Three midsize wind energy technologies are getting funding from the Department of Energy, and Michigan-based
Clean Green Energy is one of them.
The Brighton, Mich.-based company, which is responsible for putting up the wind turbine at the Pioneer Bluff Senior Housing Apartments in Ishpeming, will receive more than $620,000 in grant money from the Department of Energy. The money will be used to help move their 200-kilowatt vertical axis design meant for on-site power generation closer to mass production.
The wind turbine at Pioneer Bluffs is still under its testing phase and Clean Green Energy president Bryan Zaplitney says there is a possibility of it being operational by the end of the year.
Of course, the project in Ishpeming has been underway for several years with several stalls and multiple revisions.
That, however, is what happens when a project is the prototype. Zaplitney says his team has to redesign the turbine blades and build a device to attach the blades without damaging them. He notes the Ishpeming turbine will likely be replaced with a newer production model that is going to be developed using the grant funding.
In addition to Clean Green Energy, Vermont-based Northern Power Systems and Texas Tech University will each be the recipient of a grant as well.
Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: Bryan Zaplitney, Clean Green Energy
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