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Article: New law streamlines rules for wind power Renewable energy development sought
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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By THOMAS CONTENT
New Berlin -- Gov. Jim Doyle said Wednesday his signing of a wind
farm siting bill should serve as a call to wind developers who have
been avoiding building projects in the state.
"It signals to the world that Wisconsin is in the wind business,
and that we intend to be one of the leading states in production of
wind energy and components that are necessary to harness that
energy," Doyle said as he signed the bill into law.
Though Doyle and other political leaders have been supporters of
renewable energy, wind-industry developers have been hesitant to be
active in the state, in part because of a patchwork of local
ordinances governing any wind farm under 100 megawatts, and ...