LYNDON—The Osage County Commission made headway on its part of a 200-megawatt wind generation farm in Lyon and Osage counties at the Dec. 19 meeting. Their goal for the meeting was to approve the conditional use permit. Before approving the permit, the council made a few amendments to it.
The initial permit stated “the lowest point of the rotor blades shall be at least 100 feet above ground level at the base of the tower.”
“There aren’t manufactured turbines right now that will comply with that,” said Jeff Sabins, vice president of Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas.