Wind farm could be coming to Winnebago County

August 6th, 2009 at 08:33am Jennie Pollock

This month, the county Zoning Board of Appeals is expected to hold a hearing regarding a proposal from Navitas Energy, which wants to build a 100-turbine farm that straddles Stephenson, Ogle and Winnebago counties.

Fewer than half of turbines would be in Winnebago County, which does not have any ordinances addressing wind farms. According to Monday’s story:

 (Navitas) supplied county officials sample legislation that it would like to see adopted by the County Board.

The company would like commercial wind turbines to be a permitted use in agricultural districts. This would allow companies to have their pick of farmland as long as the soil could support the turbines and they found landowners willing to sell or lease.

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