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Consumers Energy also planned to tap the wind power resources along the eastern Lake Michigan shore with wind farms. [9] Because wind is an intermittent power source and may inconveniently deliver large amounts of power during periods of low electric demand, pumped storage facilities are desirable to have on the same grid with large-scale wind ...
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]
A Milan Township farmer testified in support of state control of wind and solar projects, while a Deerfield-based group argued to keep local control. Michigan bills on wind and solar projects ...
This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Michigan, sorted by type and name. In 2022, Michigan had a total summer capacity of 30,538 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 117,497 GWh. [ 2 ]
The Marquette Branch Prison (MBP) is located in Marquette, Michigan on the south shore of Lake Superior. The prison, which opened in 1889, is a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections that holds about 1,100 inmates in maximum and minimum-security housing. The inmate population consists of adult males, aged eighteen and older. [2]
LANSING — Michigan prison officials failed a woman with a history of mental health problems who committed suicide at the state's prison for women in 2021, a federal lawsuit alleges.
As of January 2023, the total installed wind power nameplate generating capacity in the United States was 141,300 megawatts (MW). [6] This capacity is exceeded only by China and the European Union. [7] Thus far, wind power's largest growth in capacity was in 2020, when 16,913 MW of wind power was installed. [8]
January 8—United States—Prisoners on a work assignment burning trash and debris at the Utah State Prison in Draper, accidentally caused a major power failure when something they were burning exploded, causing a fireball that shorted out transmission lines above them. 1.5 million people lost power, in almost all of Utah, as well as parts of ...