Rural Residents and Landowners need a stronger voice.

In Wind Locked LLC, the members ARE the Landowners and Rural homeowners of the projected wind “farm” area, because together they can have more power than the power lines.

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Environmental Justice and the expanding geography of wind power conflicts

Be Informed. Take a look at Iowa States research!

MISO? YOU MAY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS…

This is the link to Midwest Independent Service Organization…you cannot hook onto the grid unless you pay them, and they study the entire grid for faults when a wind farm is operational.

https://www.misoenergy.org/Pages/Home.aspx

Here is a map of their plans…take a look at MN!

This a good youtube video about MISO and how it regulates the power grid that they build in a county.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh921h8Gzd0

https://www.misoenergy.org/Planning/GeneratorInterconnection/Pages/InterconnectionQueue.aspx this link above is how you search your county for interconnection requests. Just put your state and county in the box then “fuel type” is wind.

So who owns what, where your taxpayer money going? More MISO info WIND OF THE WIRES WEBSITE.

A WIND ENERGY GUIDE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (hmmm)

How about the SUBSIDY? This is a great website for researching that! https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org

GREAT READS IF YOU ARE A FARMER From WISEENERGY.ORG

LEASEHOLDER.PDF from Wise Energy A MUST READ!

SETBACKS: https://northeastwindmills.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/vestas-nordex.pdf

Goodhue County in Minnesota 10X RD setback to non-participating Homes. FACT.

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News from around the local area: MINNESOTA

April 5, 2018 Wind Locked, LLC in NAAA NEWSLETTER to Aerial Applicators across the USA.

March 26, 2018 Heartland Institute NEW MINNESOTA ORGANIZATION PROTECTS PROPERTY RIGHTS, FIGHTS WIND FARMS

March 11, 2018 Associated Press: MPR story gone viral: sfchronicle.com MN wind projects face opposition

March 5, 2018 MPR NEWS Wind Turbines bring opportunity-opposition to minnesota

Feb 23, 2018 TUCKER CARLSON FOX NEWS!

Feb 22, 2018 KAALTV Bent tree farm complaint of ice Throwing; Freeborn County MN

Feb 20, 2018 Albert Lea Star Tribune Those for and against speak out at forum.

Feb 20, 2018 ABC NEWS! Freeborn Rebellion wind energy stalls stops projects

Feb 18, 2018 STAR TRIBUNE http://www.startribune.com/company-answering-to-wind-farm-noise-complaints-in-faribault-county/474334503/

Feb 10, 2018 BIG BLUE MUST SUBMIT NOISE DATA Fairmont Sentinel

Feb 5, 2018: Wind Locked’s First News Article! Fairmont Sentinel

Jan 26, 2018: StarTribune: Wind Project in Southern MN gets pushback

Jan 20, 2018: Complaints filed against Big Blue; Faribault County MN Register.

“ENERGY POLICY Minnesota has made meager progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since 2005. And it has cost a fortune”. Winter 2018 THINKING MINNESOTA

Dec 14, 2017: The high cost of Failure AmericanExperiment.org

Dec 12, 2017 Worthington Daily Globe Letter: Just say not to Industrial Wind

NOV 30, 2017 http://www.fairmontsentinel.com/news/local-news/2017/11/30/massive-wind-farm-in-works/

Nov 30, 2017 STAR TRIBUNE http://www.startribune.com/iowa-loves-industrial-wind-not-where-i-live/461132953/

NOV 22, 2017 http://www.albertleatribune.com/2017/11/nearly-470-sign-wind-farm-petition/

Nov 8, 2017 PROPOSED WIND FARM STIRS DEBATE (BLUE EARTH) SOURCE: FAIRMONT SENTINEL

A Report for the Legislative Energy Commission, 10/19/2017

Sept 5, 2017 WORTHINGTON DAILY GLOBE: SW MN construction unions push back on wind farm outsourcing.

Sept 2, 2017 Albert Lea Tribune : We Deserve to live in peace…

April 18, 2017 Albert Lea residents voice their concerns over wind turbine

April 23, 2017 Too close for comfort? Faribault County

MN State Permitting Process 4-26-10

March 3, 2016 RED PINE WIND FARM EDF http://www.marshallradio.net/single-post/2016/03/03/NEW-WIND-PROJECT-PROPOSED-FOR-LYON-LINCOLN-COUNTIES

List of all the MN INDUSTRIAL WIND PROJECTS

Jan 2015 Owners of 2 MN Wind Farms file Bankruptcy Luverne MN

Rural America Keeps Rejecting Wind Wind: NEWSDAY

WILL TECHNOLOGY BE BETTER IN THE FUTURE??

Verses:

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Take a look at a Youtube video by AEROGENERATEUR BSB A wind turbine of the future; which is an option that could becoming (French made); stacked with solar and wind in a non-obtrusive way.

DO YOU OWN RURAL PROPERTY? How about shadow flicker…it is real. Check out this video from Youtube in Canada. #heartbreaking

Click to access Tower%20Issue%20Paper%20FINAL.pdf

Here is a video while flying over Southern MN late Dec 2017. Take a look at the LONG winter Shadow Flickers…

From Coalition of Rural Property Rights Facebook page in Iowa…footage caught from the air….

Property Values Affected by “Wind Farms”

Appraisals out of WI

Appraisal One Impact Study

PRODUCTION OF A WIND TURBINE and its Earthly Effects:

Is Wind and Solar Power Safe Alternatives? from Papa Giorgio on Vimeo.

Can you make a wind turbine without fossil fuels?

THE HUGE ENVIRONMENTAL COST AND ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS ON RARE EARTH MINING

CROP DUSTING AND AGRICULTURE

https://static01.nyt.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000003153727

NEW YORK TIMES; TOWERS POSE A HIDDEN AND GROWING DANGER

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IOWA:

PLEASE HELP THEIR CAUSE! DONATE TODAY! PROTECT RURAL IOWA

April 3, 2018 Kossuth county proposing to update ordinance to include 600′ Wind Turbines? 10 AM meeting in Algona.

March 8 , 2018 Make Wind Projects follow regulations: letter to the editor Iowa farmer today

Nov 30, 2017 STAR TRIBUNE http://www.startribune.com/iowa-loves-industrial-wind-not-where-i-live/461132953/

The Coalition for Rural Property Rights is a group standing against the encroachment of industrial wind installations. REASONS NOT to sign a wind contract.

http://www.ktiv.com/story/35602623/2017/06/Tuesday/lakes-area-news-fire-destroys-wind-turbine-near-harris-iowa

Minnesota firm set to refurbish Storm Lake wind turbines in $80M project/Sioux City Journal article Aug 2, 2017

Aug 24, 2017 Why Farmers in Iowa hope the wind energy will blow over SLATE.COM

More Coalition in IA information

IOWA WIND ACTION GROUP : FACEBOOK

Aug 24, 2017 SLATE ARTICLE IOWA

Sept 2016 IOWA Farm sale Hiccup: https://www.calt.iastate.edu/blogpost/wind-agreement-provision-trips-sale-farmland

Harris IOWA Turbine Fire June 6, 2017

March 15, 2017 Alliant Energy announces plan for 10-12% rate increase

SOUTH DAKOTA

WE-CARESD.ORG our neighbors to the WEST are fighting the WINDS OF CHANGE with this group of organized growers, residents and land owners. CHECK THEM OUT HERE!

NOV 30, 2017 http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2017/11/30/developers-ditch-wind-power-easements-lincoln-county/910333001/

April 2017 South Dakota Commissioners of Deuel County Change ordinance ! (from 1k ft to 4X height)http://www.thepublicopinion.com/news/local_news/deuel-county-wind-meeting-results-in-ordinance-revisions/article_80fd9ac2-2a98-11e7-afd4-035ef7f6c458.html

March 30 , 2017 Aberdeen SD First reading of Walworth County wind turbine ordinance attracts more than 100 people.

State Regulators weigh possible penalty against wind developer in Hand County by Bob Mercer State Capitol Bureau Nov 8 2017.

NORTH DAKOTA: http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/proposed-wind-turbine-lighting-mandate-sees-debate/article_d528957b-fd98-51a6-b78c-71aedc25293c.html

WISCONSIN:

THE FOREST VOICE Wisconsin

http://betterplan.squarespace.com/todays-special/tag/wind-turbine-setback

WISCONSINS FARMER TO FARMER LETTER: BETTER PLAN WEBSITE {PHOTO BELOW}

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NORTH DAKOTA:

October 16 ,2017 “Imagine the taxpayers giving Coca-Cola money so they can, in turn, pay restaurants to sell their drinks.” PORT Website

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Oklahoma:

WIND WASTE

Frank Keating “Big Mistake” 60 Sec. Ad from Windfall on Vimeo.

Barry Switzer “Big Problem” 30 Sec. Ad from Windfall on Vimeo.

http://www.thewindfallcoalition.com

MICHIGAN:

Kevon Martis from Youtube Channel NBC25 TV interview. Kevon Martis, the director of the Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition speaks to NBC25’s Brett Dickie about the problems he sees with wind turbines.

Another Video from Kevon Martis on youtube CLICK HERE!

BIG WIND gets spanked in Michigan National Review website.

Elected Officials (commissioners) stand to get thousands from wind deals if zoning approved. by Tom Gantert Capcon Michigan news

News from around the globe:

The WindAction Group is dedicated to providing information on industrial wind energy, enabling communities and government officials to make informed decisions.

www.WIND-WATCH.org A website keeping everyone up to speed on the latest! check out an article below from Wind-watch (click on photo to read article)

Electrical Energy: Sound Scientific Solutions from John Droz North Carolina