GLADBROOK – In an update/clarification to a story first published on Dec. 27 about a possible oil leak on a Vienna Wind Farm turbine near Gladbrook, MidAmerican Energy says photographic evidence illustrates ‘lubricant residue’ – a condition the company plans to address later this year.
A photo printed in the Dec. 27, 2024 edition of the Sun Courier that was first posted to the Tama County Against Turbines (TCAT) public group Facebook page on Dec. 13, 2024, appears to show a large black smudge running down the back of the turbine’s support tower toward the foundation.
When first contacted by the newspaper, MidAmerican Energy did not refute the ‘oil leak’ claim but also did not address the leak specifically due to the wording of questions by Sun Courier reporter Ruby McAllister…