Offshore Wind Grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission
A few weeks ago this blog highlighted a grant request. Now the MPSC has awarded a $1.3 million grant to Grand Valley State University for its offshore meteorological tower and research platform in Lake Michigan. Partnering with U of M’s Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, an RFP will soon be issued seeking a private partner to leverage the $2.7 million in grants and take responsibility for siting, designing, and constructing the project. The RFP will be posted at www.gvsu.edu/marec. Meanwhile, interest in off shore wind is picking up with a U.S. Senate bill introduced on the subject, and the Great Lakes Commission (Ann Arbor) submitting its “Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Offshore Wind” to the President and Congress.
