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321 Gigawatts of Wind Power Awaits Exploitation Off Michigan'€™s Shores

Phil HollmannNormally when grand statements are made about a nation'€™s offshore wind power potential the mind naturally conjures up briny images. In the US however, thanks to the Great Lakes though, another area of potential offshore wind development exists sans saltwater. A new report from Michigan State University'€™s Land Policy Institute says that, in Michigan alone, offshore wind power developments could generate 10 times more power than the state currently generates from fossil fuel sources: That'€™s 321,000 megawatts of electricity. There'€™s a catch though:...

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