Powering West Michigan's Economy
With more than 100 years of leadership in component design, engineering, manufacturing, automation and assembly, West Michigan has become an increasingly popular location for alternative energy investment. Here you will find:
- Nearly 800 companies – one-third of our manufacturers – pre-qualified and ready to design and produce components for the alternative energy industry.
- More than 600,000 highly skilled production resources, engineers, designers, logistics specialists and other technical professions.
- Five Michigan universities with alternative energy programs
- 16,650 MW of potential onshore wind power generation and another 40,000 MW of offshore generation, ranking West Michigan 14th among U.S. metropolitan regions for wind generation
- A state Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) that mandates 10% of energy usage from alternative sources by 2015 and 20% by 2025
- Rail, deepwater ports, the state’s second-largest airport, and a transportation infrastructure that offers same-day delivery to Minneapolis, Toronto, Memphis and other major hubs.
World class manufacturing, R&D centers, innovation networks, and leading alternative energy companies await in West Michigan, where green is the new gold and alternative is anything but. West Michigan’s alternative energy industry has the potential to generate more than $1.2 billion and 4,330 jobs for our economy by 2013.
In fact, several sustainable and alternative energy companies are already growing in West Michigan.
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