Harvest Wind Farm in Huron County, Michigan

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The Harvest Wind Farm in northern Huron County Michigan is a project of John Deere Wind Energy and Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative. It is part of a growing number of wind power projects in the Great Lakes region.

UPDATES (Most Recent News at the top):

April 23, 2008: At a Michigan Wind Working Group meeting, presentations included: (1) Update on the Harvest Wind Farm by John Micele, Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative and (2) The Township Perspective on Harvest Wind Farm by Brion Dickens, Oliver Township.

September 2007: Click here for an aerial photo tour of the wind farm under construction.

August 23, 2007: The State Energy Office coordinated with Pigeon, Michigan, resident Brion Dickens to offer a tour of the Harvest Wind Farm and the small wind energy system installation at Laker Public Schools. Photos of the tour are available here.

August 1, 2007: These photos, by nearby resident Brion Dickens, show the beginnings of construction at the wind farm.

Signage at the Wind Farm, indicating Owners and Partners

Our "human scale model" stands by the nacelle...the housing that holds the workings of the wind generator. The wind generator blades will attach to the rotor hub, shown on this end of the nacelle. Learn about the components of wind turbines at http://www.windpower.org/en/kids/intro/intronac.htm.

The giant crane gets ready to lift the sections of the steel tower into place. When finished, each steel tower is about 80 meters (250 feet) tall.

The first section of steel tower is raised, ready to install onto the concrete foundation pad. In the background are two much smaller wind generators at Laker Schools. For more about the Laker Schools installation, see http://www.energy-now.com/lakerschools/.

June 6, 2007: See the press release and fact sheet from Wolverine: http://www.wpsci.com/Documents/Press/HarvestWindNewsReleaseandFactSheet.pdf.

Here is background on other Great Lakes wind projects.

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