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The commission estimates that about 17,000 Michigan acres are now used for wind and solar projects and close to 210,000 more acres could be needed to meet the new goals, Scripps told the Senate ...
The first wind farm in the state was the Harvest Wind Farm in the Thumb, opened in December 2007, with 32 turbines producing a rated 53 MW. [13] Huron County has the highest number of wind turbines in the state. In 2010, wind power produced 0.3% of Michigan's electrical power. [14]
Dan Scripps, chairman of the MPSC, said the change is needed for Michigan to meet accelerated clean and renewable energy targets now proposed. Michigan Senate OKs bills that strip local control ...
Wind turbines have some of the lowest global warming potential per unit of electricity generated: far less greenhouse gas is emitted than for the average unit of electricity, so wind power helps limit climate change. [62] Wind power consumes no fuel, and emits no air pollution, unlike fossil fuel power sources. The energy consumed to ...
Last year, Whitmer and Democrats in the Legislature adopted a new clean energy goal in Michigan, setting a timeline of having 100% of the state's energy coming from carbon emission-free sources by ...
Coal use has decreased by half over the last decade, replaced by natural gas and renewables. 60% of renewable generation is wind energy. [1] Michigan imports all coal and nuclear fuel (uranium), and 82% of natural gas. A goal to produce over 10% of electricity from in-state renewable sources was set in 2015.
An Associated Press analysis of county tax data from local governments in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska — states either with many wind farms or a high potential for wind power — found wind ...
The 2011 NREL report, Large-Scale Offshore Wind Power in the United States, analyzes the current state of the offshore wind energy industry. According to the report, offshore wind resource development would help the country to achieve 20% of its electric power from wind by 2030 and to revitalize the manufacturing sector.