In a split vote, Allen County commissioners on Tuesday accepted a recommendation from the county’s planning committee to allow EDP Renewables to set up a wind farm.
The field of 56 to 60 turbines will be in the northeast part of the county scattered over 14,000 acres.
Commissioners Tom Williams and Jerry Daniels voted aye; Jim Talkington was the nay.
After an hour of pleadings from those against the wind farm, including fears about depressed land values, a threat to health, as well as compromise of the rural aesthetic, Talkington said, “I’d like to send it…
COMMISSION GREENLIGHTS WIND FARM: Turbines planned for northeastern Allen County
