One post of Ed Morrison's EDPro Weblog has these headlines
- Rural opportunities to develop "energy islands"
- Wind power in Rhode Island
- Wind shifts in economic development
- An energy overlay zone**
- Wind energy cluster in West Texas
- Michigan's NextEnergy
- Texas moves ahead with renewables
- Incentive Watch
- Myrtle Beach is not quite sure
- A milestone in wind energy development
**That's a new phrase for me, so I Googled up the following about it
"Klickitat County in southern Washington, studied the potential impacts of future energy projects within its borders and came up with a plan to direct those projects to the most appropriate areas. The county's new "Energy Overlay Zone" is a zoning tool aimed at expediting renewable energy development. The Energy Overlay Zone covers more than 1,000 square miles, two-thirds of Klickitat County."
"Typically, each energy project would have to have a specific zoning application and approval process. Now, for example, siting wind turbines in the Energy Overlay Zone will be automatically approved at the county level without the need for further investigation or permitting. Energy projects must still meet the requirements of Washington's State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)."
Final Energy Overlay Zone and Environmental Impact Statement Files - issued by Klickitat County, August 2004 and March 2005. Its Cover - Intro Letter - Fact Sheet is a seven-page PDF.
A report in the Ellensburg Daily Record; Saturday, April 30, 2005; was an article titled "How scenic Klickitat County handled wind farms." It concluded "Most people here have already spoken about what they want."
{me} Food for ACTION by South Dakota counties, yes?
A handful of South Dakota wind-
- Latest 6 PM May 29, W at 9 mph
- 4 PM May 29, SSW at 5 mph light rain; mist
- 2 PM May 29, SW at 16 mph light rain
- 11 AM May 29, S at 17 mph
- Oldest 7 PM May 28, S at 25 mph.
'Til next time. Best Wind.
