Radio Iowa | Dar Danielson January 18 The spokesman for the state’s largest utility company says the heavy winds that accompanied the storms last week helped create an electric generation record. MidAmerican spokesman Geoff Greenwood, says the company’s turbines did a lot of turning. “Those steady high winds that we had throughout the week really,ContinueContinue reading “Storms lead to record wind turbine electric generation for MidAmerican”
Tag Archives: Wind Energy
Renewable Energy Strengthens Agriculture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjmCgirw-k0 Credit: How Wind Turbines Strengthen Agriculture (youtube.com) Renewable energy provides a “cash crop” for farmers and enables opportunities for farmland to have dual income streams by growing crops near solar panels and/or wind turbines. Renewable energy helps preserve and restore farmland, which can make it even more productive in the future years after yearsContinueContinue reading “Renewable Energy Strengthens Agriculture”
Fund the Police with Clean Energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrhC4w_98co Credit: Fund the Police: Wind Powering Small Town Safety and Health (youtube.com) Watch this video from public officials in Isabella and Gratiot County on how the new tax base from renewables has expanded public safety and health services.
Clean Energy is a Property Rights Issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydvmWkl5dkc Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydvmWkl5dkc Watch this video on how renewable energy allows farmers across Michigan and the nation to keep their farms, expand their operations, and continue to be stewards of the land. Property rights are legal rights that landowners have, and determine how land can be used. Allowing farmers and landowners to harvest renewables onContinueContinue reading “Clean Energy is a Property Rights Issue”
Wind Turbines Support Local Services and Keep Taxes Low
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTJpvLaQJ7M Credit: Watch this video to see how wind energy in Michigan supports essential government services and reduces taxes. Gratiot County has received over $30 million in tax revenue from wind farms. Coldwater and Ovid Township have received over $150 million in investments from the Coldwater Solar Project in Branch County.
Renewable Energy Preserves Rural Communities Against Urban Sprawl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC-g9BjJBi0 Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC-g9BjJBi0 Watch this video on how wind development in the Greater Gratiot County community has helped protect against urban sprawl. Renewable energy projects actually help preserve and protect farmland by ensuring the land remains agricultural land, instead of being permanently developed.
Wind Turbines Help Balance Rural Budgets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4LKKK6qIAI Credit: Wind Turbines Help Balance Rural Budgets: UM Researcher Sara Mills Tells How (youtube.com) Renewable energy projects help maintain and even expand services in rural areas across Michigan. Renewable energy projects deliver many economic benefits to the communities that host them:- Direct Payments to Landowners who host solar and/or wind farms- Employment Opportunities duringContinueContinue reading “Wind Turbines Help Balance Rural Budgets”
Viewpoint: Solar is a solution, not a problem
South Bend Tribune | John Wikman, January 26 I am a third-generation native of Starke County, Indiana, and our family has actively farmed our land for nearly a century. While I am not a full-time farmer as my father and grandfather were, my wife and I manage the day-to-day operations of our 440-acre farm. TheContinueContinue reading “Viewpoint: Solar is a solution, not a problem”
A cash crop that never runs out
Yale Climate Connections | Bridgett Ennis, January 17 Supplemental income from 50 wind turbines helps a fourth-generation family ranch stay viable. The tall grass prairie of the Flint Hills provides food for cattle and on the Ferrell Ranch, wind to power 50 turbines. The 7,000-acre ranch in Beaumont, Kansas, was started by Pete Ferrell’s great-grandfatherContinueContinue reading “A cash crop that never runs out”
Climate Statement says Iowa needs more solar power to supplement wind
Radio Iowa | Grant Gerlock October 11 The latest Iowa Climate Statement signed by more than 200 scientists and researchers at Iowa colleges and universities says the state needs to invest more in solar power. Retired Iowa State University climate scientist Gene Takle says when wind is paired with solar, they tend to make upContinueContinue reading “Climate Statement says Iowa needs more solar power to supplement wind”