Environmentalists blamed for collapse of proposed Glasgow, Montana wind farm

The strong winds that blow across the Northern Plains have been chased over the past two years by a spate of politicians and entrepreneurs eager to promote wind as an alternative to fossil fuels.

Yet political will, tax breaks and a seemingly endless supply have not been enough to guarantee developers can turn wind into watts. As a result, one of the largest wind farms ever proposed in the United States has been shelved after the Montana project ran into opposition from an unlikely source – environmentalists.

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Proposed wind farm shrinks in size

By MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press

A 500-megawatt wind farm north of Glasgow that was shelved after running into opposition from environmentalists will be revived as a 50-megawatt project, the chief executive behind the proposal said Monday.

The Valley County wind farm had been suspended earlier this year after several environmental groups lined up against the project over concerns its 400-foot tall turbines would loom over an adjacent wilderness area.

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Wind in state is more talk than power

By MIKE DENNISON Missoulian State Bureau

For all the talk about wind power in Montana, you’d think the towering white turbines would be sprouting like sagebrush across the prairie.

The numbers, however, tell a slightly different story.

Montana’s handful of wind farms can generate enough electricity to power about 50,000 homes, or about 145 megawatts. Most of that capacity is in one project, the Judith Gap wind farm.

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