The Bureau of Land Management has received more than 7,500 comments so far on what would be Idaho's largest wind farm if it's approved as soon as this fall.
BOISE Idaho ranks 13th in the nation for its viability for wind power projects. But it has yet to realize that potential. “When you look at this, we have not really even scratched that surface,” said John Steiner, a wind project developer and rancher based in Owyhee County. Steiner made his comments during a press conference held by Idaho Energy Freedom Foundation as part of
Idaho Energy Freedom, a new nonprofit, was among those discussing "clean-energy" opportunities for the Gem State at an education day event in the state capitol.