Written by Bobbi Walker. Posted in Great Lakes
A bill that lays the groundwork for offshore wind development in Lake Michigan has received preliminary approval in the Illinois state senate.
The Senate Energy Committee unanimously approved Bill HB 2753, which authorizes the Department of Natural Resources to determine the best locations to site wind projects.
The Lake Michigan Wind Energy Act also entitles the department to grant offshore wind site assessment permits and leases, which later can be converted to construction and operation leases.
2 comments:
If we start putting wind turbines in the Great Lakes it will take less than a generation for us to realize it was a big, big mistake. It might be trendy now, but the world is beginning to wake up. Unfortunately, some of us sleep longer than others will never wake up.
Yup!
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