Farmers, consumers want to put wind to work (Indiana)

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A day after a landmark energy security summit in West Lafayette, a coalition of farm and consumer groups want to blow new life into the push for wind-generated electricity in Indiana.

The Indiana Coalition for Renewable Energy and Economic Development (ICREED) wants the state to pass a renewable electricity standard, which would require 10 percent of Indiana's electricity to be generated from sources such as wind and bio-mass by 2017.

Representatives from the coalition Wednesday said they have now picked up the support of the Indiana Farm Bureau. Farmers would realize important economic benefits from power generated by wind and farm byproducts.

The renewable electricity standard had near-unanimous support from the 286 delegates at the Indiana Farm Bureau's annual delegate conference on Saturday, according to Kathleen Dutro, a Farm Bureau spokeswoman.

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