The Michigan Thumb Loop Transmission Line – 140 Miles of Energetic History For Green Energy
The Thumb Loop project will be the base of transmission system designed to meet the identified maximum wind energy potential of the Thumb region.
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The Thumb Loop project will be the base of transmission system designed to meet the identified maximum wind energy potential of the Thumb region.
Michigan has a total of 1,032 operational turbines producing 1,881 MW. Plans underway show 1,084 turbines with 2,161 MW operational in 2018. Michigan produced 4.6% of its electricity needs from industrial wind operations in 2016. Michigan’s Upper Thumb currently has 472 operating wind turbines in 2018. Huron county has the largest installed wind energy base in the Great Lakes region.
The folks at MidAmerican Energy put together this terrific video that shows the entire process of raising a wind turbine like those in Michigan’s Thumb. The video is a little over five minutes and includes factoids during the entire process.
it’s a now a matter of public record that the wind farm defendants in the Ubly case did unsuccessfully attempt to prevent the opinion of a local property assessment firm that showed that the plaintiffs suffered a reduction in property values approaching $1 million.
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A 60-turbine Hillsdale County wind farm operated by Consumers Energy began operations in February 2021. The project can power over 64,000 homes. The wind farm’s …
One of the primary advantages of wind energy production is the lack of pollution. This is the claim of wind energy proponents, and it is true as far as the energy-producing process goes.
The Huron Daily Tribune reported that a wind turbine in Chandler Township caught fire Christmas morning, December 25th. No injuries or reports of damage were …