A Florida renewable energy company with aspirations to build a windfarm in DeKalb County gets strong opposition from residents there at today’s zoning hearing.
Next Era Energy wants to build 133 wind turbines across 70 miles in Afton, Clinton, Milan and Shabbona townships.
Several hundred residents and business owners showed up to the hearing at Sycamore High [...]
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Windfarm opposition in DeKalb County
DeKalb Wind Farm public hearing videos (Front View)
DeKalb public hearing videos from 9 AM 3/21/2009 till 3:40 AM 3/22/2009.
Yes, the meeting actually went for almost 19 hours.
Video: 3/21/2009 08:08 AM Start
What wind companies say is not the gospel truth
What wind companies say is not the gospel truth
In the Feb. 5 Lee County Zoning Board of Appeals meeting (the minutes are available to the public online at www.county oflee.org, on page 11.), Mr. Ortgiesen (a private citizen) voiced his concern about the efficiency of wind energy versus nuclear power. Mr. Pedroni of FPL Energy [...]
The wind energy debate: Get involved, please
My wife and I drove to DeKalb last week to attend the public hearing for the proposed Lee-DeKalb Wind Energy Center. Wind energy opponents picketed outside. In total, approximately 375 people were in attendance. The meeting was canceled, as the venue was deemed too small for a fair public hearing. The wind developer was not [...]
Wind Turbine Concerns
See a an overview of just some of the Wind Turbine Concerns, like noise, shadow flicker, fires and collapses.
Video: Version 2.2
Wind farm hearing rescheduled for March 21
Wind farm hearing rescheduled for March 21
A public hearing on a proposed wind farm is rescheduled to 9 a.m. March 21 in the Sycamore High School gymnasium, county officials announced Tuesday.
A meeting last Thursday was canceled when almost 400 people showed up for the public hearing, filling a room at the DeKalb County Health Facility [...]
Public Hearing Meeting Adjourned Early Because of Overcrowding
The public hearing on Thursday 19, 2009 was adjourned about 15 minutes after it had begun because of massive overcrowding.
What’s the Issue?
This site is dedicated to the education of the public about the proposition of NextEra Energy, formerly known as The Florida Power and Light Company(FPL) to build and operate a 133 wind turbine “farm” in portions of DeKalb and Lee counties.
