Planning Commission Finalizes Wind Regulations
Planning Commission finalizes Wind Regulations and forwards it on to the Board of County Commissioners for approval
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Massive fire destroys wind turbine in Adair County
ADAIR COUNTY, Iowa — A massive fire destroyed a wind turbine and burned a large farm field in Adair County Tuesday morning.The fire burned so hot it destroyed the 22-story tall structure. It consumed the nacelle that holds the generator and one giant blade, which crashed to the ground.
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The Net Zero Ship Starting to Sink
Are we observing the early stages of worldwide resistance against the constraints of net zero policies?Investors are ditching renewable energy faster than any other funds on record.
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Wind Regulations Second Draft
The Douglas County Planning Commission has published Draft #2 of the proposed wind regulations. All Douglas County residents and landowners are encouraged to study the regulations which can be found at the link below: https://lawrenceks.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/revised-wind-energy-conversion-system-draft-2-23-9-26.pdf You can provide feedback to the Commission by responding to them on the Wind Energy website: www.lawrenceks.org/windreg The email address for comments/feedback is: windregs@lawrenceks.org…
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Senators lash out against rule reversal creating high energy prices for Kansans
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Kansas’s U.S. Senators have lashed out against a recent rule reversal that could force Kansans to subsidize wind energy used in other states. On Wednesday, Sept. 6, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says he and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) penned a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to urge an…
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‘Over Our Dead Bodies’: Backlash Builds Against $3 Trillion Clean-Energy Push
LAWRENCE, Kan.—The federal government has ignited a green-energy investment spree that’s expected to reach as high as $3 trillion over the next decade. The road to spending that money, though, is increasingly hitting speed bumps from the likes of Gerry Coffman.
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Quality of applicant matters
Dear Commissioners and Staff, I spoke on Monday evening (20 March) about the need to add something in the Wind Turbine regulations about the quality of the applicant because of the large amount of buyer’s remorse several countries, states, and counties have after entering into partnerships with particular companies. I know not all wind turbine…
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Farmers say MidAmerican reneging on promise to pay for wind turbine construction damage
About two-dozen farmers and landowners in western Iowa say MidAmerican Energy is failing to fully pay them for damage caused when building an 81-turbine wind farm in Ida County.
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Giant electric line taking Kansas nuclear energy to Missouri now has eminent domain power
Builders of a proposed electric line taking nuclear energy from Kansas to Missouri now have eminent domain power, but they will have to wait to use it until the final route is approved.
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