Tree Sound, the Southeast’s largest recording studio which boasts acts such as Elton John, Ludacris and The Dave Matthews Band, was recently picked up by the AJC re: their local hurdles in getting approvals to install wind turbines above their Norcross building.

AJC: The owner of a Norcross music recording studio has applied for permission to build what would be Gwinnett County‘s first wind-power turbine, according to county planners.

Tree Sound Studios owner Paul Diaz is applying to put up a 65-foot turbine identical to the one a Grant Park couple put up over the objection of some neighbors last year.

But what Diaz really wants, and eventually plans to request, is a 150-foot tower that would be built by a cellular company, topped by a turbine and outfitted with a big screen showing how much power the thing is generating.

“It’s to make a point,” Diaz said. And the point, he says, is that alternative energy is a viable option here.

So far, the request has not generated any public opposition.

[Read the story at AJC.com]