Seneca County
neighbors united
Preserving Our Rural Settings from Industrial Wind Development (pictured 476 ft turbines)
Numerous Wind Projects Planned
Republic Wind LLC had legal hearings at the Ohio Power Siting Board in Columbus in November of 2019. The legal briefs and legal reply briefs have been filed. The OPSB will likely make a decision in the coming months. Thousands of family homes will be within a mile of the massive 600 ft. industrial turbines. Many more industrial wind projects are being planned for the four county area. The map below (LINK) indicates in Red-Republic Wind turbines (Seneca/Sandusky County), Yellow-Seneca Wind turbines-currently on hold (Seneca County), Blue-Emerson Creek turbines (Erie/Huron County), Purple-Honey Creek turbines (Seneca/Crawford County). The exact locations of the 600-650 ft. proposed turbines can be viewed on the map.
Wind energy development continues to plan expansion beyond this as leases are being signed In Seneca, Crawford, Erie, Huron and Sandusky County. Other Apex projects being planned include Buck Spring Wind LLC and Emerson West Wind LLC. Further North in Sandusky County Bellevue Wind LLC leases have been signed. Although the law requires that the cumulative effects of these projects be taken into consideration there is no process in place to halt the transfer of hundreds of thousands of acres of agriculturally zoned land to industrial wind development.
Wind energy development continues to plan expansion beyond this as leases are being signed In Seneca, Crawford, Erie, Huron and Sandusky County. Other Apex projects being planned include Buck Spring Wind LLC and Emerson West Wind LLC. Further North in Sandusky County Bellevue Wind LLC leases have been signed. Although the law requires that the cumulative effects of these projects be taken into consideration there is no process in place to halt the transfer of hundreds of thousands of acres of agriculturally zoned land to industrial wind development.
Endangered BatsIndustrial Wind is responsible for killing thousands of bats each year which translates to a cost of $3 billion (up to $54 billion) of increased pesticide use per year in the US alone. In fact, if industrial wind continues its march across Ohio, the immeasurable ecological value of bats may soon disappear. (LINK HERE) (HERE) also (HERE) |
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ground water contamination“When the pile driving and construction of the wind turbines started on our shallow aquifer, our drinking water slowly turned black and is now unsafe to consume, cook with or even bathe in,” she told the court. “This issue continues today and has turned our lives upside down and we are not the only family affected by this devastation." -Christine Burke, Chatham-Kent, Ontario Canada (LINK HERE) |
We need your support!
Our only option is securing legal counsel and moving through independent courts, even the supreme court if necessary. There have been other counties in Ohio that have successfully halted industrial wind but they had to appeal to an independent court.
Our goalTo halt industrial wind development in Seneca County through legal defense and education. (pictured 398 ft turbines) |
Wind energy-not clean not greenEducate
No family home should be engulfed in an industrial wind facility! LINK TO HEARING Many homes would be engulfed in industrial scale wind development. Wind developers propose to change the landscape from rural to industrial without any local control or voice in the matter. |
Now let's WORKEngage
Seneca County Commissioners, the Park District, The Seneca County Airport and researchers at the Black Swamp Bird obervatory, The Rockwell Springs Trout Club have all submitted grave concerns with the proposed Republic Wind LLC. In addition to local officials and organizations, 68 individuals who reside in and near Republic Wind LLC also legally oppose this destructive development. Unfortunately the certification process continues to move forward and legal expenses will mount.
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IT'S UP TO USChange
SB 234 and HB 401 were introduced in the Ohio House and Senate in November of 2019. If passed these bills would give communities a vote in approving utility scale industrial wind projects
Ohio residents have had their home rule taken away and given to a board of unelected officials in Columbus OH. The Ohio Power Siting Board has never denied an industrial wind project in Ohio.
Only when these proposed projects are appealed to an independent court can the local community members have a voice. State legislators need to return a local voice to residents whose communities are at risk of being engulfed in massive 600'-700' industrial turbines. Unfortunately, this is not a current option. |
