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It ain’t over ’til it’s over, but the proposed $1.5 billion, 500-megawatt Four Creeks wind farm in Peoria County, Illinois has just passed a key step in the approval process. The new milestone is yet another indication that the domestic wind industry will continue to play a key role in the US energy transition, regardless of the topsy-turvy energy policy articulated by US President Donald Trump.
Trump’s War On Wind Farms
If you’re somewhat shocked to hear word of a new wind farm proposal in the US, join the club. The President has spent considerable time, energy, and taxpayer dollars in a Herculean effort to keep new wind turbines from cropping up around the US under his watch. However, his efforts have earned only mixed success so far.
Offshore wind turbines keep slipping through the cracks, even though virtually every offshore wind farm in the US is subject to federal authority. Opportunities for wind power also persist on land, where the President’s direct authority is limited to projects on federal property…