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County approves wind farm term sheet

By Greg Bebermeyer/Heidi Wolfgang

07/31/2019

(KMZA)--A revised term sheet that sets out how and where the Soldier Creek Wind Farm will be built in southern Nemaha County has been approved.

The Nemaha County Commission unanimously approved the document Wednesday morning during a meeting at the Community Building in Seneca.

Following the action, special attorney James Neeld answered questions from the large crowd in attendance.

The new term sheet was released July 9 following months of negotiations between the county and the project developer, NextEra Energy Resources.

The document includes a map showing the location of 120 primary turbine sites and 12 alternate sites.

The 132 sites indicated on the map are the only locations where turbines can be built, and the wind farm is capped at 300 megawatts for the life of the project.

With approval of the term sheet, work will now begin on separate contracts for road use and decommissioning the project after its useful life has ended.

Construction can’t start until those two agreements are approved by the county.

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