Michigan gets three new wind farms, $20-million in clean-energy manufacturing grants

At the Michigan Energy Fair last week in Novi, John Deere Wind Energy announced it is building three wind farms that will go online in 2012, Waste Management is developing a landfill gas-electric generator and Governor Jennifer Granholm said nine Michigan companies, including one in Manistee, won clean energy manufacturing grants.

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John Deere Wind Energy said Friday that it plans to open three new wind farms, two of which will be the largest in the state. The announcement is a major boost for the future of wind energy in Michigan.

The new projects -- in Lenawee County and Michigan's Thumb -- are expected to increase the state's wind power capacity by 61% to 374 megawatts. That would generate electricity for more than 84,000 households.

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