Based on residents' complaints and petitions, Scandia Wind Offshore's proposal to erect 100 industrial wind turbines off the Mason-Oceana County shoreline between Pentwater and Ludington was roundly rejected by the Mason County Board of Commissioners.
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Scandia had asked the county board to come to such a determination by Sept. 1. If the visual issue was not a "deal breaker" for county boards along the West Michigan coast, the company would move forward with a three-year, multimillion-dollar economic and environmental study of its $4 billion wind farm plan.
The county boards in Oceana, Muskegon and Ottawa counties are being asked to weigh in on the same issue, but have not yet done so. Besides the wind farm 4 miles off the Mason-Oceana coast, Scandia proposes a similar wind farm 6 miles off the Ottawa-Muskegon county line near Grand Haven, plus a 50-turbine land-based installation at the Muskegon County Wastewater Management System.
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