The project, which was approved last April, includes 153 wind turbines capable of generating up to 368 megawatts of electricity and will cost between $800 million and $900 million to build.
The commission declined to approve the locations for six turbines, saying they were too close to homes. The regulators prefer to keep turbines at least 1,400 feet from someone’s dwelling. Just Wind said the turbines are planned to be placed between 850 and 1,200 feet from homes, legal as Logan County, where the wind turbines will be located, has an ordinance requiring at least 750 feet of distance.
Regulators consider a number of health and safety factors when approving wind turbine placements, including the tower's possible collapse, turbine noise, broken windmill blades, ice accumulations on the blades that can break loose and be thrown, and "flicker"—light reflections from the blades and the shadows they can cast.
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