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December 18, 2020 Across the heartland, rural communities have been struggling for decades and their economies have been hollowed out by the same forces affecting urban areas. With a widened deployment of renewable energy, wind turbines and solar farms can be revenue engines that fund essential services, while keeping taxes low. Another wind farm, Michigan-based CMS Energy’s Northwest Ohio Wind project, consists of 42 turbines in southern Paulding County. It helps power all of GM’s Ohio and Indiana manufacturing facilities. To Susan Munroe, a former Van Wert County Chamber of Commerce dir...

December 18, 2020 Across the heartland, rural communities have been struggling for decades and their economies have been hollowed out by the same forces affecting urban areas. With a widened deployment of renewable energy, wind turbines and solar farms can be revenue engines that fund essential services, while keeping taxes low. Another wind farm, Michigan-based CMS Energy’s Northwest Ohio Wind project, consists of 42 turbines in southern Paulding County. It helps power all of GM’s Ohio and Indiana manufacturing facilities. To Susan Munroe, a former Van Wert County Chamber of Commerce dir...

December 18, 2020 Across the heartland, rural communities have been struggling for decades and their economies have been hollowed out by the same forces affecting urban areas. With a widened deployment of renewable energy, wind turbines and solar farms can be revenue engines that fund essential services, while keeping taxes low. Another wind farm, Michigan-based CMS Energy’s Northwest Ohio Wind project, consists of 42 turbines in southern Paulding County. It helps power all of GM’s Ohio and Indiana manufacturing facilities. To Susan Munroe, a former Van Wert County Chamber of Commerce dir...

A company called Direct Connect is currently in the development and permitting phase of a privately financed, $2.5 billion project called the SOO Green HVDC Link, a proposed 349-mile, 2.1-gigawatt (!), 525-kilovolt transmission line to run underground along existing railroad from Mason City, Iowa, to the Chicago, Illinois, area. It aims to go into operation in 2024. Going underground will allow the line to minimize environmental and visual impact. It will be much more resilient than an overhead line against weather, temperature shifts, sabotage, or squirrels.  Two side-by-side cables wil...

Climate Denial Crock of the Week Fund the Police. And Schools, Fire/Rescue, Libraries and Roads. Wind Turbines, Solar Farms Make it Happen December 18, 2020 Across the heartland, rural communities have been struggling for decades and their economies have been hollowed out by the same forces affecting urban areas. With a widened deployment of renewable energy, wind turbines and solar farms can be revenue engines that fund essential services, while keeping taxes low. Another wind farm, Michigan-based CMS Energy’s Northwest Ohio Wind project, consists of 42 turbines in southern Pauld...