The potential of wind is becoming more evident to communities across America and the benefits from an economy running off renewable energy are endless. Currently we are getting blown away as other countries embrace wind power rationally. No pun intended. From MLive.com, MI:

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….

A power consultant from Jackson has calculated that an 8,806-square mile area in the middle of Lake Michigan from northern Beaver Island to southern Chicago could house 36,400 towers — equally spaced 2,050 feet apart — none of which could be seen from the shoreline.

While McCleer Power Inc. is not suggesting that many towers be located on the lake, Mahawili said the power that 36,400 turbines could produce is startling. They would generate 182,000 megawatts, the equivalent to 180 large nuclear power plants. By comparison, Muskegon’s B.C. Cobb coal-fired power plant produces 320 megawatts.

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