Feb. 24, 2008: Task Force Calls for Wind-siting ChangesMedia Clip
Posted February 24th, 2008 by ElenaVelkov
At the recommendation of the Wisconsin Task Force on Global Warming, lawmakers are putting forward a bill to make it easier to build small-scale wind farms. Journal Sentinel Responding to counties and towns that are restricting development of small wind farms, one lawmaker plans to introduce a bill that would call for similar standards to be enacted for wind turbines across Wisconsin. The proposed bill was among the initiatives recommended by the state's Task Force on Global Warming. In a report last week, the panel, composed of utilities, environmental groups and industry, recommended that the state enact the wind-siting changes. Local ordinances that restrict wind power could make it harder to reach the goal, required by state law, for Wisconsin to generate 10% of its power from renewable energy by 2015, the task force said. |
