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Is much-delayed AWA Goodhue wind project in trouble?
With each passing day, the controversial AWA Goodhue wind project appears more and more unlikely to be in operation by the end of this year. That uncertainty puts the future of the $180 million project in question after it has already bitterly divided parts of rural Goodhue County and drawn national attention.
July 27, 2012
by Brett Boese
in The Post-Bulletin
ZUMBROTA - With each passing day, the controversial AWA Goodhue wind project appears more and more unlikely to be in operation by the end of this year. That uncertainty puts the future of the $180 million project in question after it has already bitterly divided parts of rural Goodhue County and drawn national attention.
The 78-megawatt project has faced an unprecedented permitting process that will hit three years this fall. No other wind project in Minnesota has needed more than 12 months for permitting since the state's renewable energy standard was approved in 2007.
The delays have largely been caused by organized,... [continue via Web link]
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