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Zoning board backs temporary MET tower for Fall River Township as first step toward possible community wind project
Summary
The LaSalle County Zoning Board of Appeals on May 21 voted to recommend that the County Board approve a special-use permit to install a meteorological (MET) test tower at 2520 East Twentieth Road in Fall River Township to collect wind data for a proposed community wind project.
The LaSalle County Zoning Board of Appeals on May 21 voted to recommend that the County Board approve a special-use permit to install a meteorological (MET) test tower at 2520 East Twentieth Road in Fall River Township to collect wind data for a proposed community wind project.
The decision matters because the MET tower is a preliminary step to gather wind-resource data that New Leaf Energy said would be used to assess feasibility for two community turbines (each approximately 5 megawatts). The board found the MET-tower application met the county’s special-use standards and forwarded the petition to the County Board for final action on June 9.
Austin Buscher, project developer with New Leaf Energy, told the board the proposed MET tower is a temporary, guy-wired structure 60 meters (97 feet) tall; he said the company is…
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