I just found out that the Michigan Great Lakes Offshore Wind Council has a public meeting for offshore wind energy development at UM-Dearborn next week!
July 21: Fairlane Development Center, UM Dearborn Campus, Dearborn. (www.umd.umich.edu/maps_directions/)
There's also one at GVSU the day before:
July 20: Eberhard Center, GVSU, Grand Rapids (www.gvsu.edu/meetatgvsu/)
(Source: http://www.michiganglowcouncil.org/coastal_community_meetings_spring2010.html Kudos to whoever updates the UM-Dearborn facebook page for posting this announcement yesterday--but why so late?)
I recommend doing some research on offshore wind and zoning before attending if you have the time. I'm also wondering if the Nearshore Framework has anything to implications on offshore wind development. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a ready document from the International Joint Commission that speaks directly to offshore wind. If you're wondering what the nearshore framework is about you read about it here:
http://www.ijc.org/en/priorities/2009/reports/2009-nearshore-framework.pdf
The document is about 1/2 as long as it looks--they alternate pages with note space.
Does anyone know of research on offshore zoning? I thought the International Joint Commission did a piece on it but it seems like I was mistaken.
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