Benefits Of Wind Farms Discussed At Informational Meeting

An informational meeting regarding rezoning for wind farms was held Tuesday night in L’Anse. The meeting looked at the different sides of the divisive wind farm issue.

NMU professor Steve Waller spoke about the major benefits of having a wind farm in the L’Anse Township area. “Easy $25 million over 25 years. It’s a million dollars a year that the township would have gained had the wind farms stayed here. But since they bailed out, now you’re going to have to find other sources of revenue,” said Waller.

A vote to rezone parts of L’Anse Township to allow wind farming takes place on May 7th.

Renewable energy company Renewable Energy Systems pulled out of a proposed deal that would have put roughly 50 wind turbines in the Huron Mountains area.

View the original story from ABC-10’s Donny Ede at
https://abc10up.com/2019/04/23/lanse-holds-informational-meeting-regarding-wind-farm-rezoning-issue/