Despite promises of a legal battle from the Champaign County landowner group Union Neighbors United, the Ohio Power Siting Board staff said in its report that the siting board should “approve the Buckeye II Wind Farm proposed for 13,500 acres between Urbana and Mechanicsburg,” Springfield News-Sun reports. The report insists on three adjustments: the installation of ice safety equipment on all turbines, the relocation or resizing of two turbines and the development of a system to shut down the rotors quickly should a medical helicopter need to fly into the area, the article said. The report found that the wind farm project would increase local taxes “between $840,000 and $1.26 million annually,” create 598 jobs during construction and 38 long-term jobs, the article said. For more, read the full story.