Amid controversy over disturbing Great Lakes habitat to install thousands of wind turbines, two wind energy experts say that an inland area of Muskegon could be the prime spot for establishing a lakeshore wind farm. The possibility of creating an interstate wind energy consortium is also on the table.
According to excerpts from the story:
Federal "wind maps" for Muskegon County clearly show that winds are strong enough to generate electricity only along the immediate shoreline and out over Lake Michigan.
At the same time, wind-energy entrepreneur Brion Dickens recently told planning commissioners from Muskegon County that wind farms must be located away from dense residential development.
So that leaves the northwest corner of the county along the Lake Michigan shoreline as the only feasible location for on-shore, multiple-turbine wind projects. The other option is on Lake Michigan.
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