Several West Michigan colleges have banded together to help each other build a highly skilled future workforce that will lead the way in development of alternative energies. Plans call for creation of an alternative energy park where students would study battery technology and other forms of renewable energy.
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A group of community colleges in West Michigan has embarked on a power trip fueled by alternative and renewable energies.
With Michigan’s traditional economic base running out of gas, it’s full steam ahead for a community college consortium working together to build a highly skilled workforce in alternative and renewable energies.
In this pursuit, the consortium looks to build a park that each institution member would use for training in alternative and renewable energies like wind, solar, biomass and battery technology.
According to Julie Parks, director of workforce training at Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC), the group has been looking at 50 to 80 acre sites in northern Allegan County.
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