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Concerns aired in wind energy forum
Jim Congdon said two friends living in the town of Byron are experiencing significant sound problems and constant blade flicker since the $250 million Forward Wind Energy Center began operating.
"It's extremely irritating," he said. "What is the company going to do with somebody like that?"
Laura Miner, asset manager associate for Chicago-based Invenergy Wind LLC, said it's currently fielding all complaints .
"What we did when we built the project was to have a 1,000-foot setback and try to prevent some of those things from happening," she said. "Now we're doing drive-by tests and going up to the houses to try to gauge what's going on."
May 22, 2008
by Brian Paynter
in Daily Citizen
Jim Congdon said two friends living in the town of Byron are experiencing significant sound problems and constant blade flicker since the $250 million Forward Wind Energy Center began operating.
"It's extremely irritating," he said. "What is the company going to do with somebody like that?"
Laura Miner, asset manager associate for Chicago-based Invenergy Wind LLC, said it's currently fielding all complaints .
"What we did when we built the project was to have a 1,000-foot setback and try to prevent some of those things from happening," she said. "Now we're doing drive-by tests and going up to the houses to try to... [continue via Web link]
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