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 a...
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.
ExxonMobil Chemical recently made an acquisition of a company whose technical advancement in polymers may result in making wind turbine blades stronger, will last longer, and offer sustainable p...
https://thumbwind.com/2021/12/10/making-wind-turbine-blades/
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 ...
https://thumbwind.com/2021/10/15/impact-wind-farms-on-property-values/
Consumers Energy announced Gratiot Wind Farm Project is operational and contributes 150 megawatts of renewable energy to Michigan customers. Gratiot Farms Wind Project went online …
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 …
There is a high potential that Michigan and the Upper Thumb region will start seeing more users of home wind turbines in use for farms, homes, and cottages. Advances in technology have made this...
Over the past twenty years, the Great Lakes region has been steadily increasing the number of new wind projects and wind energy output. Now that pace looks to have slowed with more local communi...
https://thumbwind.com/2018/11/18/michigan-competitive-in-wind-production-but-future-limited/
DTE Appeals Taxes for Wind Turbines in 2016 “There’s an Appeal for Every Turbine” That’s the statement made to the Huron Daily Tribune from Scott …
https://thumbwind.com/2018/10/01/dte-energy-wind-turbine-taxes/
This post was published in May 2012 at the height of new zoning in Lake Township. While the split did not occur, it denotes the deep …
The Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition, IICC, is supposedly a local anti-wind group based in Adrian, Michigan. Yet their moniker appears to comment and be involved for just about every wind ...
https://thumbwind.com/2016/10/23/koch-brothers-influence-wind-energy/
In only a few short years, Huron County Michigan went from a sleepy rural county internationally known for its navy beans and sugar beets to the premier wind energy and animal product producer i...
https://thumbwind.com/2016/10/02/wind-industry-development-factory-farms/
"What Have I Done" A re-post from 2012 in which a Wisconsin farmer notes " By signing that contract, I signed away the control of the family farm, and it's the biggest regret I have ever experie...
In a statement on Friday March 13th. Michigan's governor Snyder pressed for targets for renewable energy that will exceed Jennifer Granholm's targets of 10% renewable energy within 10 years. Sny...
https://thumbwind.com/2015/03/14/michigans-governor-rick-snyder-renewable-energy/
From 2012 - Lake Township board voted 3-2 on May 21st to ignore the referendum vote held on February 28th to restrict wind development and begin negotiations to hand over approximately 4,000 ac...
https://thumbwind.com/2012/05/22/michgian-wind-farm-development/