Tall Towers to Measure Wind
Attorney Bruce Goodman
by Bruce Goodman
DELEG has funded the installation of anemometers to measure wind speeds on five towers across the state. MSU will collect the data from the towers in Gratiot, Delta, Antrim, Mason and Hillsdale counties and make the data accessible to the public online. The measurements will be taken at three heights, one of which will be as high as 100 meters. The data will be collected for at least one year.
The State of Michigan is doing what it can to encourage wind project developers to work on projects within the state. The full impact of the renewable portfolio standard is still a few years away, and prices for power purchase agreements with state utilities are barely high enough to finance a wind farm. Nonetheless, more wind data will be helpful. Moreover, to the extent this data can be correlated to offshore wind data the long term impact is most likely to be to encourage in the lake projects.
Tags: alternative energy, Michigan alternative energy, Michigan energy, Michigan State University, offshore wind, power purchapse agreement, wind energy
Energy | Bruce Goodman | 08 January 2010 |
