Published: August 30, 2010
Tags: Callisto, PSC, Public Service Commission, setbacks, shadow flicker, standards, turbines, Wiedermann-Smith, wind, wind farm
Comments: 2
Uniform standards for the placement and operation of wind turbines were sent on Monday by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to the Legislature for action.
The rule will govern how municipalities can establish setbacks for turbines, noise and shadow flicker standards and the involvement of neighboring property owners in the decision making process.
Teresa Wiedermann-Smith, a [...]
Published: August 16, 2010
Tags: PSC, Public Service Commission, renewable energy, wind, wind farm
Comments: 1
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State utility regulators will consider a recommendation that homeowners who live near wind farms be compensated for concerns about noise and reduced property value.
A task force working to create state standards for wind turbine locations is forwarding its recommendations to the Public Service Commission, which is expected to consider them by [...]
Published: June 11, 2010
Tags: energy, Governorís Task Force on Climate Change, Legislature, Michael Vickerman, plasma gasification, RENEW Wisconsin, solar, wind
Editor’s Note: This letter is in response to a blog posted June 6 on dailyreporter.com. Read the blog post.
To the editor:
RENEW Wisconsin, the organization I work for, has been an organized voice for renewable energy producers and users since 1991. Among our 65 business members are firms specializing in biomass energy, biogas energy and hydroelectric [...]
Published: June 3, 2010
Tags: Alliance Federated Energy LLC, garbage, plasma gasification, renewable energy, solar, wind
Comments: 8
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Wind and solar advocates are resisting the market competition posed by plants that burn garbage for electricity.
Under a state law change approved this year, the garbage technology, called plasma gasification, is in the same category as wind and solar as avenues for utilities to meet state renewable energy mandates.
Charlene Lemoine, waste issues representative for [...]
Published: June 2, 2010
Tags: Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities, Dan Ebert, distance, noise, Restaino & Associates, setback, Soletski, Tom Meyer, wind, Wind Siting Council, Wunsch
Comments: 4
By Paul Snyder
A Wisconsin lawmaker has some advice for the council charged with developing rules for small wind farms: Keep things simple.
Members of the state’s Wind Siting Council on Wednesday said noise and shadow flicker limits need to be considered to help determine how far wind turbines should be placed from residences. But State Rep. [...]
Published: April 19, 2010
Tags: AgWind, AgWind Energy Partners, draft rules, Lueschow, Naleid, PSC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Tom Green, turbines, wind, Wind Capital Group, wind farm, Wind Siting Council
By Paul Snyder
Wind farm developers are bristling over the possibility they would have to notify local governments when investigating sites for a project.
“Developers want to avoid two things working against a project right from the start,” said Jim Naleid, a managing partner for Holmen-based AgWind Energy Partners LLC. “They do not want to get people [...]
Published: April 9, 2010
Tags: College of Menominee Nation, energy, Indian Education Renewable Energy Challenge, Oneida Nation, renewable energy, turbines, wind
KESHENA, Wis. (AP) — Student teams from Oneida Nation High School and the College of Menominee Nation have each taken top honors in a national contest to design and build wind-turbine systems.
The teams were competing in the 2010 Indian Education Renewable Energy Challenge. The focus of the contest is to promote renewable-energy development for Indian [...]
Published: April 2, 2010
Tags: AgWind Energy Partners, Edward Marion, Forward Wind Energy Center, Invenergy LLC, Joe Condo, lawsuit, Naleid, PSC, Public Service Commission, Shenot, turbines, wind
Comments: 11
By Paul Snyder
A family’s noise complaint against Invenergy LLC and its Forward Energy Wind Center in Brownsville is spooking wind farm developers trying to do business in the state.
“I think it would have a devastating effect in Wisconsin,” said Jim Naleid, managing director of Holmen-based AgWind Energy Partners LLC. “People are already avoiding the state [...]
Published: March 25, 2010
Tags: Glacier Hills Wind Park, Vestas, Vestas Wind Systems, We Energies, wind
WINDSOR, Colo. (AP) — Vestas Wind Systems says it has received an order from We Energies for 81 wind turbines for the Glacier Hills Wind Park in Wisconsin.
Vestas spokesman Andrew Longeteig said Thursday that three Colorado factories will work on the project. A blade factory in Windsor, a nacelles factory in Brighton and a plant [...]
Published: March 25, 2010
Tags: Columbia County, Edgerton Contractors, Glacier Hills, Glacier Hills Wind Park, Manthey, Michels Corp., The Boldt Co., turbines, We Energies, wind, wind energy
Comments: 2
We Energies has selected three Wisconsin contractors to build the Glacier Hills Wind Park.
The three contractors are The Boldt Co., Appleton; Michels Corp., Brownsville; and Edgerton Contractors Inc., Oak Creek. The project to build a wind farm in Columbia County is scheduled to begin in May or June.
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