Wind Turbine Research Heads into Lake Michigan

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By Nina Settappa

Story Published: Oct 19, 2009 at 7:20 AM EST

Story Updated: Oct 19, 2009 at 6:44 AM EST

ALLENDALE, Mich. (AP) - Grand Valley State University's wind turbine testing project is heading into Lake Michigan.

The Muskegon Chronicle reports the school's Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center now is planning to put a turbine on a floating platform to test how it works on one of the Great Lakes.

The university in Allendale has received $1.4 million in federal funding for research into wind turbines.

Researchers hope to have the platform installed by fall 2010.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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