By Paul Snyder The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is sticking to a firm Sept. 1 deadline to propose wind turbine placement rules despite calls from local governments to wait. “We had a very clear mandate to get work done ...

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By Paul Snyder 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. Even the definition of agreement is a point of contention among the 15 ...

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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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E Wind LLC, Columbus, Wis., has received approval to proceed with its 30-megawatt, 18-turbine wind project in Wisconsin, according to a report from North American Windpower. The company received approval from the town of Randolph, through a joint development agreement, ...

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Orion Energy Systems Inc. will build a wind turbine in spring 2010 outside of its headquarters building in Manitowoc. The turbine, which the Manitowoc Common Council approved on Monday, will generate 20 kilowatts of power, enough to power four or ...

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By Paul Snyder Chicago-based Invenergy LLC wants to finance its 100-turbine wind farm project near Green Bay with We Energies’ money and has put the decision in public service commissioners’ hands. “It would set a big precedent if they approve ...

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Betsy Blaney AP Writer Lubbock, TX — A little prairie grouse could give the wind energy industry big fits. Should the lesser prairie chicken become listed as threatened or endangered — and it’s close now — there would be significant ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Calumet County officials are one-upping an appeals court ruling overturning a wind farm ordinance by slamming the door on all such projects until further notice. The County Board of Supervisors has passed a moratorium on all new ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Wisconsin utilities have a track record of building, operating and maintaining their own wind farms, leaving independent producers little reason to build in the state. But when those same utilities build wind farms in other states, Wisconsin’s ...

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Elizabeth Dunbar and Todd Richmond AP Writers Madison — State regulators plan to vote Thursday on a Wisconsin utility’s plans to build a massive wind farm in southern Minnesota. Wisconsin Power & Light Co., a subsidiary of Madison-based Alliant Energy, ...

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