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Putnam OKs permit for wind study; Kansas group considering building new wind farm
The Putnam County Board cleared the way Monday for a Kansas wind energy developer to take the first step toward possible development of another wind farm in north-central Illinois.
The board granted a special use permit allowing Trade Wind Energy to construct a meteorological tower south of Granville in order to get more data for the potential installation of 80 to 100 wind turbines in Putnam and LaSalle counties for a project to be called River Bend Farms.
February 12, 2008
by Gary L. Smith
in Journal Star
The Putnam County Board cleared the way Monday for a Kansas wind energy developer to take the first step toward possible development of another wind farm in north-central Illinois.
The board granted a special use permit allowing Trade Wind Energy to construct a meteorological tower south of Granville in order to get more data for the potential installation of 80 to 100 wind turbines in Putnam and LaSalle counties for a project to be called River Bend Farms.
Officials of the company, which is based in the Kansas City suburb of Lenexa, held an introductory meeting last month to outline the project... [continue via Web link]
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