An initial proposal by little-known Scandia Wind Offshore to place 200 turbines in Lake Michigan, a cultural, recreational and romantic icon in the US Midwest, caused waves in shoreline communities and among politicians in capitals of four bordering states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin.
It was one thing for residents to hear President Barack Obama in distant Washington DC, promoting a harvest of wind energy off US coasts, but quite another to contemplate that it could happen in “our lake”.
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