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An agreement announced Monday between Indiana Michigan Power and EDP Renewables North America (EDPR) will result in the construction of a wind farm in Randolph County.
I&M will add 200 megawatts (MW) of wind power to its generation portfolio.
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Randolph County is in the running, but not Delaware County, for a wind farm or wind farms that would sell electricity to Indiana Michigan Power.
I&M is expected to announce a decision as early as next week.
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Residents file wind farm complaints; Tipton road repairs to start this month
June 6, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
June 6, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
Residents blamed the Wildcat Wind Farm for creating noise, light flicker and cellphone and television reception issues in a stack of complaints delivered to the Tipton County Plan Commission.
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Officials urge more study of wind farms; Opponents pleased that Delaware County is 'slowing down'
May 31, 2013 by Seth Slabaugh in The Star Press
May 31, 2013 by Seth Slabaugh in The Star Press
Wind farm opponents are applauding action taken Thursday by Tom Green, chairman of the city-county plan commission.
On behalf of the commission's wind farm committee, Green urged county officials to study the impact of existing Indiana wind farms for at least two years before deciding how to regulate them in Delaware County.
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E.ON Climate &Renewables this week canceled an appearance before the council, from which it was scheduled to ask for property tax abatement for a wind farm.
The reason?
"In my opinion, they pulled the request off the table ...in my opinion, trust me, the council will most likely turn it down, most likely unanimously."
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The attorney for opponents of the proposed Prairie Breeze Wind Farm believe juwi Wind missed the deadline to modify setback requirements for the project.
The Tipton County Board of Zoning Appeals on March 21 approved a conditional use permit for the proposed wind farm in Liberty and Jefferson townships ...The company submitted modifications to the BZA conditions May 23.
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Prairie Breeze moving forward; Company files for modifications to conditions.
May 27, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
May 27, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
In the filing, juwi Wind is asking for a modification to the setback requirement to be no more than 1,400 feet from the residence of a non-participating property and 1,250 from the residence of a participating property owner. Juwi Wind further proposed a setback of 750 feet from a non-participating property line.
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Wind farm battle turns personal; Opponents claim lack of due diligence by county officials.
May 21, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
May 21, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
An opponent of the proposed Wildcat Wind Farm, slated for construction in eastern Howard County, said local officials are taking an uninformed risk in agreements reached with E.ON Climate & Renewables.
Joe Russeau told the Howard County Commissioners Monday he questioned how the proposal was evaluated and how the public was notified of several meetings starting in 2009.
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The decision on the part of the Marshall County Board of Commissioners was unanimous. The passage of the ban drew a standing ovation from the crowd, and came some two years after a Florida based company proposed building up to 70-wind turbines in southern Marshall and Northern Fulton Counties.
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Windy debates: Each Indiana county has a different wind farm standard.
May 17, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
May 17, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
Residents in Howard County have recently begun urging the commissioners to change the setback requirements. Wind farm opponents are seeking a setback of 4,921 feet from non-participating property lines.
The Tipton County Board of Zoning Appeals approved the proposed Prairie Breeze Wind Farm planned by juwi Wind with the requirement of a 1,500-foot setback from property lines.
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Delaware County wind farm opponents are asking for setbacks that would almost certainly prevent construction of a wind farm.
Opponents are proposing a minimum setback of two miles (or 10,560 feet) between wind turbines and dwellings.
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Top Ind. wind farm drafts bat-protection plans
May 15, 2013 by Rick Callahan in Bloomberg Businessweek
May 15, 2013 by Rick Callahan in Bloomberg Businessweek
An estimated 850,000 to 1.7 million bats have died from collisions with wind turbines in the United States and Canada since 2000, said Mylea Bayless, director of conservation programs for Austin, Texas-based Bats Conservation international.
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Opposition to wind farm increases; Will the setback distance also increase?
May 13, 2013 by Seth Slabaugh in The Star Press
May 13, 2013 by Seth Slabaugh in The Star Press
Opposition to a possible wind farm in Delaware County is growing.
An overflow crowd of about 75 people showed up at a city-county plan commission meeting on May 2 to voice objections to a potential wind farm.
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Moratorium sought on wind farm in Delaware County, IN
May 6, 2013 by Rick Yencer in Muncie Free Press
May 6, 2013 by Rick Yencer in Muncie Free Press
Bledsoe explained it had been been no secret that E-ON had been looking at Delaware and Randolph counties for wind energy and there was nothing for government to do until some rules were in place.
Rybarczrk had said other counties like Marshall at Plymouth, were imposing a moratorium for wind farms.
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Plan commission tabled proposed wind farm regulations
May 3, 2013 by Seth Slabaugh in The Star Press
May 3, 2013 by Seth Slabaugh in The Star Press
An overflow crowd of about 75 people showed up at a city-county plan commission meeting Thursday night in opposition to a possible Delaware County wind farm.
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Howard County group to fight wind farm; E.ON plans project in the county
April 27, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
April 27, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
Susie Cox said although E.ON indicated it doesn't plan to start the project until late 2013 or 2014, the company is speeding up the process and could file for improvement location permits in May.
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Hobart residents concerned about M'ville wind turbine project
April 22, 2013 by Chas Reilly in NWI Times
April 22, 2013 by Chas Reilly in NWI Times
A proposed wind turbine at an electrical union's Merrillville headquarters is expected to provided job training opportunities for union members, but some Hobart residents who live near the site have concerns about how it could affect them.
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For more than two hours Monday, the Howard County Commissioners heard from local and Tipton County residents opposed to wind farm development.
The commissioners were asked to impose a moratorium on permitting or accepting new applications for the placement of wind farms in Howard County.
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Anti-wind group focuses on comprehensive plan; Goal is no more wind farms
April 11, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
April 11, 2013 by Ken de la Bastide in Kokomo Tribune
The Tipton County Board of Zoning Appeals placement of conditions on the Prairie Breeze permit of a 1,500 foot setback from property lines and development of a property value guarantee ...could make future wind farm development in the county impossible, or difficult at best, he said.
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Tipton County officials have decided not to accept any new applications for wind farm construction until after a public hearing.
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