Wind power in Michigan

[4] Michigan's requirement for 10 percent renewable energy by 2015 has led to increased alternative development in the state since this law was passed in 2008.

In 2011, the Environmental Law & Policy Center identified more than 100 businesses in Michigan involved in engineering and manufacturing wind turbine components, and employing 4,000 people.

[6] The first commercial wind turbine installed in the state, a 0.6 MW model, was erected in Traverse City in 1996.

[11]) Laker Elementary School in the Thumb region installed three 65KW turbines and a 10KW one, totaling 0.2 MW in 2005.

[16] Michigan has potential for offshore wind power in the Great Lakes, but development has been delayed by political considerations.

The first commercial wind turbine in Michigan, installed in Leelanau County near Traverse City in 1996, was retired and dismantled in 2022.
Michigan Wind 1, a 46-turbine wind farm near Ubly, Michigan , with 69 MW capacity
Wind turbines in Tuscola County, Michigan in July 2015.