Wind power may be about to pick up in Wisconsin after a five-year drought.

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Seven years after adopting a requirement that utilities obtain a set percentage of their energy from renewable sources, lawmakers now are pushing a bill to make wind farms easier to sue.

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The turbine blades at the state's largest wind farm are whirling. We Energies said Tuesday the Glacier Hills Wind Park in Columbia County has been placed into commercial service.

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By Justin Kern Special to The Daily Reporter Gusts of support for large-scale wind energy production have calmed in Wisconsin and in the rest of the country, according to a new study. A wind power backer in Wisconsin says the ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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By Paul Snyder 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. “If they don’t need easements to build the ...

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By Paul Snyder Resistance from Columbia County landowners threatens We Energies’ attempt to build 90 turbines for the Glacier Hills Wind Park. Randolph resident Pete DeBoer, for instance, said the utility offered him $2,000 per year and a $5,000 bonus ...

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By Melissa Rigney Baxter Special to The Daily Reporter The multimillion-dollar construction projects to get the blades spinning won’t mean much if there’s no way to transmit wind farm electricity. So far in Wisconsin, transmission has been less of a ...

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By Paul Snyder

staff writer

It’s hard to think of anybody being surprised by We Energies' approval Monday to build the Glacier Hills Wind Park in Columbia County.

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