Monday, January 24, 2011

How much will the farmers get for a wind turbine?

These numbers are for Boone County, INDIANA but it sure looks like big money to a city boy like me.

A photo of a GE 1.5 MW wind turbine at the Grand Ridge Wind Energy Center in Lasalle County, Illinois. PIX16041Gestamp Wind North America and enXco have been offering some county landowners big money to lease land for the large wind turbines — up to $14,000 per 400-foot turbine annually. Each company plans wind farms of 130 turbines, but Boone County has no regulations on the books that would allow the electricity-generating windmills.

The Boone County Area Plan Commission had a public education session last month for residents and plans at least one other session in the first quarter of 2010.

Click on the following for more details:  Indy.com | Post: Boone County looking into wind farm health fears | Indianapolis, Indiana

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