Community Wind???
Last week’s hearing at the PUC did uncover more information. With the revelation of the 99 per cent ownership of the AWA Goodhue project by Texas entities leaving only one per cent to be split among people who do not live in Texas how can this be considered a Minnesota C-Bed project? C-Bed benefits flow directly to owners, not those who live in the area and lease their wind rights. What apparently did not come out during the hearing is that the majority of the people living in the project footprint do not support the the project and many actively oppose it. The Goodhue project will become the poster child for anti-wind groups. Pushing this project forward will make wind development in Minnesota even more difficult than it is currently. The Goodhue requirements for ten rotors from non-participants promotes wind development by requiring that developers work with all landowners and residents within a half mile radius of a 400 hundred foot turbine. This insures that those that would experience the worst noise levels and shadow flicker will be project participants. This greatly reduces the possibly that the public or local governments will suffer from lost property value caused by uncontrolled wind exploitation. The ten rotor diameter is common sense, but as Albert Einstein said “Common sense ain’t all that common”. I have been informed that Albert never said that, that Will Rodgers may have said something close to that’ Common sense isn’t common”. I have seen the exact quote elsewhere since I origally post this”Common sense ain’t all that common” until someone can prove who said it orignally I will just take credit for misquoting Einstein. Rick
Rick Conrad
