Jerome County, Idaho — where a developer is proposing to erect hundreds of windmills — is also the site of one of the darkest chapters of America’s past, where thousands of Japanese Americans were unjustly imprisoned during World War II
of the country’s utility-scale electricity came from wind, more than 60 times the amount generated just two decades ago. A combination of advances in turbine technology, tax breaks for developers and private land availability drove that growth.
Established in 1942 and in operation until 1945, Minidoka was one of the “relocation centers” — concentration camps where Japanese American citizens toiled on farms. Over those three years, about 13,000 endured blistering summers and bone-chilling winters in tar-papered barracks. On a recent April morning, agency employees unfurled pictures depicting what the Lava Ridge Wind Project
“That’s the balance that we’re trying to do,” she added. BLM said it expects to make a final decision by next winter.Luke Papez, Magic Valley Energy’s senior director of project development, said the company wants to “ensure this project honors the survivors of Minidoka.”
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