Amid a nationwide movement to harness wind power and reduce greenhouse gases, three Wisconsin developers have launched a feasibility study for establishing wind farms offshore in Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. With one proposal suggesting the construction of 390 wind turbines, could this be the nudge Michigan manufacturers need to launch wide-scale efforts to make mechanical components?
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Three developers are floating plans to erect hundreds of wind turbines in Lake Michigan as interest in the construction of wind farms surges around the country.
The Lake Michigan plans are all in the preliminary stages, and how they would be financed is unclear, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal reported earlier this week.
Although contemplated from the Michigan side of the lake, plans and studies appear to much further along from the Wisconsin side. The Grand Valley State University's Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center in Muskegon has begun preliminary exploration of Great Lakes wind energy.
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