Many residents of North East township are just finding out about the proposed wind turbine project that could place as many as 50 to 75 of the giant, 500 foot tall turbines in an area bounded by I90 and Townline Road with some sections as far north as Sidehill Road. If you are one of […]
Are There Too Many People in North East for a Utility Scale Wind Turbine Installation?
Wind turbines, if they are to be built anywhere, should be placed in very sparsely populated areas because many of the most disruptive effects of having turbines nearby can be reduced simply by placing them far away from people, but developers are trying to move into areas, like North East township, where residential communities are […]
How Do You Put Out a Wind Turbine Fire?
File this under the heading of “Hmm, … I never thought about that.” Did you know that wind turbines occasionally catch fire? It isn’t something you see every day, we hope, but as the photos here illustrate, they sometimes do. In any normal situation, when you see something ablaze, you call the fire department and […]
What Would Wind Turbines Look Like Here in North East?
Until the wind turbines are installed at any location, it’s difficult to imagine what the completed project will look like. Our best clue is to look at installations in other communities around the country. Both New York and Wisconsin have had turbines installed in close proximity to populated areas, not an ideal situation, but it’s […]
What is it Like to Live with an Industrial Wind Turbine Project?
The wind turbine project proposed for North East Township seems to be pushing forward and very few residents know much about it and they certainly aren’t familiar with the experience others have had in communities where the turbines were installed. The following series of videos documents what has happened in Wisconsin. As in North East, […]
Windfall – Another View Of Wind Energy
Wind power… it’s sustainable … it burns no fossil fuels…it produces no air pollution. What’s more, it cuts down dependency on foreign oil. That’s what the people of Meredith, in upstate New York first thought when a wind developer looked to supplement the rural farm town’s failing economy with a farm of their own — […]