Recent Stories
Dissent delays wind council’s progress
Deadline pressure and 100 amendments are cracking the unity of the state‘s Wind Siting Council as it strives to agree on turbine placement standards.
We Energies picks builders for Glacier Hills
We Energies has selected three Wisconsin contractors to build the Glacier Hills Wind Park. The utility selected The Boldt Co., Appleton; Michels Corp., Brownsville; and Edgerton Contractors Inc., Oak Creek to build the park.
Wind farm plans threaten radar
The U.S. military is growing increasingly concerned that proposed wind farms can disrupt or block radar designed to detect threats and protect America’s skies, a problem that is stalling the alternative energy projects around the country.
Glacier Hills Wind Park easement search angers neighbors
Neighbors irritated by We Energies’ continued search for Glacier Hills Wind Park easements have won the right to review changes to a project the state approved two months ago.
Other Stories
Landowners resist Glacier Hills Wind Park waivers
Holland backs hollow wind farm moratorium
E Wind gets approval for 18-turbine project
Making a connection: Wind transmission grid weakens west of Wisconsin
PSC approves Glacier Hills without Invenergy agreement
PSC set to vote on Glacier Hills
Invenergy seeks wind farm money from We Energies
Columbia County wind farm still faces three rounds of PSC public hearings
PSC to hold Glacier Farms public hearings
PSC issues final environmental impact statement for Glacier Hills Wind Park
Lawmakers question renewable energy goals
PSC releases wind farm environmental report |
Hot Topics Blogs
Diversity and consensus? That’s a bunch of hot wind
Members of the state’s Wind Siting Council are struggling to come up with suggestions for the state Public Service Commission by next month on turbine placement for small wind farms.
Wind farm not just a lot of hot air
In the near future, residents of northeast Columbia County could see a skyline inhabited with large windmill-looking things spinning in the distance.
The way the wind blows
It’s hard to think of anybody being surprised by We Energies’ approval Monday to build the Glacier Hills Wind Park in Columbia County.
External Resources
We Energies Project Page
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity application (PDF)
Final Environmental Impact Statement from PSC (PDF)
Proposed Site Layout of Glacier Hills (PDF)
Proposed wind farms in Wisconsin (PDF courtesy of RENEW Wisconsin)
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