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Article: Energy Critics: Turbines hurt land values Wind power supporters dispute study's worth
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 12, 2009
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By THOMAS CONTENT
Land values have fallen on properties near wind turbines built as
part of the largest wind power projects in the state, a study funded
by wind-power critics says.
The study found property values have fallen by at least 19% for
sales of land near the We Energies wind farm in Fond du Lac County,
and at least 12% for sales of land near Invenergy LLC's Forward Wind
project in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties, a report by Appraisal
Group One says.
The appraisal firm's study was commissioned by a Calumet County
affiliate of the state Coalition for Wisconsin Environmental
Stewardship, a group that is opposing We Energies' Glacier Hills
wind farm project in Columbia County and seeks ...