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County OK’s wind farm
The Brookings County Planning and Zoning Commission last week gave the OK to Nativas Energy to build a 200-megawatt, 100-turbine wind farm southeast of White.
The project in Sherman Township, called the White Wind Farm, already had approval from the state Public Utilities Commission, and the county was Navitas' last hurdle.
Construction is expected to begin in 2008.
August 15, 2007
by Jill Fier
in The Brookings Register
The Brookings County Planning and Zoning Commission last week gave the OK to Nativas Energy to build a 200-megawatt, 100-turbine wind farm southeast of White.
The project in Sherman Township, called the White Wind Farm, already had approval from the state Public Utilities Commission, and the county was Navitas' last hurdle.
Construction is expected to begin in 2008.
According to figures provided by Joyce Dragseth, director of the Brookings County Equalization office, the project is expected to generate more than $1 million in taxes that will stay in the county every year.
County Planning and Zoning Director Bob Hill said the commission unanimously agreed... [continue via Web link]
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