An expanded wind power development plan by a European company proposed this week to add a wind farms offshore in Lake Michigan, to attract a wind turbine manufacturer and to use a local alternative energy laboratory for research. All of this could mean hundreds of jobs for West Michigan.
According to excerpts from the story:
Scandia Wind Offshore unveiled a $4 billion regionwide wind energy development plan Monday that seeks to attract a turbine manufacturer and thousands of jobs to West Michigan.
Adding to its earlier plans for a wind farm near Pentwater, Scandia now wants an offshore wind facility six miles off the Grand Haven pierheads. It also suggests a smaller onshore wind farm at the Muskegon County Wastewater Management System, a utility-sized "test turbine" for the eastern end of Muskegon Lake and offshore turbine research and testing at the Grand Valley State University Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center.
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