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Wind In Michigan: Opportunities and challenges

Wind In Michigan: Opportunities and challenges. Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Renewable Energy Conference March 20 th , 2010 Charles McKeown Renewable Energy Policy Program Manager Land Policy Institute, MSU. Research & Graduate Studies. Provost’s Office.

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Wind In Michigan: Opportunities and challenges

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  1. Wind In Michigan: Opportunities and challenges Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, Renewable Energy Conference March 20th, 2010 Charles McKeown Renewable Energy Policy Program Manager Land Policy Institute, MSU

  2. Research & Graduate Studies Provost’s Office • Created in 2006 as the “Brainbox” on land, place and prosperity science in Michigan • Mission of integrated research, outreach & engagement • From reactive land use to proactive land policy • Our partners: • Our stakeholders (MML, MAR, MEC, MUCC, MFB, Suburbs Alliance, MEDA, WMSA, Chambers, MTA, Next Energy, MLUI, GLC, GLWC, Prima Civitas, Leap, City Mayors and Councils, etc). • Governor’s Office, and the Legislature • State/local govt (MEDC, MPSC, DELEG, MDA, DNR, Cities, DEQ, etc) SSC CANR

  3. Where We Are • Energy has become one of the most challenging and important land use issues in recent decades. • Demand for energy in the developing world will continue to grow into the foreseeable future. • Competition for energy resources and the development of homegrown energy resources will be core policy issues of the future at the federal and state level. • The U.S and Michigan’s economies were built predicated on energy as a cheap resource, that’s why volatility and rising prices have dramatic impact on economic performance. • Energy policy is now part of our overall national, and state economic strategies.

  4. Renewable Energy Challenges Solve a large part of the global climate change crisis. Renew American innovation and Entrepreneurship. Revitalize the National Manufacturing Base. Revitalize Michigan's Manufacturing Base. Create energy Security and Reduce or Eliminate our Economy's Dependence on Imported Energy. Provide National Security.

  5. Why an Integrated Assessment on Wind Energy? 100m Wind Resource Cutoff at 6.5m/s • Michigan has significant underutilized wind capacity. • 99 percent gap in current vs. estimated capacity. • Despite broad general support for wind energy, proposed developments are frequently met with local resistance.

  6. Overview of IA • Three Study Areas: • Presque Isle County, Rogers City Area. • Bay County, Essexville Area. • Keweenaw, Houghton, Marquette and Baraga Area. • Step 1: Document status and trends of environmental, social, and economic conditions. • Step 2: Describe environmental, social, and economic causes and consequences of conditions and trends. • Step 3: Provide forecasts of conditions under various policy options. • Step 4: Develop guidance for implementing each option.

  7. Puppies

  8. Puppies?

  9. @%^$)*# Puppies!

  10. Wind Energy

  11. Wind Energy?

  12. #$%^*# Wind Energy

  13. Stakeholder process • LPI views this as a stakeholder-focused assessment. • Identify and meet with key stakeholders (government, business, and NGO) in each study area. • Review Wind Prospecting Tool. • Identify local ordinances. • Collect “social values data”. • Summarize technical, policy, social issues, and key areas of uncertainty in an “issue booklet”. • Information and deliberation sessions with random sample of residents in study areas. • Pre- and post-session surveys of public attitudes on wind turbine development. • Report back to key stakeholders.

  14. Concerns we have heard… Environmental

  15. Concerns we have heard… Visual 15

  16. Concerns we have heard… Quality of Life

  17. Concerns we have heard… Economic 17

  18. Concerns we have heard… Fairness…

  19. Wicked Public Policy Problem… • "Wicked problem" --- a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize. Moreover, because of complex interdependencies, the effort to solve one aspect of a wicked problem may reveal or create other problems. • Global renewable energy movement. • Sustainability movement. • Energy export dollars and economic development. • Potential to capture manufacturing in Michigan. • Horribly weak economy. • Huge wind resource. • Where the rubber meets the road is in local communities.

  20. Wicked Problem Not Easily Resolved • Barriers: • Mindset 1. • NIMBY - Not in my Backyard. • NIL - Not in the lakes. • BANANA - Build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything. • Mindset 2. • Wind is the answer to all that ails us and more education of the ignorant will solve the problem.

  21. Wicked Problem Not Easily Resolved • Absence of local planning models. • Absence of knowledge. • Economic, rate impacts, environmental impacts, social impacts, property value impacts, tertiary/ancillary impacts. • Absence of local discourse and participatory planning. • Polarized debate.

  22. Thank You. For More Information or to contact the Land Policy Institute: www.landpolicy.msu.edu 517-432-8800 info@landpolicy.msu.edu

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