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County can't trust wind developer
So after all back and forth over the last two years about whether the wind turbines should be built on Hatchet Mountain, we hear in the Inter Mountain News that the developers are not returning calls and the project may be "delayed" due to financing problems. ...The county should make them post at least a $10 million bond to insure that if a similar financial failure strikes, guaranteed funds will be available to remove these massive turbines and restore Hatchet Mountain to its former beauty.
March 29, 2009
by David Wilson
in Record Searchlight
So after all back and forth over the last two years about whether the wind turbines should be built on Hatchet Mountain, we hear in the Inter Mountain News that the developers are not returning calls and the project may be "delayed" due to financing problems. A watchdog group in Burney (Save Burney Skyline) has been trying to point out to the county that the parent company in this endeavor, Babcock & Brown, a huge Australian financial conglomerate, is on shaky financial ground. This became official this week when it became bankrupt. The permit to build the turbines has a... [continue via Web link]
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