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Kansas Company Eyes Wind Farm In Northwest Indiana

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Kansas Company Eyes Wind Farm In Northwest Indiana

June 18, 2010 Updated May 25, 2009 at 9:59 AM EST LACROSSE, Ind. (AP) - A Kansas company has leases for about half the land it needs for a 200-turbine wind farm in northwest Indiana. TradeWind Energy has leased 10,000 acres for its LaCrosse Farms project in southwestern LaPorte County. The company has been measuring wind conditions from two towers in LaCrosse for eight months. It needs three years of data. Project manager Duane Enger says the turbines are likely to go up in the next three to six years at a cost of $300 million to $450 million. The company pays farmers $9,000 to $10,000 annually per turbine, plus a share of the revenue. TradeWind hopes to generate enough electricity to power 60,000 homes. LaCrosse is about 30 miles southeast of Gary. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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