Another local television report; this one from Madison, Wisconsin
WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports:
MADISON (WKOW) -- Julie Cupery's dairy farm in rural Columbia County is home to six of the 90 industrial wind turbines that make up Glacier Hills, the largest wind energy project in Wisconsin.The entire transcript of the report can be read at WKOW 27
"Renewable energy was really high on everybody's list and...have to be honest...the money was good," said Cupery when talking about her family's decision to allow windmills on their property.
WE Energies pays Julie $5,000 per year for each windmill on her land.
Completed in 2011, Glacier Hills was one of nine wind farms to go up in the five years after the state legislature mandated 10 percent of Wisconsin energy must come from renewable resources by 2015. But that rapid growth may soon come to a screeching halt.
"Its definitely stalling. I would definitely describe it that way," said Tyson Cook, a staff scientist at Clean Wisconsin, an environmental group which advocates for the continued growth of wind energy as a safe, clean alternative to coal and natural gas. But the organization's optimism is fading.
WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports
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