Spanish energy giant Repsol on Friday filed a court motion which seeks to appeal the Laramie County Board of Commissioners’ decision to deny its proposed Laramie Range Wind Project.

The board in September denied the controversial wind energy development proposal, which is three times the size of Cheyenne, after getting an earful from dozens of county residents opposed to the project.

A long line of people gathered to speak out against the project before the commission denied it, saying the up-to-170 wind turbines could disturb local wildlife and become an eyesore.

After a more than four-hour hearing, the commission voted the project down in a 3-1 vote. Commission Chair Gunnar Malm was absent during those proceedings.

ConnectGen, the company’s renewable energy arm, filed a petition for

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