News & Fun in Michigan
Michigan’s Upper Thumb is considered the wind capital for Great Lakes Wind Energy. It’s a topic that has divided many communities but is held as one of the many answers to climate change. We cover local news about wind and solar projects in Mid-Michigan and the Thumb.
Here are some of our Great Lakes Wind Energy posts from over the years.
The Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition, IICC, is supposedly a local anti-wind group based in Adrian, Michigan. Yet their moniker appears to comment and be involved for just about every wind project from the Mackinaw Bridge to southern Indiana.
Over 99% of the 2.1 million farms are family-owned and operated. A large portion now host wind turbines. ?
In only a few short years, Huron County Michigan went from a sleepy rural county internationally known for its navy beans and sugar beets to the premier wind energy and animal product producer in Michigan.
Huron County wind farms are becoming notorious with having twice the number of incidents than any other county in Michigan. Recent data obtained from Caithness Windfarm Information Forum, a global incident collection group in the UK showed that since 1990 Huron …
“What Have I Done” A re-post from 2012 in which a Wisconsin farmer notes ” By signing that contract, I signed away the control of the family farm,
and it’s the biggest regret I have ever experienced and will ever experience.”
Wind Farm Accidents We have managed to find a reliable global source of information on specific incidents, accidents structural failures and even tragic fatalities occurring on all wind farms since 1999. Detailed information will be provided and update from various official …
From 2016 – There are high winds blowing in Michigan’s Sanilac County. It’s neighbor against neighbor. A Fortune 150 company wanting to do millions in renewable energy construction in a township of less than 1000 residents and a local township government …
Calls to have Michigan increase its renewable energy targets as a way to keep and attract businesses to the state
