RENEW files support for Blue Sky Green Field wind project
RENEW Wisconsin filed a post-hearing brief in support of We Energies’ 88-turbine Blue Sky Green Field wind project in Fond du Lac County. In summary, RENEW makes the following arguements:
The design of the proposed Project is in the public interest first and foremost because it will be powered by wind rather than fossil fuels. . . . Wind energy is a locally available,self-replenishing, emission-free electricity source. . . . Fossil fuels, on the other hand, must be imported, are available in limited quantities, and emit pollutants.
Moreover, using wind energy furthers the State’s policy goal that all new installed capacity for electric generation be based on renewable energy resources to the extent cost-effective and technically feasible. . . . The Project will also assist [We Energies] in meeting the State’s recently established Renewable Portfolio Standard that requires electric providers to increase the amount of renewable electricity they sell to 10% by the year 2015.
Finally, the location of the proposed Project is in the public interest because it will be sited in an area that has both a favorable wind resource and a settlement pattern that can accommodate large clusters of wind turbines.
