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Ishpeming, Michigan [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] Construction is currently under way this month on a rare wind energy project, a 200 kilowatt (kW) vertical-axis wind turbine outside a large residential complex in Michigan.
$500K wind study a go: Holland BPW OKs 1-year option on land easements
July 22, 2010 by Andrea Goodell in The Holland Sentinel
July 22, 2010 by Andrea Goodell in The Holland Sentinel
To learn whether it can harness the wind in its own backyard, the Holland Board of Public Works is willing to pay $500,000.
An agreement approved Wednesday by the board and by the Holland City Council sets in motion potential BPW wind turbines in Ganges, Saugatuck and other Allegan County townships.
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General]
Townships will have one more opportunity to review and comment on proposed revisions to the current wind turbine ordinance (WTG) before the final version is sent to the Otsego County Board of Commissioners for adoption. ...Otsego County Planning Commission chairman Randy Stults said the board decided at its Dec. 21 meeting to send the revisions back to the townships for comment.
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General]
Developers are considering a 100-square-mile area of Lake Michigan - west of land from the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant to Silver Lake - as the site for 100 to 200 electricity-producing wind turbines. ...They plan to put together a package for a 1,000-megawatt wind farm and place those turbines in Lake Michigan
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General]
Though the topic was wind, there wasn't much of a breeze to be had during Tuesday's public hearing Huron County commissioners held to receive input on the creation of two new wind districts that could add about 50 new turbines in the area.
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General]
2 new wind districts recommended; Officials also address conflict of interest issues
June 3, 2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune
June 3, 2010 by Kate Hessling in Huron Daily Tribune
Prior to the Huron County Planning Commission's recommendation Wednesday to adopt two new wind districts in the area, several planning commissioners addressed conflict of interest issues raised in previous meetings.
All four of the nine county planning commissioners who have signed contracts in the form of leases or easements with wind developers spoke during Wednesday's packed meeting.
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General]
2 townships prepare to vote on recalls; Turbine ties at issue in Lenawee County
August 1, 2011 by Tom Henry in The Toledo Blade
August 1, 2011 by Tom Henry in The Toledo Blade
Months of heated arguments over wind turbines in southeastern Lenawee County will reach a new milestone Tuesday, when voters in Riga and Ogden townships decide the fates of three office holders.
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General]
40-70 turbine wind farm planned; Consumers has easements on 16,000 acres in Mason County
July 10, 2010 by Kevin Braciszeski in Ludington Daily News
July 10, 2010 by Kevin Braciszeski in Ludington Daily News
Those easements will be needed for placement of the wind turbines, electric substations and electrical lines. ...the project’s proximity to the electricity grid transmission system used by the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant is a key reason the company is working to build the wind farm here.
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General]
The first of 46 windmills was erected Saturday for Noble Thumb I Windpark near Ubly, a project of Connecticut-based Noble Environmental Power. ...The project is southeast of the 32-turbine Harvest Wind Farm, which became the state's first commercial wind park last year.
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General]
A national “wind energy developer” hopes to build 50 to 60 massive windmills – each nearly 400 feet tall – on about 8,000 acres of farmland in Centerville Township, and sell “green” electrical power to utilities in the region.
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General]
A public hearing scheduled for tonight to discuss Consumers Energy's requested amendments to the Mason County Zoning Ordinance is canceled.
Consumers Energy was requesting changes to wind ordinances.
Dennis Marvin and Dan Bishop of Consumers Energy said the hearing was canceled after the company withdrew one of two requested amendments.
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Zoning/Planning]
After spending $400,000, Holland BPW scraps plan for Upper Peninsula wind farm
January 12, 2010 by Greg Chandler in The Grand Rapids Press
January 12, 2010 by Greg Chandler in The Grand Rapids Press
The Holland Board of Public Works has pulled the plug on a proposed wind farm in the eastern Upper Peninsula that would have generated renewable energy for the city-owned utility, saying the project was too costly.
After spending about $400,000 and a year collecting wind speed and other climate information, the utility Monday withdrew from the proposed Stone Mountain project ...Wind speeds were not adequate to make the project cost-effective.
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General]
Every month, customers of Consumers Energy pay a tad more on their utility bill to subsidize renewable energy in Michigan, and it's an even bet most don't even know it. ...It's only a measly nickel, and for what some believe is a noble cause. But Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox wants to yank the plug.
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Tax Breaks & Subsidies]
“People need to have an appreciation for the value of homes,” said Dodie Stark, an agent for Coldwell Banker Anchor Real Estate, in Oceana County. “For many, real estate is their biggest investment and a means to a secure retirement. Views are very important, especially in a resort area, and a group of 400-foot-tall wind turbines 500 feet from homes or cottages could have a devastating effect on property values.”
HOLLAND -- Airport officials don't want modern, sky-high versions of windmills near the Tulip City Airport.
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Safety]
Airstrips may limit local wind development
January 13, 2013 by Bill Petzold in Tuscola County Advertiser
January 13, 2013 by Bill Petzold in Tuscola County Advertiser
The Denmark Township board voted in December to renew its wind moratorium for six months through July 31, 2013. Denmark Township clerk Chuck Heinlein said the township planning commission faces a complex process of determining areas suitable for placing turbines.
Heinlein said certain complications for wind development come from the amount of air travel in Denmark Towship.
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Safety]
Akron, Fairgrove discuss ‘Tuscola Wind II' development project
April 20, 2013 by Mary Drier in Tuscola County Advertiser
April 20, 2013 by Mary Drier in Tuscola County Advertiser
The Akron Township Planning Commission and also the Fairgrove Planning Commission each held a hearing this week on NextEra Energy Resources' proposed "Tuscola Wind II" development in those two townships.
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Ordinances]
Issues range from shadow flickering to noise to lowered property values, they said.
"Our politicians are trying to pound square pegs into round holes," said Tom Stacy, a critic of the wind industry who lives in Logan County and belongs to the national energy policy committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Alternative energy growing in Michigan, but coal still king
December 31, 2006 by James Prichard, Associated Press in The Detroit News
December 31, 2006 by James Prichard, Associated Press in The Detroit News
Michigan is exploring ways to grow its alternative energy industry and provide a boost to economic development, but coal-fired power plants are expected to produce most of the state's electricity through at least 2030.
The rest of Michigan's electrical power comes mostly from nuclear power plants or natural gas- or oil-fired power plants. A very small percentage of the state's power comes from wind turbines and other renewable resources.
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Energy Policy]
Mark McConnell is close, but not close enough.
He owns 3.44 acres of property and wants to install a 51-foot wind turbine.
Unfortunately for McConnell, his property happens to fall in Presque Isle Township, where 4 acres are required and turbines can only be 40 feet high.
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Zoning/Planning]
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