Vestas received an order for 56 turbines that will power Consumers Energy’s Lake Winds Energy Park in Mason County, Mich. The turbines, Vestas model V100-1.8 MW are scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2012 and they should be turning by the end of the year.
Consumers Energy would like to decrease customer bills by $1.80 per month — while eliminating an expensive solar power subsidy — if state regulators approve the utility’s request Tuesday morning.
A common argument from wind turbine opponents is that wind farms will significantly increase our electric bills. Renewable energy critics might have to retool their talking points in light of a recent state report on the implementation of the state’s 2008 renewable energy mandates.
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