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TexasTowelie

(116,749 posts)
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 05:06 AM Sep 2020

Property owners oppose plans for Wyoming wind farm

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Some nearby property owners oppose plans for a wind farm in southeastern Wyoming.

Houston-based ConnectGen seeks to install between 84 and 151 wind turbines that will stand between 500 feet (150 meters) and 675 feet (200 meter) tall in southeastern Albany County, ConnectGen project manager Amanda MacDonald said.

Albany County regulations require wind turbines to be located at least 5.5 times their height away from homes, meaning a 500-foot (150-meter) turbine would need to be at least 2,750 feet (840 meters) from the nearest home.

The distance is out of date and should ensure separation from not only homes but monuments and parks, said Paul Montoya, co-owner of the Vista de Luna Bed and Breakfast near the Ames Monument.

Read more: https://buckrail.com/property-owners-oppose-plans-for-wyoming-wind-farm/

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Property owners oppose plans for Wyoming wind farm (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2020 OP
A few years back, windmills became a big issue in the township just north of me. safeinOhio Sep 2020 #1
The only industry in Wyoming is 2naSalit Sep 2020 #2

safeinOhio

(34,069 posts)
1. A few years back, windmills became a big issue in the township just north of me.
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 06:05 AM
Sep 2020

Signs everywhere "Stop the Turbines". Then they found out they had to incorporate and raise taxes to institute a zoning board. Then they found out that the farmers would get $400 to $800 per month in rent and royalties. They then voted to allow them.

In the township just South of me they built lots of them and everyone feared that property values would go down. A few years later property values skyrocketed to about the highest in the county.

Then along came windmill cancer and nothing changed.

2naSalit

(92,666 posts)
2. The only industry in Wyoming is
Mon Sep 7, 2020, 07:32 AM
Sep 2020

extractive industry. Wyoming is a major coal, gas and NG producer, of course they will fight tooth and nail against sustainable power generation.

No imagination leads to such stupidity.

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