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
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 […]
When Did You First Learn of the North East Wind Turbine Project?
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 […]