文档介绍：The Great Lakes Region
Watershed of the Great Lakes
Two Nations, 8 States, 2 Provinces
42 Million People
4th Largest Economy in the World
100 Giga watts of Current Generating Capacity
1000 Giga watts of Wind Potential On and Offshore
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Current Land-Based Wind Generating Capacity Within the Great Lakes Region
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A Wave of Wind Power Development Was About to Break Across the Great Lakes Region
In 2006 Representative Marci Kaptur (Ohio), the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Protection Agency and Others Organized a Conference in Toledo entitled: Toward Wildlife-Friendly Wind Power
In 2007 NREL and the National Wind Coordinating Collaborative Convened a Meeting of 45 Great Lakes Wind Stakeholders in Chicago
US and Canadian Stakeholders Formed the Great Lakes Wind Collaborative in Buffalo in 2008
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Great Lakes Wind Collaborative
The Great Lakes Wind Collaborative is a multi-sector coalition of wind energy stakeholders working to facilitate the development of economically and environmentally sustainable wind power in the binational Great Lakes region.
Administrative Support Provided by the Great Lakes Commission
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GLWC is governed by a Steering Committee and is organized around the efforts of five Workgroups:
1. Transmission
o Transmission-Related Policy Options to Facilitate Offshore Wind in the Great Lakes-University of Michigan School of Natural Resources 2011
2. Economic Development
o The Role of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Ports in the Advancement of the Wind Energy Industry 2010
3. Environmental Planning, Siting, and Permitting
o State and Provincial Land-Based Wind Farm Siting Policy in the Great Lakes Region: Summary and Analysis 2009
o Best Practices to Accelerate Wind Power in the Great Lakes Region and Beyond 2011
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4. Offshore
o Background Papers on Current Offshore Regulations, Water Dependency (State and Federal