A wind farm proposed for Plymouth County in north west Iowa would have 100 wind turbines and cost an estimated 200 to 300 million dollars. County Planning and Zoning administrator Alan Luken says the San Diego, California, based E-D-F Renewable Energy Company is looking to acquire about 16-thousand acres for the wind farm. Luken says 75 people turned out this week for a meeting to discuss the project…
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Luken says each wind turbine may extend over one-thousand feet in the air, with wind blades at 165 feet long. The company behind the proposed wind turbine farm hopes to generate nearly 200 megawatts of electricity…
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Luken says E-D-F Renewable Energy will need to obtain a permit from the Federal Energy Commission, and environmental studies based on an eagle count will need to be conducted. Luken says the wind turbine company is hoping to get long-term contracts with energy companies and landowners.
Luken says the estimated return to landowners could be as much as 10-thousand dollars per tower, per year with a three percent annual increase