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Wind energy project on track
What could be Wisconsin's largest wind energy project is going up as scheduled, despite a proposal from Gov. Scott Walker that could make future wind farms more challenging to build in the state.
We Energies' Glacier Hills project will have 90 turbines on approximately 17,350 acres in the towns of Randolph and Scott in northeastern Columbia County.
January 27, 2011
by Lyn Jerde
in Portage Daily Register
PORTAGE - What could be Wisconsin's largest wind energy project is going up as scheduled, despite a proposal from Gov. Scott Walker that could make future wind farms more challenging to build in the state.
We Energies' Glacier Hills project will have 90 turbines on approximately 17,350 acres in the towns of Randolph and Scott in northeastern Columbia County. It could generate up to 207 megawatts, enough electricity for about 45,000 homes.
Construction - including roads leading to the tower sites and a headquarters - started in May and continues this winter with the installation of underground connections that will eventually link... [continue via Web link]
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