Wind Turbine Farms

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As there's an increase to potential Wind Turbine Farms looking to understand as land owners pros and cons.

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I would love to know anyone's experiences as well

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During the summer time cattle will hide in the shade of the wind turbines. During winter time any time there is moisture in the air and freezing temperatures the machines can ice up and when this comes off the turbine blades it can fly pretty far and be dangerous for any thing that it can hit. In some contract that I have heard of the landowner is responsible for his own livestock that could be hit with any ice and not the owner of the wind turbine.

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Helpful thanks. My biggest concern is inaudible noise, pressure and that we sign doesn't mean well get a turbine. Also signing not knowing placement.  Might be ok in back 40 but not across the road.

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Where i live closest one is 3 mi due east of me have only heard it on very calm day in the winter. But have helped at a neighbors place that has 2 to the east with closest being 1600-1800 ft and a couple to the north about twice as far. The noise in the yard is noticeable and in the house he said. I wouldn't have wanted one that close with the level of noise it put out. Would make sitting outside on a summers night almost unbearable. Not to mention shadow flicker in the morning from dawn till about 9-10.

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Thanks. Do you know what company owns the turbines? Company near us indicates they are more advanced and these models are better with no flicker.

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Thoughts on wind turbine as I’ve worked on and around them for the past 16 years. The machine are not as reliable as they said to be. This being said when one of these machines breaks down and there is a need to work on them with a crane the cranes that are brought in can come in on anything from a few truck load to over 20 truck loads and this will be put together on your land if this is farm ground it can tear up crops and ground. Most of the time this will be paid for but it all depends on the original contract. Also we are learning when these machines come to the end of there lifespan that in most contracts there is nothing in writing saying what or if they will take any of this machine down as well as how much of the base which is generally concrete they will take out. The electrical underground that was put in isn’t usually removed unless stated in the contract. I have also heard from some land owners that were reading there contract that if something happened to the wind turbine machine that was out of the landowners control ie. some redneck shoots the machine and damages it that the landowner could be liable. So definitely read the contract fully and have some one with a law degree that is familiar with wind turbine contract help you with it so you are not left with a mess in the end.

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My son works on site preparation for wind turbines. Some things to be aware of :
When moving the hugh cranes across fields, they can crush tile buried up to 5-6 feet deep.
When they bury the electric lines running from the turbines across a field (assuming it has tile) 
they will "fix" the tile  break but it will never be as good as original.
On a positive note, when they clean up a site there is a ton of gravel to dispose of that may be had for nothing or very little, depending upon how well you know the "boss" or if someone else doesn't speak for it first.

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As other poster stated get a good lawyer that has experience with wind farms and not one they would recommend. Make sure your happy with placement of towers and access roads. If you want them changed to fit contour of the land such as road along fence or terrace. Get in the contract and add some monetary penalties if they don’t follow what’s prescribed in the contract. My cousin had to take them to court when wind company marked turbine site in original contract and didn’t follow changes In revised contract. If you have kids make wether adult or younger discuss it with them to make sure they are all in favor. Couple of families by me didn’t do that and siblings haven’t talked to each other since turbine’s went up. 
Also if access roads or turbine placement causes erosion from water flowing down roads have it in the contract that their responsible for fixing the problem be it a waterway or something else. And pay you for loss of production.

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Not sure on ownership wind farm is on it’s 3rd owner. Company takes advanced depreciation and usually within 3 years it’s sold again. If the land agent is telling you that take it with grain of salt. He gets paid by the number of contracts signed up and then he or she is gone never to be seen again. There are Apps and websites that can calculate shadow length and longevity by height of object to lat and longitude to buildings. Do your research and use your common sense to decide.

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We had a wind farm shot down recently. Our area is too populated and neighborhood was losing their minds over them. Couldn’t believe the way some of these people I’ve known for years were acting. Neighbors don’t talk anymore, families don’t talk, friends, ect. Never dreamed when I signed the contract it would end like this. If I’d have known I would have never signed. Not worth it.

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