Ken Aldridge, president of Aldridge Electric, speaks in May during the official unveiling of the firm's new wind turbine. The device has been deactivated because of neighbors' complaints. Steve Lundy | Staff Photographer, Daily Herald

I’ll go for permits to put in two more turbines and I’ll fight them over it,” he said. Daily Herald | Libertyville Curbs Wind Power | August 12, 2009

No Place for Wind Turbines | October 12, 2009
Excerpt: A property appraisal expert and an acoustical engineer both agree that industrial wind turbines have no business being located next to urban residential neighborhoods, citing noise, sun shadow flicker, and a negative impact on home values.
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Wind Turbine Seminar Planned this Saturday | October 8, 2009
Excerpt: The effects of wind turbine noise control on community life is the subject of a free public seminar at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Libertyville Civic Center, 135 W. Church Street.
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Lincolnshire to Bans Green Energy Sources | October 8, 2009
Excerpt: Lincolnshire officials expect to extend a temporary ban on the construction of wind turbines and other alternative-energy generators, Mayor Brett Blomberg said.
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Gurnee Puts Brakes on Wind Proposals | September 24, 2009
Excerpt: Gurnee has become the most recent community to take pause on wind and solar power. The village board this week in a 5-0 vote decided to impose a nine-month moratorium on wind turbines, solar panels and other such devices.
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Libertyville Curbs Wind Power | August 12, 2009
Excerpt: Libertyville joins Bannockburn, Lincolnshire and Wadsworth in imposing moratoriums, and a county wide task force is studying wind power regulations.
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Citizens Voice Wind Turbine Concerns | August 6, 2009
Excerpt: Libertyville officials have been limited in what they are allowed to discuss since being named in the lawsuit, but Village Administrator Kevin Bowens said the village has agreed to issue a moratorium on wind turbines at its next board meeting.
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Turbines may grind to a halt | July 30, 2009
Excerpt:"Even the turbine manufacturer suggests the industrial equipment is not suited to nearby residential areas," he said. "Our group was lied to about the turbine's noise levels when the Plan Commission first held a public hearing on this matter last November."
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Future of Turbine Maker in Hands of Supreme Court | July 30, 2009
Excerpt: Entegrity Wind Systems owes more than $3 million to Mercantile Finance Services, a Toronto-based bank. That bank went before Justice Benjamin Taylor on Wednesday calling on the courts to name a court—appointed receiver. [Entegrity is the manufacturer of Aldridge Electric's Wind Turbine in Libertyville.]
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Wind Power Draws Close Look in Lake County | July 30, 2009
Excerpt:The 120-foot turbine that went online in Libertyville in early May is an example of what can go awry. Aldridge Electric described the turbine as an investment in clean technology to power its facility on Rockland Road, but neighbors have had a different experience.
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Libertyville Wind Turbine Protest Continues | July 28, 2009
Excerpt:The turbine, dedicated May 1, shut down in early June after residents secured a temporary restraining order signed by Lake County Judge Mitchell Hoffmann. Residents argued the turbine was noisy and disruptive. Hoffmann ruled Friday that residents were affected by the turbine and issued a "compromise" order that allows it to operate from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays, Gates said.
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Windmills Make Waves in Lake County | July 23, 2009
Excerpt:Wadsworth and Lincolnshire have also passed six-month bans on turbine permits, and some Lake County decision-makers have sounded underwhelmed by the current products manufacturers are offering.  "They keep promising, but they haven't delivered," said Sherry Graditor, Riverwoods trustee, during a June board meeting.
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Blowback from One Windy Device | July 15, 2009
Excerpt:This skirmish is the opening blast on where to site wind turbines in the future. One suggestion: Not in anybody's back yard.
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City Company on Shaky Ground Now Being Investigated | July 10, 2009
Excerpt: Entegrity Wind Systems sent most of their workers home late last month after running into financial trouble.[Entegrity Wind Systems is the manufacturer of Aldridge Electric's Wind Turbine in Libertyville.]
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Wind Turbine Restraining Order Continued to July 14
Opponents of a wind turbine adjacent to a residential neighborhood won an extension of a temporary restraining order to keep the turbine turned off until July 14.
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Neighbors Say Libertyville Company's Wind Turbine is a Nuisance | June 19, 2009
Excerpt: Shortly after the turbine was installed -- about 275 feet from one resident's backyard -- neighbors began complaining about noise, light from the turbine's reflective surface and the "flicker effect" created by the rotating fan blade.
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Wind Turbine Causes Turbulence in Libertville | June 16, 2009
What was originally promoted as a local victory for green energy systems has become the source of heated debate between Aldridge Electric and neighbors of its company headquarters on busy East Rockland Road in Libertyville.
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Order Stops Wind Turbine from Spinning | June 4, 2009
Excerpt: Though the restraining order expires today, Aldridge has agreed to keep the turbine off until its attorneys work out a deal with the residents. That could include moving the location of the turbine.
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Libertyville Firm Stops Wind Turbine in Response to Noise Complaints | June 4, 2009
A much-celebrated wind turbine that recently was installed at a Libertyville business has been deactivated because of neighbors’ complaints.
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Libertyville Firm Unveils Wind Turbine | May 2, 2009
Despite earlier concerns from some area residents, a Libertyville company on Friday ceremoniously unveiled a 120-foot wind turbine it will use as an alternative energy source.
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Dekalb, IL: County Sued Over Wind Farm | July 22, 2009
Excerpt: "We need to see where that truth lies before we impose this on anyone else in the county," Hass said.
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Eureka, IL: Woodford Board Member Won't Quit | July 15, 2009
Excerpt: "Vicky Kingdon, who read from a prepared statement, said Terry Pille should step down as a County Board member. She said he had a conflict of interest resulting from his involvement in a wind farm project in the county."
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Eureka, IL: Benson Residents Want 1.5 mile Wind Farm Setback | July 14, 2009
Excerpt: "Residents of Benson say they are not opposed to having a wind farm in their community but would prefer them to be at least a mile and half outside the village limits."
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Dekalb, IL: Residents Considering Lawsuit | June 18, 2009
Excerpt: The wind farm could have been confined to a smaller acreage of land in the county. Instead, “this particular proposal spans out into the community much like the spokes of a misshapen wheel.
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Group Challenges Permit Given to Build Maine Wind Farm | August 4, 2009
Bar Harbor lawyer Lynne Williams, a Maine Green Independent Party candidate for governor in 2010, said she and her clients believe DEP officials ignored "a lot of really important evidence" in their rush to comply with new state laws that fast-track industrial wind site proposals.
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Pickens Calls Off Massive Wind Farm in Texas | July 7, 2009
Plans for the world's largest wind farm in the Texas panhandle have been scrapped, energy baron T. Boone Pickens said Tuesday, and he's looking for a home for 687 giant wind turbines.
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Bershires, MA: An ill wind is blowing turbine issue in our state | July 3, 2009
Stripping our towns of home rule and handing imperial powers to the governor who has his own political reasons for wanting to appear “green” at our expense will be disastrous for the Berkshires.
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Roxbury, ME: Wind Project Raises Issues | June 15, 2009
Excerpt: "The only reason for developers and their consultants to ignore these basic requirements of their profession is that they prefer to get permits rather than protect communities from undue noise," Thurston said. "Setbacks alone are not enough. Terrain and wind characteristics play a major role in the attenuation of low-frequency turbine noise."
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Ubly, MI: Some inThumb Not Fans of Nearby Wind Turbine Farm | June 15, 2009
Excerpt: "They were rushed in here without enough review," Watchowski said. "I'm not against wind energy ... but there is proper places for it, and it's not next to homes."
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Bangor, ME: Fort Kent a vote shy of wind farm moratorium | March 31, 2009
Excerpt: "They were rushed in here without enough review," Watchowski said. "I'm not against wind energy ... but there is proper places for it, and it's not next to homes."
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Wayne, NJ
Excerpt: "The Wind Turbine Action Committee of Wayne, New Jersey was formed to counteract the misleading information promulgated by the wind energy industry, various environmental groups, and some individuals within our community."
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