[CPEO-BIF] Renewable Energy Parks proposed by Michigan State U.

[lsiegel at cpeo.org (Lenny Siegel)]

Report: Use Michigan 'brownfields' as energy parks

By JAMES PRICHARD, Associated Press
Chicago Tribune
January 27, 2009

WALKER, Mich.


After losing tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in recent years, 
Michigan has no shortage of abandoned, run-down factory sites for which 
state and local leaders are trying to find new purposes.

Michigan State University researchers released a report Tuesday 
recommending the redevelopment of unused or underutilized industrial 
areas as renewable energy parks.

The report suggests some of these "brownfields" could be used for the 
installation of solar panels or wind turbines capable of generating an 
estimated 5,855 megawatts of electricity -- enough to power about 1.8 
million, or nearly 50 percent, of Michigan's homes.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-brownfields-energ,0,7727737.story

See also
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/01/walkers_avastar_park_may_be_gr.html

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