tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post6634359914072663915..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Major Wind Power Proposal Underscored Need For State Planning EffortJames Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-33943093379709166642008-04-18T09:41:00.000-05:002008-04-18T09:41:00.000-05:00Hi,I'm the guy quoted in the Daily Reporter articl...Hi,<BR/><BR/>I'm the guy quoted in the Daily Reporter article, to which this post links. (http://www.dailyreporter.com/item.cfm?recid=20048310&snippet=f)<BR/>...more about that below.<BR/><BR/>Better wind map is here:<BR/>http://www.focusonenergy.com/files/Document_Management_System/Marketing/W_RI_MKTG_WiWindMapAnnSd70mtr0307.pdf<BR/><BR/>Notice that this map includes estimated wind speeds in Lake Michigan. This was intentional. <BR/><BR/>I managed the effort to make the earlier map, and helped pick a vender to make the later map. It's just an estimate, it gives a sense of the differences from place to place, and of the overall trends. <BR/><BR/>The Daily Reporter said:<BR/>"One of Wisconsin’s advantages for land-based wind farming is that the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin regulates larger projects, Depillis said. That helps developers avoid a “very vocal minority” of local residents who petition local governments to reject wind farm proposals, he said." <BR/><BR/>So if a developer can get easements for 10,000-20,000 acres of land, financing for a $200+ million project, and pay lawyers to plow their way through reams of paperwork at the PSCW, it's possible to use that avenue. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, if you want to do a medium-sized project, like the kind mentioned in the next paragraph of the Daily Reporter article, and you're not a utility, you're stuck with the kind of delay tactics that have kept wind power out of Calumet County, arguably Wisconsin's best wind resource, since 1998. <BR/><BR/>That's why supporters of wind power have sought legislative remedy (AB 899 in the last session). <BR/><BR/>In short, offshore wind power is somewhat of a distraction. Excuse the seasonal pun, but there's plenty of ground to plow on shore in Wisconsin. <BR/><BR/>Alex DePillisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-50701782435064933832008-04-14T13:49:00.000-05:002008-04-14T13:49:00.000-05:00wind maphttp://www.undeerc.org/wind/states/WI/Imag...wind map<BR/><BR/>http://www.undeerc.org/wind/states/WI/Images/WIwind_60m.jpgJoseph Thomas Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07259638384607505768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-52481503052784204062008-04-14T13:43:00.000-05:002008-04-14T13:43:00.000-05:00http://www.undeerc.org/wind/states/WI/Images/WIwin...http://www.undeerc.org/wind/states/WI/Images/WIwind_60m.jpgJoseph Thomas Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07259638384607505768noreply@blogger.com