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WIND FARM PIGEON, MICH. (AP) (wgvu) - GOVERNOR GRANHOLM VISITED THE STATE'S THUMB
REGION TO HIGHLIGHT THE STATE'S POTENTIAL AS A RENEWABLE ENERGY
HUB.
THE GOVERNOR TOURED THE STATE'S FIRST COMMERCIAL SCALE WIND FARM
NEAR PIGEON.
THE HARVEST WIND FARM HAS 32 TURBINES AND CAN MAKE ENOUGH
ELECTRICITY TO POWER MORE THAN 15,000 HOMES.
THE PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED BY JOHN DEERE WIND ENERGY.
WOLVERINE POWER CADILLAC IS BUYING THE POWER FOR 20 YEARS.
GRANHOLM SAYS THE PURPOSE OF HER TRIP IS TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT
KIND OF FUTURE MICHIGAN CAN HAVE.
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