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South county wind farm scope expands; $2B footprint doubles to 23,000 acres
The expanded plans also mean that the $2 billion alternative energy farm could hold not just 50 turbines, but up to 198, representatives of Australian-based Windlab told a group of landowners who stand to make money through leasing their property for Eagle Creek Wind Park.
"This is a premiere project for the county and premier project for Indiana."
August 4, 2010
by Diane Krieger Spivak
in Post Tribune
EAGLE CREEK TWP. -- The footprint for a 10,000-acre planned south Lake County wind farm east of Lowell has doubled -- to 23,000 acres, a wind development company told landowners Tuesday night.
The expanded plans also mean that the $2 billion alternative energy farm could hold not just 50 turbines, but up to 198, representatives of Australian-based Windlab told a group of landowners who stand to make money through leasing their property for Eagle Creek Wind Park.
"This is a premiere project for the county and premier project for Indiana," David Courtney, senior manager for project development in the Midwest said at... [continue via Web link]
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