Dive Summary:
- CMS Energy Corp. announced plans to build a $255 million wind farm in Michigan to meet renewable portfolio standards requiring the utility to get 10% of its energy from renewables by 2015.
- CMS's subsidiary Consumers Energy is working with Barton Marlow Co. to design and construct the 105-megawatt (MW) Cross Winds Energy Park in Tuscola County, 100 miles from Detroit.
- With construction beginning this year, the project might quality for federal tax credits expected to expire at the end of the 2013.
From the article:
“The utility completed the 100.8-megawatt Lake Winds wind farm last year.”