Livingston Co., IL. (ECWd) - During the Livingston County Board Meeting last night, July 16, 2015, the Board voted against an Invenergy Pleasant Ridge Wind Farm proposal. The vote totals were 13 voting to deny the application and 9 voting in favor of it. This is the result...
Sublette, IL. (ECWd) - This is an article obtained from WindAction.org, who obtained it from North American Wind Power. This is a case in which the Wind Farm Company went bankrupt, and now there are attempts to foreclose on the farmland owners through real estate liens. It...
Sublette, IL. (ECWd) - Below is dramatic video of the moment a flaming wind turbine blade broke off and fell to the ground in flames. EDIT: This is NOT from the Big Sky Wind Farm located in Lee County. Click here, or click below to watch. . Sublette Turbine Fire...
Sublette, IL. (ECWd) - Below is an update with more pictures. Earlier today a wind turbine in the Sublette area of the Wind Farm caught fire, and later one of the blades fell off - you can see the second fire in the pictures. This is in the...
Sublette, IL. (ECWd) - Just received tips and a picture of a Wind Turbine Fire in the Sublette, Illinois area. This is located in Lee County and believed to be in the Big Sky Wind Farm.. Pic below: [caption id="attachment_22150" align="aligncenter" width="493"] Sublette, IL. area turbine fire 6-23-2015[/caption]...
Vermilion Co., IL. (ECWd) - In late May 2015, there were 39 more Mechanic's Liens issues against Hoopeston Wind LLC, in favor of NCSG Crane and Heavy Haul Service in the amount $2,444,703.76 in each of the 39 liens. In December of 2014 we reported on a...
Mt. Pulaski, IL. (ECWd) - In a stunning Special School Board Meeting this evening, June 17, 2015, the Mount Pulaski School Board had a motion to approve the "agreement" with Meridien / ReLight Wind Farm that was, in many opinions, nothing short of bribery on the...
FORREST, IL. (ECWd) - We knew it was only a matter of time until we could manage to get our hands on an actual copy of one of the "gag orders" imposed on people by wind energy companies like Invenergy. Invenergy will say, just like the rest...
Livingston Co., IL. (ECWd) - A motion was made to DENY the Pleasant Ridge Wind Farm application - meaning a YES vote would be a vote to deny the application and to accept the motion to deny the application. Livingston County Board Chairman Marty Fannin says there...
Livingston Co., IL. (ECWd) - The Livingston County Zoning Board of Appeals has issued its recommendation to the Livingston County Board. One point of interest during the hearing process was that there were at least two individuals, in their official capacities for other local governments, speaking in...
