A PROPOSED WIND FARM IN OSAGE COUNTY HAS BEEN HALTED, AS WELL AS ANY ALTERNATE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. ON MONDAY NIGHT OCTOBER 24TH, THE OSAGE COUNTY. COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED A RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL NOT ALLOW WIND FARMS OR SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY’S BORDERS. THIS INCLUDES A PROPOSAL THAT HAD BEEN ON THE TABLE FOR THE AUBURN HARVEST WIND DEVELOPMENT. COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR JAY BAILEY SAYS THE COMMISSION WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR THE PROJECT AND DIDN’T THINK IT FIT WITH WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO PROMOTE
AUBURN HARVEST HAD BEEN A PLAN TO BUILD NEARLY 60 WIND TURBINES FOR MORE THAN 150 MEGAWATTS OF ENERGY – ENOUGH TO POWER 750,00 HOMES PER YEAR – ON 30,000 ACRES. THOUGH THE EXACT LOCATION FOR THE FARM WAS NEVER ANNOUNCED, PAPERWORK INDICATED A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT NEAR BURLINGAME OR OVERBROOK.
