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Farrell: How Communities Can Take Control Of Their Energy Futures

March 8, 2010 – 1:19 pm

John Farrell is a researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. He recently wrote this commentary for Minnesota Public Radio on how local communities in the Midwest can begin to take control of their energy futures.
"State policies to support local ownership can triple or quadruple the economic benefits of their wind resource. Energy efficiency standards can [...]

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Wind Energy: News, Video, Broadcasts on Cadillac Windfarm, Ludington Windfarm, & MI Renewable Energy Use

January 28, 2010 – 3:55 pm

There has been quite a bit of wind energy news in the headlines the past week. Here is a quick round-up:
VIDEO: A forum on the potential wind farm on Lake Michigan near Ludington was attended by roughly 500 people.
7&4 News has this report and 9&10 News filed this report on the forum.
The Record-Eagle has this [...]

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Public To Weigh-In On Groundbreaking Wind Ordinance for Leelanau County

January 25, 2010 – 1:23 pm

This Tuesday (Jan 26), at 7 p.m. in Cedar's fire hall, the public will weigh-in on a proposed wind ordinance for Centerville township.
As the Leelanau Enterprise reports, such an ordinance ("governing commercial wind operations") would be the first of its kind for Leelanau County:
“This began in February 2006 when Noble Energy came in and started [...]

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Wind Energy Takes Northern Michigan By Storm

December 29, 2009 – 1:33 pm

Due to the off-shore winds that Lake Michigan generates, the state has been in a flurry of activity when it comes to wind energy.
The Leelanau Enterprise has this story about the village of Northport is conducting a wind-energy study:
Council members voted unanimously Dec. 3 to support a request from Tom Gallery, on behalf of the [...]

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Ludington Considers Lake Michigan Wind Farm

December 2, 2009 – 2:26 pm

Scandinavian wind power companies were in Ludington December 1st to test the waters about a potential wind farm.
The Ludington Daily News reports that representatives from Mason and Oceana counties met with Harald Dirdal, project manager for Havgul Clean Energy, and Steven Warner, CEO of Scandia Wind.
[Dirdal and Warner] said today they are interested in developing [...]

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