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ejus est usque ad coelum et ad inferos . Please refer to Chapter 1 for a more
detailed description of the ad coelum doctrine and its history.
7 See Charles C. Read & Daniel Lynch, The Fight for Downstream Wind Flow ,
Law 360 (May 25, 2011), available at www.law360.com/articles/247122/
the-ight-for-downstream-wind-low (last visited June 21, 2013).
8 See Lauren Donovan, Two Energy Projects Competing for the Wind , Bismarck
Tribune (Feb. 22, 2008), available at http://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/
two-energy-projects-competing-for-the-wind/article_4bd1f0d6-6616-512b-970f-
b4301800f774.html (last visited June 21, 2013).
9 Id.
10 Id.
11 Read & Lynch, supra note 7.
12 See id.
13 See id.
14 See id.
15 Muscarello v. Winnebago County Board , 702 F.3d 909, 912 (7th Cir. 2012).
16 Id.
17 Id.
18 Id. at 427.
19 See Muscarello v. Ogle County Bd. of Com'rs , 131 S.Ct. 1045 (2011).
20 See Muscarello , supra note 15 at 911.
21 Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-27-103(a) (2011).
22 See, e.g ., Global Wind Energy Council, Global Wind Report: Annual
Market Update 2012 at 8 (2013), available at www.gwec.net/wp-content/
uploads/2012/06/Annual_report_2012_LowRes.pdf (last visited June 24, 2013)
(noting that China was second only to the United States in new wind energy
generating capacity in 2012 and leads Asia in that category).
23 See Marc Howe, Chinese Regional Government Claims Wind Energy Is
'State-Owned ', Windpower Monthly (June 19, 2012), available at www.
windpowermonthly.com/article/1136930/chinese-regional-government-claims-
wind-energy-state-owned (last visited June 24, 2013).
24 See, e.g. , Mont. Code Ann. § 70-17-404 (2011); Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-3004
(2009); N.D. Cent. Code § 17-04-04 (2012); S.D. Codified Laws § 43-13-19
(2004); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 34-27-103(b) (2011).
25 See Contra Costa Water Dist. v. Vaquero Farms, Inc. , 58 Cal. App. 4th 883 (Cal.
Ct. App. 1997).
26 For a more detailed discussion of wind rights severance and new statutes clari-
fying whether it is enforceable, see Troy Rule, Property Rights and Modern
Energy , 20 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 803, 811-12 (2013).
27 Otsego County Ordinances § 18.5.3.3 (2003).
28 See Order Establishing General Wind Permit Standards, Docket No. E, G-999/
M-07-1102, 7-8 (Minn. Pub.Util. Comm'n, Jan. 11, 2008), available at
http://mn.gov/commerce/energyfacilities/documents/19302/PUC%20Order%20
Standards%20and%20Setbacks.pdf (last visited June 20, 2013).
29 See id.
30 See Donovan, supra note 8 (noting that a spokesman for FPL involved in a
proposed wind energy project in rural North Dakota “wondered if the entire
project would be feasible” if the local government imposed five-rotor-diameter
setbacks on it).
31 Id. at 4.
32 Such policies requiring general payments to host communities to promote greater
local acceptance of wind energy are prevalent in parts of Europe. See, e.g. ,
Sally Bakewell, U.K. to Share More Wind-Power Wealth with Local Residents ,