A report recently released by Michigan State University (MSU) recommends that the state turn its abandoned manufacturing sites into renewable energy parks.
According to excerpts from the article:
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.
The study estimates that such transformations would stimulate an investment of more than $15 billion in solar and wind energy equipment and related construction. It also would create 17,500 short- and long-term jobs.
"The opportunities are extremely huge," said Soji Adelaja, director of MSU's Land Policy Institute and the report's lead author.
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