turbines are planned, it most likely means no one has contacted you and asked you to sign a lease. Unless you have attended a township meeting or gone out of your way to obtain one of these maps (shown above), you probably think they’re planned for somewhere near Interstate 90. […]

How They Do It – an Inside Look at a Wind Developer’s Playbook

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It doesn’t make sense. How do you go into to a tight knit rural community like North East and convince some of the landowners to erect gigantic, 500 foot, utility scale wind turbines on their land and make them believe it’s a good idea? On the face of it, it’s almost absurd. Yet, wind developers […]