The company that pushed to build a wind farm west of Springdale for more than a year is canceling the project following the results of a special election Tuesday.
Voters in the small town of Elm Springs voted by a 28 percent margin to repeal the annexation of the 300-acre site of the proposed project, returning the land and the project’s permitting process to Washington County. Dragonfly Industries International CEO Jody Davis said in a brief interview Wednesday the company wouldn’t continue its push with county officials and would move on to other projects.
Davis said a public statement on the decision would come later Wednesday afternoon.
The project early on sparked concern and opposition among neighbors who said it was too close to houses and used untested technology. They also questioned Davis’s background and expertise.
Dragonfly, meanwhile, said its unusual turbine design would be quieter, safer and more efficient than standard three-bladed models. The Elm Springs City Council approved the land’s annexation last fall, prompting a successful petition drive to put the annexation on the ballot.