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Texas And Its Wind Farm

Noel — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:21:30 +0000

A new wind farm may soon rise in Texas City. This is according to a piece of news that I came across early today. It said that a company that deals with energy, Duke Energy, is actually looking at building a wind farm in the mentioned area.

Just how huge will the wind farm be? Well, they are looking at putting in 30 units of windmills in the piece of land that they are considering. The company has already done a feasibility study and it seems like they are going to be building it in the northern part of the city where there is also a water reservoir. The land is owned by the Gulf Coast Water Authority.

They still have to create proposals and have these approved. But this is a really huge project and it may take some time to complete if they are looking at pushing this through.

Source: The Daily News

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Texas And Its Wind Farm

Lake County May Get Wind Farm

Noel — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:50:21 +0000

Although there are still no sure decisions on this one, there are plans about having a wind farm built on Lake County. News about this has leaked out after some officials of the mentioned place has disclosed that there have been a number of private companies who have expressed interest in building such a project. Of course, looking at it, it sure could be a good one. See, this would mean that people in the area would have easy access to green power and that would also mean less on energy bills.At present, officials of Lake County are looking into that option. They are also scouting the area and looking for a good location of a wind farm. They also disclosed that they are looking at a more remote area of the county. It sure would not be a good idea to have a wind farm in a community though.

Source: Vernon Hills Review
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Lake County May Get Wind Farm

Wind Power Sucks!

Noel — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:41:16 +0000

As an advocate of “green” technologies, I didn’t realize that some people see wind technology the other way. Most of us only see the benefits of such “green” power and how it enables humanity to cut down its carbon footprint, however we really haven’t seen and heard much of what other people think about such technology specially from those people who are “affected” by these huge wind turbines.

I was browsing CNN.com and found this story about John Yancey and the wind turbines on their family’s farmland. Yancey lives with his wife and children on the Tug Hill plateau, half a mile from the old farmhouse in which he and his seven siblings were raised.

John Yancey’s dad Ed Yancey signed a contract with the power companies to erect several wind turbines on their land at a lease price of at least $6,600 per annum.

“It’s better than a nuclear plant,” he says. “And it brings in good money.”

Ben Byer, a 75-year-old retired dairy farmer, feels the same way.

“It sure beats milking cows,” he says of the seven turbines on his land.

However, the young Yancey hates the sight and hates the sound. According to him, “he can’t stand the gigantic flickering shadows the blades cast at certain points in the day”.

I don’t know about you but for $6,600 per wind turbine annually, I could just “sound proof” my house and live off the “passive income”. Five of those would bring me an easy $33,000 a year. Not bad for something that didn’t cost me anything.

How about you? Should you have a farmland and a power company offered you $6,600 annual for each wind turbine they erect on your farmland, would you take it?

[via cnn.com]

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Wind Power Sucks!