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Champaign County sets hearings on wind farm proposal
Champaign County's first wind farm - as many as 30 turbines in a 10,913-acre area in the northeastern part of the county - will go before the county zoning board of appeals beginning Aug. 25.
July 13, 2011
by Tom Kacich
in The News-Gazette
URBANA - Champaign County's first wind farm - as many as 30 turbines in a 10,913-acre area in the northeastern part of the county - will go before the county zoning board of appeals beginning Aug. 25.
The entire wind farm, known as the California Ridge project, includes 134 turbines, 104 of which would be in western Vermilion County.
The Champaign County part of the project would be located entirely on 62 farmland parcels in Compromise and Ogden townships, just north of Royal.
County zoning director John Hall said he has scheduled four public hearings - Aug. 25, and Sept. 1, 8... [continue via Web link]
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