DETROIT (WXYZ) - Continuing her push to bring alternative energy companies to Michigan, Governor Jennifer Granholm urged the wind industry to invest in Michigan during a conference at Cobo Center.
Nearly 1,700 people are in town to take part in the American Wind Energy Association conference. The governor says she's encouraged by that because attendance for the conference surpassed expectations.
The governor pitched the state as a great home for the wind industry because of our manufacturing base. She told the conference that our state would be the perfect place to build the turbines and other components necessary to turn air currents into power.
Many who attended were interested in how auto suppliers can produce the parts for wind turbines. The governor says that's encouraging because if the auto suppliers can get business from the wind industry, they can diversify and become less reliant on business from the struggling auto industry.
