Welcome to Indiana Wind Watch

We are a self-funded grassroots organization of volunteers in Indiana concerned about the health, safety, and welfare of Hoosiers forced to live near industrial wind turbines. It is our mission to protect every Hoosier from the unfortunate fate of living near irresponsibly-sited industrial wind turbines.​
If you live in Indiana and are concerned about an industrial wind turbine project being planned for your community, please join us. ​

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"Destruction of our natural heritage masquerades as the pursuit of green energy."  Helen Douglas

Counties with unsafe setbacks placing homes in the evacuation zone of wind turbines include:

• Adams
• Benton
• ​Blackford
• Cass 
• Clinton (moratorium) ​
• Fayette
• Fountain 
• Gibson​
• ​Howard 
• Huntington
• ​Jay ​
• LaGrange
• Madison​​ ​
• Newton​
• Randolph
• Starke​​
• ​Warren
• White

Protective wind ordinances in these counties:

• Allen (banned)
• Boone (banned)​
• DeKalb (zero shadow flicker) 
• ​Delaware (150 ft. tower height restriction)
• ​Fulton (banned)
• Hamilton (all property owners within the proposed commercial WECS Overlay District are listed as co-applicants, 300 ft. height limit)
• Jasper (1,760 foot setbacks to property lines, 2,400 foot setbacks to homes, wind turbines banned north of 1200 S.)
• Henry
  
• Kosciusko (3,960 ft. setbacks or 6.5 X height or turbine to property lines-whichever is greater, 32 dBA, zero shadow flicker, property value guarantee for landowners within 2 miles of a wind turbine, notification of project to all landowners within 5 miles of a wind turbine prior to leases being pursued in the county, non-redacted safety manual required for permit application, pre and post construction water well inspections, wind turbines limited to I-3 industrial zones)
• Marshall (banned)
• Miami (2,000 ft. setbacks to property lines and roadways)
• Montgomery (2,640 ft. setbacks or 5X height of tower to property lines, whichever is greater, BZA may increase setbacks to 3,200 feet should it deem necessary, setback one mile from a town or school, 32 dBA, zero shadow flicker, not an essential service - wind turbines are not a utility, complete decommissioning - all concrete and rebar removed from the soil, property value guarantees for residents within 2 miles of a wind turbine, wind company must notify landowners within 5 miles of a wind turbine prior to pursing land leases in the county, non-redacted safety manual required for permit application, pre and post construction water well inspections, wind turbines limited to industrial districts)
• Noble (3,960 ft. setback)
• Posey
  
• Pulaski (banned)
• ​Rush (2,300 ft. setback to property lines)
• Tippecanoe wind turbine height limit of 140 ft.
• Tipton (2,640 ft. setback to property lines)
• Wabash (3,960 ft. setback, zero shadow flicker for non-participants)
• Wayne (banned)
• Wells  (banned)
• Whitley (2,640 ft. setback or 6.5 X height of tower, whichever is greater, decommissioning money up front - no bonds)

Current News

DEFEAT INDIANA HOUSE BILL 1381!
What Does HB 1381 Do?
First of all, you can read the text of the bill here.
Indiana has a policy of home rule that grants counties, cites, and towns "all the powers that they need for the effective operation of government as to local affairs." (IC 36-1-3-2)  For example, if a company wants to build hundreds of towering, noisy wind turbines in your community, they have to get permission from your county commissioners first.
In recent years, wind companies have tried to do exactly that in many counties across Indiana.  In a few places they've succeeded (such as Benton and White counties), but in most they have failed, as local officials have rejected those plans after being presented all the facts about how wind power is not all it's cracked up to be.
So the wind companies are doing an end-around, quietly hoping you don't notice.  HB 1381 would remove the home rule that prevents the Indiana landscape from being cluttered with thousands of wind turbines.  They would be permitted regardless of what county commissioners say.  (It does the same with solar panel farms.)
If you've ever travelled on I-65 north of Lafayette, you know what an eyesore this would be.  Would you like your county to look like that?  Would you like much of the state you live in to look like that? Do you want Hoosiers to be kept awake all hours of the night by the swooshing of wind turbine blades? Do you want to see Hoosiers' home values plummet when they are surrounded by wind turbines or solar panels?
Fortunately, the bill has not become law yet, but we need to shine the light on this insidious power grab.  Learn how you can help. 

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Renewable Energy System's meteorological towers in Miami County came down November, 2018! Fulton and Cass county MET towers have also been removed!