VERMILION CO., IL. (ECWd) - The Future of Wind Turbines: Vermilion County Refuses to Accept Decommissioning Facts; Assistant State's Attorney Calls it a "Roadblock to Development" Wind Turbine Decommissioning is unveiled in Vermilion County, and the assistant state's attorney Bill Donahue has closed his eyes. The lack...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - June 10th, 2014. Vermilion County Board Meeting. The June meeting began on time at 6 pm. Chairman Weinard started the meeting with 23 present, 4 absent. The adoption of the agenda, approval of minutes and report on claims passes and the meeting moves...
PONTIAC, IL. (ECWd) - Invenergy Pleasant Ridge Wind Farm...
On Wednesday, May 7, 2014, Invenergy issued a press release: "ALL defective blades were replaced this winter" at the InvEnergy Prairie Breeze Wind Farm (Nebraska) (PRESS RELEASE HERE). And...
ELGIN, NE. (ECWd) Credit: May 8, 2014 by lmorgan | The Elgin Review | www.elginreview.com ~~ “It sounded like sheet metal falling down.” (at Invenergy's Prairie Breeze (Nebraska).) That’s how rural resident Jerry Kallhoff described the structural failure of a wind turbine blade which broke off a Prairie...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Vermilion County Board Meeting, April 15th, 2014. The February meeting began on time at 6 pm. Chairman Weinard started the meeting with 27 present, 2 absent and 1 vacant position. The vacant position in District 5 was filled tonight by Democrat Chad Turner....
NEBRASKA (ECWd) - . This time Invenergy's blade failure happened April 21st in Nebraska. Invenergy can't seem to keep these GE manufactured turbines from falling apart and crashing down into the ground below. So far, two of these same type of blade failures have occurred in Invenergy's "turbine...
Something to ponder as the storms are rolling in: We received this in an email: Check these links out-sounds like Orangeville is potentially more screwed up than Vermilion County: > > illegal bid process in Orangeville: > http://www.mywnynews.com/arcade_warsaw/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_16d0d574-2c36-11e3-a8da-0019bb2963f4.html > > they actually caught the town board allowing the Invenergy sales rep...
This is exactly what is needed; people speaking the TRUTH about this industry. You will not hear it from the developers! As wind energy spreads across our great nation, these groups will continue to grow and individuals will begin speaking out, but it does take...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - March 11, 2014. Vermilion County Board Meeting. The March meeting began on time at 6 pm. Chairman Weimar was absent and the meeting was conducted by vice-chairman Marron. The monthly agenda was adopted. The February meeting minutes were approved. The vice-chairman lets us...
