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Who owns the wind?

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From The Journal Record:

Much has been discussed and written recently regarding the rising specter of wind power in general and how its emergence as a truly sustainable energy source will impact Oklahoma specifically. While this growing expansion of understanding of the wind industry has produced proponents and some detractors, it has raised some interesting and unresolved questions. Can the rights to utilize and profit from wind be severed from the land itself? The answer is “yes,” technically speaking. What ramifications might this have on the broader land and mineral rights relationships that have developed in the state over the last century?

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