Pondering wind energy possibilities
by Dave Alexander Muskegon Chronicle
Sunday January 06, 2008, 9:39 AM
by Dave Alexander Muskegon Chronicle
Sunday January 06, 2008, 9:39 AM
Associated Press
Local leaders want Muskegon to become the center of a Great Lakes industry that would produce wind energy and the turbines and parts necessary to make it happen.
(Click to enlarge) Chronicle/Mark DonnellyMuskegon's future might be blowing in the wind. Literally.
And it could mean hundreds of new jobs and the development of energy that is both plentiful and clean.
Local leaders want Muskegon to become the center of a Great Lakes industry that would produce wind energy and the turbines and parts necessary to make it happen. Such a vision would involve placing dozens -- if not hundreds -- of 325-foot wind turbines, or windmills, on floating anchor points 22 miles off the Lake Michigan shoreline that couldn't be seen from land.
Parts for the towers and turbines could be generated by Muskegon manufacturers, which have experience in fabricating metals. Today, many turbine parts are built overseas and in other states.
And it could mean hundreds of new jobs and the development of energy that is both plentiful and clean.
Local leaders want Muskegon to become the center of a Great Lakes industry that would produce wind energy and the turbines and parts necessary to make it happen. Such a vision would involve placing dozens -- if not hundreds -- of 325-foot wind turbines, or windmills, on floating anchor points 22 miles off the Lake Michigan shoreline that couldn't be seen from land.
Parts for the towers and turbines could be generated by Muskegon manufacturers, which have experience in fabricating metals. Today, many turbine parts are built overseas and in other states.
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