A giant crane nestles between two new wind turbines at the Iowa based Exelon wind installation along Bay City--Forestville Road south of Ruth, Michigan. These two generators are part of a 50 turbine project, Michigan Wind 2, currently under construction near Minden City on the eastern side of the Thumb.
Michigan Wind 2 will have a capacity of 90 megawatts, the largest of the three wind farms in the Thumb, and is expected to be operational by the end of the year. The Thumb area now has a total of 128 wind turbines distributed between three wind farms: Harvest Wind I (32 turbines, 52.8 MW) near Elkton, Michigan Wind 1 (46 turbines, 69 MW) near Ubly, and the new Michigan Wind 2 installation (50 turbines, 90 MW) near Minden City.
Copyright 2011
Wanda Hayes Eichler
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