A Michigan State University study has good news for Michiganders, and the environment - the wind industry can have a significant economic impact on the state. Among other nice, fat juicy numbers, the study predicts that the industry can create 1,100 construction jobs per year for the next two decades, 218 permanent jobs related to the management and maintenance of wind installations by 2010 and 3,010 permanent, continuing jobs related to the management and maintenance of wind installations by 2029.
And those are just jobs directly related to wind energy.
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The study only considered Michigan jobs tied directly to the construction of windmills and their maintenance, focusing on jobs, investment, wages and earnings, and land lease income tied to wind energy facilities. It did not include impacts from small wind systems and farm systems, implications to component manufacturers, or the secondary economic impacts in other sectors related to wind energy development. The potential increases in local property taxes and the potential jobs that can come from increased manufacturing of wind components in Michigan were also not considered.
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